[Historic] Introducing myself and Muninn

[Rob Warren]

Hi folks,

I've been working on a linked open data project called Muninn [1] that  
deals with the First World War records. The majority of the geo data  
from the project is historical in nature and deals with things that  
either no longer exist or that have been repurposed.

Examples include the REGINA allied trench that is now a farmer's field  
and a section of trenches near Vimy Ridge that have been since  
converted into a permanent memorial.

Other interesting things include troop positions, battle lines,  
artillery fire plans, graves sites (temporary and permanent) and even  
a few telephone networks in use by the Canadian army on the western  
front.

I'd like to get involved with HOSM, I will be online for the meeting  
this week but a few questions / thoughts for now:

* The 'mainstream' OSM has long frowned upon automated imports. Most  
of the data I create involves a script and batch process; could we  
bend this rule in order to streamline some data exchange?
* Currently, http://linkedgeodata.org/ provides a bridge from OSM to  
LOD. Could we consider a similar bridge / interface for this?

best,
rhw


[1] http://blog.muninn-project.org/