<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Yosem, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">OSM is data, ArcGIS is software, so there is no straightforward answer to your question. You can load (and even edit[1], though I do not generally recommend that) OSM data into ArcGIS, and you can use OSM as a base map layer. They even provide a pretty nifty vector tile OSM map that mimics the native OSM rendering[2]. So your client can ‘use’ OpenStreetMap data in any software environment they like, including ArcGIS, as long as that usage does not violate the data license or relevant usage policies. If they want to ‘crowdsource’ data in the sense that they want to add data to OSM, they will need to consult with the community and have a very close look at import guidelines[3] (if they want to do a bulk import) and/or the organized editing policy[4].</div><div class=""><div><br class=""></div><div>[1] <a href="https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-editor-for-openstreetmap" class="">https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-editor-for-openstreetmap</a> </div><div>[2] <a href="http://esri.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=d6b18a2e774c4959ba855f6ac90952a2" class="">http://esri.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=d6b18a2e774c4959ba855f6ac90952a2</a> </div><div>[3] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines" class="">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines</a> </div><div>[4] I don’t think the OSMF ratified version is published yet</div><div><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 3, 2019, at 3:07 PM, Yosem Companys <<a href="mailto:ycompanys@gmail.com" class="">ycompanys@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">How well do ArcGIS and OSM talk to each other? I have a client who has opted for ArcGIS because his institution provides it for free. But I've always thought of OSM as the better option. Should my client use OSM instead, especially given that he wants to crowdsource data?</div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 1:35 PM Martijn van Exel <<a href="mailto:m@rtijn.org" class="">m@rtijn.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">John — a fairly new resource is the Welcome site, <a href="https://welcome.openstreetmap.org/why-openstreetmap/" target="_blank" class="">https://welcome.openstreetmap.org/why-openstreetmap/</a> specifically may be interesting to point them to. It’s fairly high level and brief in its explanations, but if gives organizations a place to start when they’re not familiar with OSM and consider using it or contributing to it.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A common issue I have seen with governments wanting to use OSM data is the license, so they should look into that if they intend to use OSM data as a replacement / back-fill for any data they may now maintain themselves. Often it’s a one-way street: Governments can contribute data to OSM but they can’t use OSM data to enrich their own. YMMV, this is my experience from talking to governments in the U.S.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Martijn</div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 3, 2019, at 2:07 PM, John Whelan <<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_-6158566875831044626Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana" class="">I got a phone call
from someone who works for a municipality who was passed my phone
number. Basically asking from a municipal government point of view was
there any advantage to the municipality in having their municipality
mapped in detail in OpenStreetMap. <br class=""><br class="">Off the top of my head
businesses etc can provide map of where they are located without payment
and list their web sites and phone numbers etc.<br class=""><br class="">Is there a web
page somewhere that covers this?<br class=""><br class="">It is quite a serious question
and I suspect will be used to justify some expenditure and effort to
help enrich the map.<br class=""><br class="">Thanks John<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail-m_-6158566875831044626moz-signature">-- <br class="">
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