[Talk-ca] Help Importing York Region Data to OpenStreetMap

[Cawker, Michelle]

Thank you for your response. We will review the specifications at the wiki link you provided for more information.
We would like to contribute valuable data to OpenStreetMap and we would like to work with the community to do so.
Is there someone experienced from the OpenStreetMap community who would be willing to download York Region’s data and import to OpenStreetMap
-or-
To work together with us to do so?

We appreciate the community’s support getting valuable data out.
Thank you
York Region Open Data

From: Richard Weait [mailto:richard at weait.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:15 PM
To: Cawker, Michelle
Cc: imports at openstreetmap.org; talk-ca at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: Help Importing York Region Data to OpenStreetMap

You should not proceed with this import.  The plan description on the wiki has several show-stopper problems.  From a quick scan of the wiki:
- multiple users on one account.  Don't do that. :-) Each of your employees who try to edit OpenStreetMap must have their own accounts.  Pro Tip: Have them use their real names, and not something like "York Region GIS Team #1"  We OpenStreetMap contributors are real live humans, not faceless administrative drones, even if we play the role of faceless administrative drone at work.
- parcels. Parcel data is contentious and problematic in OpenStreetMap.  See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Parcel
- there are likely other problems.  This plan needs careful, expert review.

Have any of your employees contributed to OpenStreetMap outside of this project?  If not, they may be in for a tough learning curve.  Importing data is not for a newcomer.  You should have years of real OpenStreetMap experience before attempting an import.

If the OpenStreetMap community takes an interest in the York Region data they will convert, conflate, adapt, correct it, and then contribute it to OpenStreetMap.  So you don't have to go crazy with your limited regional budget.  The volunteers / experts will do it.

Do you have Open Data for building outlines?  Building outline data is widely accepted in OpenStreetMap as being useful and worthwhile.  Building outlines make a better home for address point data than a disembodied point, or a parcel centroid / parcel outline.

Do you have newer and or higher resolution aerial imagery?
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