[Imports] US - HIDFL (DHS) Hospital Import

[Mike Thompson]

Hi Matt!

Thanks for joining the conversation.



On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 12:15 PM Matthew Whilden <matthew.whilden at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> Could you expand on why you think the process currently being followed
> counts as an import?
>
I am not sure what the process is after having read the wiki page for this
activity (other than how the fields in the HIFLD dataset are going to be
translated to OSM tags) .[0]
1) William's original email said "I am writing to propose an import..."
2) The wiki page he cites in his email states "The purpose of this page is
to document the import of the data in the Public Health category of the
HIFLD"[0]
3) William has added this activity to the "Import Catalogue" on the OSM
wiki[1] (perhaps at my suggestion - but if it isn't an import, it probably
should not be added to that page)

Regardless of whether this is an import or not, we should be very careful
when using this data because of the potential quality issues cited in my
first email.  Smaller facilities may be located in buildings that are not
obviously hospitals, and per the example I cited (and the wiki entry for
this activity), facilities are purchased, or otherwise change their names
quite frequently.


> He's reviewing each item and editing in the same way a MapRoulette mapper
> given a list of websites and lat/long coordinates would.
>
That is not stated in the wiki page for this activity.

Mike

[0] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/HIFLD/Public_Health
[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue
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