[Imports] Building Footprints in Kariba, Zimbabwe

[Jason Owen]

Hi John,

Thanks for your email. I have yet to set up a wiki, I'm still considering
the best approach.

I am trying to import a shapefile of plots or stands. The shapefile I have
has just over 6000 stands.

For the 2000 plus existing buildings in OSM that will conflict I'm not yet
sure what the best approach is. I am exploring JOSM editor and looking for
ways to resolve conflicts - if you have any advice on this, would be
greatly appreciated.

As far as the Open Location Code we had not considered it -- the advantage
of the stand number is that local residents are familiar with it. OLC codes
may take some time to implement.

Best,
Jason

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 6:48 PM John Whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I missed the link to your wiki page plan.
>
> Are you importing plots or buildings?
>
> If buildings how will you cope with the 2,200+ buildings already mapped?
>
> Have you considered the use of Open Location Code for addresses?  OSMand
> supports this.
>
> Thanks John
>
> Jason Owen wrote on 2019-02-11 3:18 AM:
>
> Dear OSM community,
>
> I am from Zimbabwe and I’m working with the Local Authority in Kariba Town
> (a small town in the West of the country). The Local Authority would like
> to launch an app reliant on OSM data. The app is for reporting local issues
> and users will geolocate issues before submitting a form. Zimbabwe does not
> have a great street address system and most streets in Kariba are not
> officially named. Most houses do not have street numbers or street
> names/addresses. However, all houses have got what is known as a “Stand
> Number” which is given to the property owner when they purchase their
> property.
>
> The local authority has good GIS capabilities and has been creating GIS
> layers for points of interest and building footprints with useful
> attributes such as the stand number. I am helping them to investigate the
> possibility of uploading a shapefile of all property boundaries with stand
> number attributes to OSM. This will greatly improve the geocoding
> possibilities for Kariba residents.
>
> I am following the steps laid out in the Import Guidelines -
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines. I would like to
> inform the imports mailing list of our intentions and I look forward to
> your comments and advice about this proposed import.
>
> Thanks so much,
> Jason
>
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