<div dir="ltr">Dear all members of OpenStreetMap USA,<div><br></div><div>My name is Ian Van Giesen and I am a resident and mapper in Athens, Georgia. I recently sent an email to the email for Imports-OSM discussing a possible import of address data in my area.</div><div><br></div><div>For fear of repeating myself, I will simply let you know that I clarified all details below, but if anyone has any input, feedback or guidance, please let me know.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Ian</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Ian Van Giesen</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ianvangiesen@gmail.com">ianvangiesen@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 12:41 PM<br>Subject: Interest in Importing Athens-Clarke County Address Data Set<br>To: <<a href="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org">imports@openstreetmap.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Hello to whom it concerns in the Imports community of OpenStreetMap,<div><br></div><div>Hope all is well with you all.<br><div><br></div><div>My name is Ian Van Giesen and I am a resident and mapper of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, US. I strongly believe in the mission and framework of OSM and am committed to helping build and maintain this global resource. </div></div><div><br></div><div>Recently, I have become very active in my area, adding thousands of building outlines, adding data on sidewalks and 'walking the talk' by doing some surveys on foot. I am now interested in adding addresses to the buildings and houses I mapped, but am aware that doing this physically could take a long time. Through some online research, I found that my county provides an '<a href="https://data-athensclarke.opendata.arcgis.com/" target="_blank">Open Data</a>' portal with links to various useful data sets, including one on <a href="https://data-athensclarke.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/63ac622f811944588fb87371542e2979_0?geometry=-83.601%2C33.844%2C-83.174%2C34.043" target="_blank">Address Points</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>I recently participated in a meeting for the only mapping related community in my area, the <a href="http://www.communitymappinglab.org/" target="_blank">Community Mapping Lab</a>, whose members mostly do not actively contribute or maintain OSM but actively use its data for their projects. Upon proposal of importing addresses, there seemed to be a welcome response to the idea, which I am encouraged by. </div><div><br></div><div>I am reaching out to you, because according to the <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines" target="_blank">import guidelines</a>, your input and feedback is an important step in this process. I also notice that it is suggested to refer to a wiki page for the import, which at the moment does not exist, as I don't want to jump the gun, so to speak. I would of course draft one, if I can get some gears rolling.</div><div><br></div><div>Generally speaking, does the import that I am proposing, namely to import the 68,644 address points into OSM for the area of Athens-Clarke County sound as though it would be both 1. useful and in line with the spirit of OSM and 2. the most practical and efficient way to get this data onto OSM? </div><div><br></div><div>In any case, I look forward to your input and feedback. In addition, I recently subscribed to the Import-US email list (I am not sure if what I am doing is 100% the right thing by simply sending this from my email and not some other platform).</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Ian</div></div>
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