[HOT] Import data from ARD-Saint-Louis, Senegal

[Pierre Béland]

The admin_level tag is to be used for boundaries only and not for the node with the place tag.

To define the boundary limits, If you define a relation to combine the multiple ways, it is on this relation that you add the admin_level tag. It would be redundant to add it to every way included in the relation. To assure that people do not erase these ways by mistake, you can simply add a note=limite administrative.

 
Pierre 



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> De : william skora <skorasaurus at gmail.com>
>À : augustin.doury at hotosm.org 
>Cc : imports at openstreetmap.org; hot at openstreetmap.org 
>Envoyé le : Samedi 29 juin 2013 20h15
>Objet : Re: [HOT] Import data from ARD-Saint-Louis, Senegal
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>Hi Augustin, 
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>As someone who has worked with HOT and studied in St. Louis, Senegal, I am excited to see this happen. I have a couple questions and suggestions:
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>- It's generally preferred to use a create a specific user name for imports and not to use your own account. 
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>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines#Use_a_dedicated_user_account
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>a user name like 2013ARD_STL_IMPORTS for example, would be appropriate. 
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>As I understand, it's not necessary to add the tag source=ARD_STL;CSE to each way if you add the source=ARD_STL;CSE to the changeset.
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>For the "communes" (type point)" - As nodes, they do not need to have admin_level=8 to them. I think just place=* , name=* would be sufficient. 
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>Regarding the 
>shapefile "Limite_Communauté_Rurale" 
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>I am not sure if it necessary to add the tag boundary=administrative and admin_level=8 to the member ways. I have seen boundaries where only the relation has tags (for example http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/219920348) but I also have seen boundary=administrative tagged on the relation as well as the relation - as described in http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_France/Tracer_les_limites_administratives#Sur_les_membres_4 
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>which is listed as a reference in the SN tagging guide - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FR:WikiProject_Senegal#Fronti.C3.A8res_administratives
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>Most importantly,
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>If you could send a small example .osm that would consist of the data that you wish to upload, I would greatly appreciate it and would be very helpful to better understand the import. 
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>These are just my interpretations of OSM community consensus and existing practice, I hope to hear others' opinions and interpretations as well. 
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>Cordialement, 
>Will Skora
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