[Imports] [Talk-us] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

[Mike N.]

> There is a HUGE amount of data to import from the government, if
> anyone is interested we can continue!
> here are some of the types of data in that  file:
>
> grep -i landuse  g36090.osm  | sort -u
>
>    <tag k="LANDUSE" v="Commercial and Services"/>

  Hi James,

  I would prefer not to have LandUse for my region at this time, mainly 
because editors do not yet support ignoring objects - the boundaries 
interfere with correcting roads and adding landmarks - at times edits are 
excruciating.     Be sure that people in the affected areas want the data 
imported and that there is no better source available first.

   NHD data is useful and generally does not interfere with road and 
landmark correction and updates.   Sign up for your areas of interest on the 
Wiki to avoid duplicate imports.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NHD


 (PS I think the JOSM editor team is working on a mask / layer / ignore type 
feature to address the data overlap problem in the future)