[Imports] Mountlake Terrace, WA Building and Address Import

[Clifford Snow]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 4:28 AM Marc_marc <marc_marc at mailo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> thanks for the time you spend on that.
> 2 items :
>
>  > Data Files
>  > Marysville provided its information as shapefile
>  > in Washington State Plane North
>
> who is Marysville compared to Mountlake Terrace and WA?
>
I missed that reference when I copied an old import. Since the Marysville
import and the Mountlake Terrace import are very similar, it was easiest to
just copy the old wiki page. Fixed. I've decided to use the original source
for the data, Snohomish County.

>
>  > Changeset Tags
>  > Tag in import-related changesets:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mountlake_Terrace_Import
>
> can you add a sentence and not only a url ? see [1]
> for ex :
> description=Building and Address Import
> source=Mountlake Terrace, WA
> url=https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mountlake_Terrace_Import
>
> [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_changeset_comments


Done.

>
>
>  > Data Transformation Results
>
> why detacted house is taged as building=house ?
>

Taginfo has over 47M buildings tagged as building=house yet only 5M as
detached. My assumption is that house is the de facto standard for a single
family dwelling.

what's building=manufactured ? manufactured seem to be how the building
> is build, not what it look like
>
Manufactured homes look like they could be classified as static caravan but
they technically are not. But they are not the same as a typical single
family home either. One of the biggest problems is that manufactured homes
typically do not qualify for traditional home financing. At least not in
this state. I felt it was important to differentiate between them and the
typical single family home even though there are only 7 in the import. I'm
open to suggestions.

189 Other Residential   yes  -> residential ?
>
>  > Local knowledge
>  > if you know the corner address for a building is a coffeeshop, add
> that information while you're buzzing about in the import.
>
> I think it's better to make a changeset for the import itself and
> another changeset for everything else (if you add a coffeeshop that is
> not in the import source, it's not very readable to have it in the
> import changeset)
>
> I'm hoping to attract some local mappers. While I know the area and have
spent a lot of time in Mountlake Terrace, getting more local mappers
involved is important. Encouraging them to add other features doesn't
distract from the import. I believe it enhances it.

Best,
Clifford


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