[Imports] (no subject)

[Daniel O'Connor]

It's worth posting up the explicit permission up -
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution/sa.data.gov.au_explicit_permissionfor
example.

So, spot checking things it seems to align to the existing building traces;
but do you know the history/process used to get these building imprints?




On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Nathan Mixter <nmixter at gmail.com> wrote:

> The city of Stockon, California has released building footprints and other
> digital files that can be imported into OSM. GIS Supervisor Bruce Faylor
> confirmed that the files are public domain and can be freely used.
> Unfortunately the city doesn't have any address files either linked in the
> building file or in a separate digital file. They don't have any plans to
> release updates, so this would be a one-time import. The import would
> include just the generic building=yes tag since the files don't include
> anything else of value.
>
> There aren't many buildings already added in the city, but I plan to
> verify that none overlap with existing buildings. I will leave the existing
> buildings in place and merge any existing  address nodes or pois manually
> with the new buildings.
>
> I would also like to import a modified version of the zoning landuse areas
> within the city. These would include just commercial, industrial and
> residential areas. I have modified and reduced the nodes of the files since
> they were over digitalized originally and included too many nodes. I plan
> to verify the areas so they don't overlap any of the zoning areas already
> added surrounding the city.
>
> Please see the import page at
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue/Stockton_Import for
> more.
>
> The JOSM files are available for review at
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/9129ppj03dixtx1/Stockton%20buildings.osm and
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/yu6tc0uwgh7g7i3/stockton%20landuse.osm. Always
> interested in thoughts and comments. Thanks,
> Nathan
>
> _______________________________________________
> Imports mailing list
> Imports at openstreetmap.org
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/attachments/20140418/23680c9f/attachment.html>