[OSM-newbies] Importing data into JOSM / OpenstreetMap

[Matt Williams]

On 24 August 2011 15:13, poppele at hm.edu <poppele at hm.edu> wrote:
> Hello, I have a question regarding the import of external data:
>
> I would like to import navigation aids that i got from
> www.ourairports.com. They offer a file with worldwide navigational aids
> for pilots. Writing a tool to convert the csv-format to osm is quite
> simple. To load it into JOSM is simple, too. Before I import a lot of
> information, I have some questions:
>
> 1. Do we have a website where I get some basic info about importing
> external data ?
>
> 2. How can I maintain imported data ? (delete or modify data ...). Once
> the data is in the database it is may be not very easy to edit / or
> delete the stuff ? Or is it enough to reverse the changeset ? Or is it
> necessary to use the api  to alter the data ?
>
> 3. What kind of things must be considered before doing any import of
> external data ?

Hi there,

Probably your first port of call should be the wiki page on Imports
(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Imports), particularly the
guidelines at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines

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Matt Williams
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