[Imports] EEA:Nationally designated areas import

[Paul Norman]

> From: Jan Kučera [mailto:kozuch82 at gmail.com]
> Subject: [Imports] EEA:Nationally designated areas import
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I would like to discuss this import - see wiki at
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/EEA:Nationally_designated_areas
> 
> The import was partially started for purposes of testing (with better or
> worse results) in the area of Czech Republic. So far I used following
> acccounts for it:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Kozuch/edits
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Kozuch-EEA/edits
> 
> Basically - I have learnt a lot from this first import attempts... had
> some problems with technical part mainly - now the plan is to use JOSM
> with few thousands nodes only and very small parts of data settings,
> which worked the best in my tests.
> 
> All imput data was simplified in JOSM with simplify-way.max-error=1.
> 
> Regarding the value of imported data - will depend on location most
> likely, but for most of Europe protected areas are rather poorly mapped
> I think and this should hepl a lot. As for CZE - we basically had very
> few mapping-data of this kind before the import...
> 
> Tagging is a subject to further review. The plan is to wait some weeks
> after redaction before bigger chunks of data should be imported.
> 
> The biggest problem I face now is not knowing what data from the
> potential import might be already present in OSM in other European
> countries... did not do a lot of research outside CZE yet...
> 
> This dataset is hude and I dont intend a full-blown Europe-wide mass
> import, but rather local imports after current state-of-map research...
> everyone is welcome to help.
> 
> Feel free to edit or discuss the wiki. Comments welcome.

A few comments:

- It doesn't look like you consulted with the imports@ list before you did
the imports in the Czech republic. Did you at least consult with the local
community?

- If you want to proceed with proposing this import you're going to need to
consult with the local communities of each country you want to import into. 

- The data you've imported so far (e.g.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/2212507) needs serious
clean-up. This tagging should have been reviewed. A revert might be easiest.

- You might be best providing this as a data layer of some kind.