[Imports] Seychelles Building Import

[Rafael Avila Coya]

Thanks, Michael!

The license is perfectly ok, as it is the same of other previously 
imported data.

I see that you have added the changeset tags I suggested. Great!

Cheers,

Rafael.

On 07/08/18 15:02, Michael Wagner wrote:
> Hi Rafael,
> 
> I added a link to the original data files to the import wiki.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Michael
> 
> Michael Wagner
> Geospatial Software Developer and Consultant
> allspatial - Geospatial Software and Services
> P.O. Box 4122, Anse Royale
> Mahe / Republic of Seychelles
> 
> Web: https://www.allspatial.sc
> Email:  mwagner at allspatial.info <mailto:mwagner at allspatial.info>
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> 
>> On 6. Aug 2018, at 18:15, Rafael Avila Coya <ravilacoya at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Michael:
>>
>> Thank you for submitting this import for review, and good luck in 
>> building a local OSM community in the Seychelles!
>>
>> I can't find the data license for both sources when clicking in their 
>> respective links in the wiki. Could you point us to where we can find 
>> them? Making sure that the license is ODbL compatible is key before 
>> proceeding with the import.
>>
>> As for the import itself, it looks good quality and well organized. 
>> Some issues/improvements I would add:
>>
>> 1. I can't see any link to the original data file(s).
>>
>> 2. After checking some of the OSM data for the Seychelles, I see that 
>> at least roads and some buildings seem to have been traced against 
>> Bing imagery, so I wonder if it would be better to align the buildings 
>> to be imported with that imagery provider too. But not sure if this 
>> would be convenient or not. I'd like more opinions on this.
>>
>> 3. Running the JOSM validator over the seychelles_buildings.osm, it 
>> gives 4 crossing buildings that should be corrected before the import.
>>
>> 4. I would strongly recommend that you add these two tags to the 
>> changeset tags:
>>
>> type=import
>> url=https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Seychelles_Building_Import
>>
>> That way, people will be able to easily know that the data have been 
>> imported following the import guidelines.
>>
>> Cheers, and thank you again,
>>
>> Rafael.
>>
>> On 05/08/18 09:51, Michael Wagner wrote:
>>> Dear OSM Community,
>>> I intend to upload building outlines and relating tags for the inner 
>>> islands of the Seychelles, contributed by the Centre for GIS and the 
>>> National Bureau of Statistics of the Seychelles under the ODbL.
>>> I followed the Import Guidelines, added an entry to the Import 
>>> Catalogue and created a relating wiki page:
>>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Seychelles_Building_Import
>>> Please note that there is basically no OSM community yet in the 
>>> Seychelles but we (friends, colleagues and myself) are trying to 
>>> establish one. We have a one-week mapathon event with secondary 
>>> school teachers and students from August 27 to September 1 which is 
>>> our first major attempt to make OSM known to a wider range of people 
>>> here in the Seychelles. Having the building outlines I intend to 
>>> import available in OSM would facilitate our mapathon a lot and the 
>>> data collection teams could focus on collecting building details (and 
>>> other features) rather than tracing building outlines.
>>> I have created a dedicated user account that will be used only for 
>>> the import.
>>> I would be happy to receive any feedback from your side.
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Michael
>>> Michael Wagner
>>> Geospatial Software Developer and Consultant
>>> allspatial - Geospatial Software and Services
>>> P.O. Box 4122, Anse Royale
>>> Mahe / Republic of Seychelles
>>> Web: https://www.allspatial.sc
>>> Email: mwagner at allspatial.info 
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