[Imports] City of Seattle imports

[Robert Coup]

Hi Jeff,

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org> wrote:

> Data has been converted from shape to osm using pnorman's ogr2osm python
> scripts and some translation instructions Cliff has put together.
>
> At the meeting, we will discuss concerns about the import, methods of
> curating the data, how to divide up the work, and how to properly track
> data created through this import. A cursory review of the data has
> identified a variety of issues: e.g. non-existent addresses, misplaced
> addresses, including buildings that no longer exist, etc. So, we are not
> planning to just do a big bulk dump of information.
>

Is it worth looking at the NZ community's toolset for this work? It'll
allow you to test and refine tagging across multiple source layers (from
shapefiles/etc), and then break up the work into "human-sized" chunks, and
keep track of what's merged/not - especially if you have existing data and
need people with local knowledge to do their local areas.

https://github.com/opennewzealand/linz2osm/

Feel free to ask any questions,

Rob :)
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