[Imports] Uganda Bureau of Statistics educational facilities import

Rafael Avila Coya ravilacoya at gmail.com
Thu Jan 28 03:30:27 UTC 2016


Thank you, Enock! Added to the wiki.

Cheers,

Rafael.

On 27/01/16 22:57, Enock Seth Nyamador wrote:
> Thanks Raphael,
> 
> I've done just that but used government instead of public in my previous
> edits. Will do well to stick to public.
> 
> Kindly add this to the Wiki.
> 
> Best,
> 
> - Enock
> UMaT, Tarkwa
> enockseth.github.io <http://enockseth.github.io/>
> 
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:16 PM, Rafael Avila Coya <ravilacoya at gmail.com
> <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi, Enock:
> 
>     From contacting a representative of UBOS, both ("Private" and "Private
>     aided") mean the same (privately owned):
> 
>     operator:type=private
> 
>     Likewise for "Govt" and "Govt aided". They both translate as:
> 
>     operator:type=public
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Rafael.
> 
>     On 26/01/16 21:27, Enock Seth Nyamador wrote:
>     > 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 <http://enockseth.github.io>
>     <http://enockseth.github.io/>
>     >
>     > On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Enock Seth Nyamador
>     > <kwadzo459 at gmail.com <mailto:kwadzo459 at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:kwadzo459 at gmail.com <mailto: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 <http://enockseth.github.io>
>     <http://enockseth.github.io/>
>     >
>     >     On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Jotam <jotam at posteo.de <mailto:jotam at posteo.de>
>     >     <mailto:jotam at posteo.de <mailto: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 <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com <mailto: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>
>     <http://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>
>     >                 <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:
>     >
>     >                 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>
>     <mailto:kwadzo459 at gmail.com <mailto:kwadzo459 at gmail.com>>
>     >                 <mailto:kwadzo459 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:kwadzo459 at gmail.com> <mailto: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>
>     <http://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>
>     <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>>
>     >                 <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com
>     <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>
>     >                 <mailto: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
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>     >                     <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com
>     <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>>>
>     >                     <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com
>     <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>
>     >                     <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com
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>     >                     <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
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>     >
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>     >
>     >
>     >                         On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Jo
>     >                         <winfixit at gmail.com
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>     <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com>>
>     >                         <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com
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>     >
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>     >
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>     >
>     >                 <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com
>     <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com> <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com
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>     >                 <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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