[Imports] Belize cities streets

[Frederik Ramm]

Harry,

On 15.05.2013 23:01, Harry Noble wrote:
> Hi, I have shp files street centerline with street names of all major
> cities for the country of Belize that I wish to convert and import.
> They are done by me and will be licensed as osm needs for public use.

That is very generous. Have you surveyed all these streets yourself?

> I have added some details to the import catalog wiki page. the only
> issue is the current osm data does have some centerline but non
> street names for some cities. What is the options for this do I
> remove this data or import over it

Neither of these is a good option. Removing the existing data could be 
seen as offensive by those who have invested their time to create that 
data (plus there is no guarantee that your data is actually better than 
what's there). You should only remove data if it is in really bad shape, 
or if those who have created it agree with the removal. Importing over 
existing data isn't a good option either, it will mess up the map and 
create lots of quality problems.

Ideally, you should only upload your new data where nothing already 
exists, and amend the existing data elsewhere. If that is too much work 
for one person, split up your data set and let different people work on 
different chunks of it. It doesn't have to be over in one day.

Bye
Frederik

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