[Imports-us] City of Redlands Buildings Import

[Deane Kensok]

Hi Frederik,

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions!

> does this mean you are planning to use one editor for some things and another for other things, or are you just not sure which editor will turn out best?

I am not sure yet which would be best.  I was planning to try both tools in the Development environment and then pick one to use for the import.  If I can get others to help on the import, I'll suggest that editor but assume they might already have a preference given their previous work.  I wanted to use the project to familiarize myself with a couple editors for this type of work.

> Can I suggest that you (if that wasn't already part of the plan) also ensure that your buildings do not intersect any other features in OSM?

Yes, good suggestion.  I have updated the plan accordingly.  I'll update the plan with more details when we complete this analysis.

> if you managed to find just a handful of others to share the load, the probability for a high-quality import would likely rise.

Yes, I know a few of them and a couple other potential contributors and will reach out to see if they can help.  I expect I'll be able to get at least 2-3 others to help.

Thanks,
Deane

-----Original Message-----
From: Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 11:06 AM
To: imports-us at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Imports-us] City of Redlands Buildings Import

Hi,

On 12/16/19 19:41, Deane Kensok wrote:
> I’m planning to do an import of building footprints and addresses
> within the City of Redlands, California, USA.  The import plan is here:

The plan says "This import will be done in sections (block groups) using ArcGIS Editor for OSM and/or JOSM." -- does this mean you are planning to use one editor for some things and another for other things, or are you just not sure which editor will turn out best?

You write: "In the first phase, only new buildings that do not intersect existing buildings will be added." -- Can I suggest that you (if that wasn't already part of the plan) also ensure that your buildings do not intersect any other features in OSM that would be unlikely to intersect with buildings (e.g. water areas, roads, natural=tree, whatever)? This can of course also be done manually during the visual quality control that you will perform before hitting the upload button.

Doing a visual quality control of 34,000 buildings isn't impossible for one person but there's a risk of becoming sloppy with such a workload; if you managed to find just a handful of others to share the load, the probability for a high-quality import would likely rise.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__resultmaps.neis-2Done.org_oooc-3Fzoom-3D13-26lat-3D34.0762-26lon-3D-2D117.14635-26layers-3DB0TFFFFFT&d=DwIGaQ&c=n6-cguzQvX_tUIrZOS_4Og&r=bDlQVwTHTPLXXsq3QVkzaw&m=HcLs8UHu-LHYxybFZFwVUyebm7g77f_6aF7MlAPR7zM&s=CCB4D-fwiHzfG91FnjAw6Vh8JKlzNDmBAbf4oMfsbrY&e=
shows 5 higher-volume mappers in the city of Redlands, one of which is you ;)

Best
Frederik

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