[Imports-us] Maryland Department of Natural Resources State Park Import

[Elliott Plack]

Done. Thanks for the suggestion.


On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us>wrote:

> One suggestion I have is to add the tags you plan to import,
> ( leisure=park, name=*,website=*) to the wiki page. Also, I assume you plan
> to cut and paste using JOSM. As a reminder, if you cut and paste from JOSM
> layers, multipolygon relationships don't copy.
>
> Clifford
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Elliott Plack <elliott.plack at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I have noticed that my state's open space areas are often bare in
>> OpenStreetMap. I have decided it would be to everyone's benefit if I were
>> to import the state park boundaries from the state park agency, Maryland
>> Department of Natural Resources.
>>
>> Professionally, I am a GIS Specialist, so I reached out to my GIS
>> colleague, Dave Foreman at MD DNR (
>> http://dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us/gis/data/help.asp) about bringing the data
>> into OpenStreetMap. He was very enthusiastic, and said that all the data is
>> in the Public Domain.
>>
>> Given that, I decided to try bringing in some data. It looks great. But
>> to continue I need to bring this up to the group here.
>>
>> I have made a wiki page about the import process:
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Maryland_State_Parks
>>
>> The basic technical process is simple. I am merging various parts of the
>> same park that are split by gov't boundaries, but otherwise contiguous. The
>> most rewarding part about this import so far is that other local editors
>> have surveyed lots of local trails, shelters, and other amenities, but have
>> not ventured to add the boundaries because so much of the area is wooded.
>> With these boundaries, park users can more easily know if they are in the
>> park, or on private property.
>>
>> Questions?
>>
>> / Starting this process at the spring #editathon at MapBox HQ in DC.
>>
>> --
>> Elliott Plack
>> http://about.me/elliottp
>>
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>
> --
> Clifford
>
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