<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for the questions!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">You live an hour away from Virginia Beach, is that correct?</blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yes! Good detective work - depending on traffic.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Are you<br class="">familiar enough with the city to verify the data quality, or will you<br class="">enlist the help of local mappers who are?</blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yes! Virginia Beach is part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Roads" class="">Hampton Roads</a> Region, which i’ve lived in for awhile.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Is there a community that can be counted on to make sure the data<br class="">doesn't rot in OSM once imported - or will you commit to that?</blockquote><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m committed! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Is this import proposal linked to this endeavour in any way?</blockquote><br class=""></div><div class="">No.</div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 2, 2016, at 2:58 AM, Frederik Ramm <<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org" class="">frederik@remote.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hi,<br class=""><br class="">On 03/02/2016 02:55 AM, Jonah Adkins wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">I'd like to propose an import of city-sourced GIS data for the City of Virginia Beach, Va. The City GIS Office has given the data / license for this purpose.<br class="">Conflation will be done carefully by hand, and attributes copied where needed.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">You live an hour away from Virginia Beach, is that correct? Are you<br class="">familiar enough with the city to verify the data quality, or will you<br class="">enlist the help of local mappers who are?<br class=""><br class="">To quote stevea from teh recent Adirondack thread,<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Likewise. We (OSM volunteers) don't often talk about the importance <br class="">of KEEPING UP the map after an import, but doing so is a seriously <br class="">crucial component. <br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Is there a community that can be counted on to make sure the data<br class="">doesn't rot in OSM once imported - or will you commit to that?<br class=""><br class="">On <a href="http://paidmappers.github.io/home/" class="">http://paidmappers.github.io/home/</a>, you advertise your services as<br class="">mapper-for-hire ("Open Data is growing at an alarming rate and we shall<br class="">put all that data in OpenStreetMap. ... we scour open data portals and<br class="">sites for authorative data like buildings, public amenities, and<br class="">addresses.") - Is this import proposal linked to this endeavour in any way?<br class=""><br class="">(I haven't looked at the data and license yet.)<br class=""><br class="">Bye<br class="">Frederik<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Frederik Ramm ## eMail <a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org" class="">frederik@remote.org</a> ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33"<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Imports-us mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Imports-us@openstreetmap.org" class="">Imports-us@openstreetmap.org</a><br class="">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>