[Imports] Help request on Guatemala municipal boundaries

[CARLOS A. DUARTE]

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> Dear imports list members:
>
> My name is Carlos Duarte, from Guatemala, Central America.
>
> UNICEF Guatemala has requested me to update Guatemala municipal boundary
> info in Open Street Map. The scope of this task is beginning with checking
> and correcting the currently available data in OSM, and then, completing
> the missing boundary polygons.
>
> To do so, I downloaded from OSM the existing information on Guatemala
> municipal boundaries, using Overpass Turbo.
>
> Then, I compared the existing information in OSM with the official
> municipal boundaries shapefile from Guatemala (from National Geographic
> Service) and I found that most of the existing polygons are different to
> the official polygons, so I am exploring the idea of replacing all the
> polygons with the official shapefile. A colleague suggested to contact the
> OSM imports list, to request for guidance on the implications of completely
> replacing this information in OSM.  I haven’t been able to identify a local
> community of OSM contributors, so I am unsure if I’m allowed do a complete
> substitution, and what is the best way to proceed.
>
> I will highly appreciate any orientation or guidance on this matter.
> I'm an experienced GIS user, but quite new with contributing to OSM.
>
> Thanks and best regards from Guatemala
>
> Carlos Duarte
> Guatemala
>
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