[Imports] NOAA Imports

[Greg Troxel]

Sailor Jerry <sailorjerry at scmarinetech.com> writes:

> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NOAA_ENC_Direct_to_GIS_Import
>
> Any suggestions and concerns are greatly appreciated.
>
> I will use this account http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Sailor%20Jerry for
> this import.

The import page is missing a lot of explanations.  Specifically, I would
suggest adding at least:

  a more precise description of the source data; that points to a page
  with a lot of stuff on it

  an explanation of why this data is compatible with the CT

  an explanation of your evaluation of the accuracy of the source data

  pointers to the preprocessed data files in osm format that you plan to
  upload

  how you plan to avoid conflicts with data already present in osm
  (typically, there is some process of not adding a node if the node is
  already there, and leaving the hard cases for manual inpsection)

  what tool will be used for upload, and how that can be reverted if
  trouble

  do you have a staged plan for doing a bit and taking a pause while
  people look for trouble?

  the account does not look like an import-only account.  Surely you
  intend to manually map as well, so perhaps you should register
  Sailor%20Jerry-import-noaa or some such for the import.  You may also
  want to do a bit more manual mapping before importing.  If you have
  another account, it seems good to have the import account point to
  that account so that people can connect the importer with the regular
  mapper.

I would also suggest that you review the last few months of archives.

It looks like there are already some uploads of imported data going on,
which is contrary to the propose/review cycle for automated edits.

(I'm not conceptually opposed to imports, but they are very hard to get
right.)

Greg
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