[Imports] Building Footprints in Kariba, Zimbabwe

[John Whelan]

Think about what you are trying to do.

What are the requirements?

If its to allow people to order goods then you need something understood 
outside the local area.  OLC codes have the benefit they are well 
understood by delivery companies.  If you go OLC then the lat and long 
are already on the map.  It's just a different way of saying lat and long.

If its to associate a particular plot code with a building or plot then 
could you just add a tag to the existing building?

Do you want to map the plots independently of the buildings?

How will it display?  I know we don't map for the render but not 
everyone wants to use JOSM so what device or printed map will they use?

Looking at the imagery I don't see a lot of unmapped buildings.  Some 
are HOT project mapped so the shapes might need correcting but most seem 
to be there to me.

Cheerio John

Jason Owen wrote on 2019-02-12 3:11 PM:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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