[Imports] UPLOADING U-WIMP project data to osm

[Mike Thompson]

On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 6:19 PM Stellamaris Nakacwa <sn00013 at mix.wvu.edu>
wrote:

> Hello Phil,
>
> We were able to make a thorough assessment of the key/value pair of all
> water tags, based on granularity,  compliance, consistency and completeness
> (temporal and spatial coverage) and what is written in my osm wiki is the
> most significant outcome of the assessment. --a snippet is attached too.
> Also, I personally believe that uploading data to osm (esp. for  LIC)
> should not just be for the sake of uploads but to make real data
> contributions that those governing institutions and interested parties can
> rely on to make desired planning progress. In verbatim, I believe that all
> infrastructure is man-made. That is why for springs, we only mapped ones
> that have been well-built and cared for.
>
Regardless if a spring is tagged natural=spring, the name=* tag is only for
the name of the feature, not for descriptive information. Also, the name
tag is not a way to cause the renderer to create a desired label that would
otherwise not appear, that is tagging for the renderer.

However, regarding springs, in my opinion, springs are inherently natural.
If there is human made infrastructure associated with the spring, separate
tags should be found for that infrastructure, or perhaps it should be
mapped separately.  Take the example of a lake where humans have
extensively modified the shoreline, we still tag the lake as natural=water.

Mike

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