[Talk-ca] Importing buildings in Canada

[Nate Wessel]

I certainly hope I'm not doing the Toronto import alone :-)

Sorry if I didn't report back to this list - I had suggested on the OSM 
Canada Toronto Slack channel that we seemed to be ready to start a soft 
launch of the import to see if we found any major problems etc. So far, 
I haven't heard of any big problems or encountered any myself. We only 
have about 20/300 tasks finished at the moment.

I've had some help from DannyMcD on this and others are certainly 
encouraged to join in!

http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/175

Regarding import accounts - good catch Daniel. I have indeed been using 
my standard account. I remember having to reconfigure my user ID in JOSM 
settings when importing in the past. I need to do that again this time! 
I will also make a note on the import instructions for Toronto. 
Personally, I don't think it's a HUGE problem to have the wrong account 
associated, though it's definitely preferable to isolate the import 
changes to some degree from standard contributions.

Best,

Nate Wessel, PhD
Planner, Cartographer, Transport Nerd
NateWessel.com <https://www.natewessel.com>

On 2020-04-23 3:38 p.m., Daniel @jfd553 wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just completed the task #173 (Squamish - Building Import) benchmark. 
> The import procedure seems OK. So I think anyone interested in 
> completing the import for other areas is welcome, as long as the 
> procedure is respected.
>
> Regarding the Squamish area, the presence of numerous GPS tracks 
> really made a difference. ODB buildings were (too) often badly 
> positioned and not to scale, something I could not have seen or 
> confirmed without these tracks. I then encourage everyone to upload 
> their GPS tracks in OSM! The Import Status for Squamish has been 
> updated to “Completed” [1].
>
> Regarding task #175 - Toronto Building Import, I understand that Nate 
> Wessel is going to the complete the job alone? I updated the Import 
> Status for Toronto but Nates’ import account is not identified yet [2].
>
> A lot of tasks are still waiting for us so good mapping!
>
> Daniel
>
> [1] 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada_-_The_Open_Database_of_Buildings#British_Columbia
>
> [2] 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada_-_The_Open_Database_of_Buildings#Ontario
>
>
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