[Imports] Uganda Bureau of Statistics educational facilities import
Enock Seth Nyamador
kwadzo459 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 26 20:27:30 UTC 2016
I've been adding using "operator:type"
But there is one thing am still not sure of, is:
Private and Private Aided = private?
Government and Government Aided = government?
Best
- Enock
UMaT, Tarkwa
enockseth.github.io
On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Enock Seth Nyamador <kwadzo459 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Thanks Raphael and Jotam.
>
> Am very careful not to assume any condition and act in my own opinion.
> Will be back here or refer to workflow if there is any problem. Thanks.
>
> Best,
>
> - Enock
> UMaT, Tarkwa
> enockseth.github.io
>
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Jotam <jotam at posteo.de> wrote:
>
>> Many schools in Uganda will follow exactly that name pattern: "VILLAGE
>> NAME Primary School".
>>
>> This is extremely common, especially in smaller places. So please don't
>> delete "Primary / Secondary School" from the name tag as it is most likely
>> an integral part of the name indeed.
>>
>> Am 24. Januar 2016 03:38:36 EAT, schrieb Rafael Avila Coya <
>> ravilacoya at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi, Enock:
>>>
>>> I have already imported hundreds of nodes, and found only one duplicate.
>>>
>>> In case of duplicates, it's quite clear: just merge them in one. If the
>>> names are similar, like in your example, I would put one of the names as
>>> alt_name.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Rafael.
>>>
>>> On 23/01/16 22:54, Enock Seth Nyamador wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jo,
>>>>
>>>> That sounds like a clue though but sometimes there could be more than
>>>> one Primary/Secondary schools in same village/parish and other way -
>>>> duplicates (as in my current task with 2 nodes each with same names).
>>>> Adding the parish/village as an integral part of name could conflict
>>>> with an existing feature name.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> - Enock
>>>> UMaT, Tarkwa
>>>> enockseth.github.io <http://enockseth.github.io/>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Jo <winfixit at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Enock,
>>>>
>>>> Went to a Missing Maps event this afternoon and was a bit pressed
>>>> for time when I answered. When you drop Primary/Secondary school
>>>> from those names, all that's left is the name of the village/parish.
>>>> That's not the name of the school either, so I'd say it's an
>>>> integral part of the name after all.
>>>>
>>>> Jo
>>>>
>>>> 2016-01-23 13:08 GMT+01:00 Enock Seth Nyamador <kwadzo459 at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:kwadzo459 at gmail.com>>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Just a quick one.
>>>>
>>>> Came across some schools with names; Primary School and
>>>> Secondary School. This aren't names.
>>>>
>>>> What is best to do, just delete those tags? I would
>>>> have removed
>>>> them, If I was mapping personally. But as this an import,
>>>> haven't seen anything related to it on the Wiki.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> - Enock
>>>> UMaT, Tarkwa
>>>> enockseth.github.io <http://enockseth.github.io/>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 3:50 AM, Rafael Avila Coya
>>>> <ravilacoya at gmail.com <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi, Jo:
>>>>
>>>> Yes. It happens many times. As I said, it would be very nice
>>>> to have a
>>>> JOSM plugin that would address switching between a list of user
>>>> accounts. My vision would be of a simple plugin that would
>>>> allow to:
>>>>
>>>> 1) Create a list of user accounts, instead of having only
>>>> place for one,
>>>>
>>>> as it is with the JOSM standard Preferences.
>>>>
>>>> 2) Easy button in the tools bar to switch between user accounts.
>>>>
>>>> 3) A checkbox to decide if you want JOSM to warn you what's
>>>> the user you
>>>> are using when uploading the data to OSM. That means: you
>>>> hit the upload
>>>> button, and as a final step, JOSM tells you: you are
>>>> uploading with
>>>> Polyglot OSM user account. Accept? (and the typical "cancel"
>>>> and "Ok"
>>>> buttons).
>>>>
>>>> You have contributed lots of comments and great ideas, so I
>>>> am not going
>>>> to pressure you with contributing more. Anyway, although
>>>> it's a bit of a
>>>> nuissance, you will get used after a while. Many of us have
>>>> done this
>>>> since about 3 years ago for lots of
>>>> manual imports! And, if
>>>> you get a
>>>> task with say 15 schools (I did yesterday one with 147!),
>>>> the time you
>>>> spend switching between user accounts is less than 1% of the
>>>> total.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Rafael.
>>>>
>>>> On 22/01/16 22:17, Jo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I tried to use my import account. Failed to do it. The stuff that should
>>>>> have been uploaded with it, went up with my normal account. The
>>>>> subsequent non import stuff went up with my import account.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's too much of a hassle and yes I would need to switch back and forth
>>>>> between accounts constantly.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, I'll limit myself to doing validation work, until this silly rule
>>>>> gets finally lifted some day. I won't be holding my breath, no worries.
>>>>>
>>>>> Polyglot
>>>>>
>>>>> 2016-01-07 16:44 GMT+01:00 Rafael Avila Coya <ravilacoya at gmail.com <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>
>>>>> <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>>>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Enock:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for volunteering!
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, Geoffrey has given his opinions already, and he offered something
>>>>> very key here: help from the local OSM community.
>>>>>
>>>>> As I guess there are quite a number of active members in Kampala (for
>>>>> example), it could be of unvaluable help for double checking on the
>>>>> ground the facilities inside the city, as those are the mainly the only
>>>>> ones hard to spot from imagery.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Rafael.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 04/01/16 15:42, Enock Seth Nyamador wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Very long discussion
>>>>>> here. Glad I was able to follow. I've copied
>>>>>> Ugandan OSMer Geoffrey of Mapping Day Uganda[1] guess you might be
>>>>>> interested in this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am interested in volunteering for this import.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. http://www.mappingday.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Enock
>>>>>> UMaT, Tarkwa
>>>>>> enockseth.github.io <http://enockseth.github.io>
>>>>>>
>>>>> <http://enockseth.github.io>
>>>>
>>>>> <http://enockseth.github.io/>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Jo <winfixit at gmail.com
>>>>>> <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>> <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com>>
>>>>
>>>>> <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>> <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Doing what I did in these 2 edits:
>>>>>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3925002632/history
>>>>>>
>>>>>> would make the import a whole lot slower, as it would entail a lot
>>>>>> more research (and fiddling with Wikidata), but it would also make
>>>>>> the data even more useful.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If it were me, I'd add Wikidata items for each of these schools. I
>>>>>> can write a script that would make the process easier. I'm not sure
>>>>>> about license issues though. If I drag a node over Bing imagery and
>>>>>> upload it to Openstreetmap. Can I use those coordinates on Wikidata
>>>>>> if I mention the source properly? Or are they already ODBL and
>>>>>> therefore incompatible. That would be really annoying. It would mean
>>>>>> I have to make sure to add the coordinates to Wikidata first, and
>>>>>> only after doing that upload to Openstreetmap, but I want to mention
>>>>>> the source on Wikidata, so I need a reference
>>>>>> url to the OSM object...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think, at least for the schools with WP articles, it makes sense
>>>>>> to do this. For the others I think it makes sense as well, but it's
>>>>>> a lot more work. They would all get identifiers that way, which may
>>>>>> make later conflation easier.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jo
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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