[Talk-do] help needed with some Dom Rep OSM data

[Ed Freyfogle]

Hi Yacine,

yes,that could be exactly what we need. One question,do you (or anyone else
on this list) know what license the data is available under? Is it
compatible with OSM?

Thanks again for your help
Ed




2016-12-20 13:49 GMT+01:00 Yacine Khelladi <yacine at yacine.net>:

>
> would these files help?
>
> http://www.one.gob.do/cartografia/281/shapefiles
> http://www.one.gob.do/Transparencia/318/mapa-politico-provincial
> http://www.one.gob.do/Transparencia/282/codigos
> http://www.one.gob.do/Transparencia/277/division-politica-administrativa
>
>
> Ed Freyfogle wrote on 20-Dec-16 2:35 AM:
>
>> thanks for your help Yacine,I appreciate it. I have found a volunteer to
>> go
>> forward with the project
>>
>> 2016-12-19 21:04 GMT+01:00 Yacine Khelladi <yacine at yacine.net
>> <mailto:yacine at yacine.net>>:
>>
>>
>>
>>     Hi
>>     Would the ONE administrative boundiaries shape files help? I think I
>> have
>>     them somewhere as part of theDR DevCa's hackaton sources.
>>     Yacine
>>
>>
>>     Ed Freyfogle wrote on 19-Dec-16 12:10 PM:
>>
>>         Hola,
>>
>>         apologies I do not really speak much Spanish so I will have to
>> write in
>>         English.
>>         I am looking to pay someone to help me add / clean up some data
>> to OSM in
>>         Dominican Republic
>>
>>         My name is Ed, OSM id 'freyfogle'
>>         http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/freyfogle
>>         <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/freyfogle>
>>
>>         I have a client who would like me to build him a geocoder for
>> Dominican
>>         Republic, but the data in OSM is not great. Specifically I see
>> all 31
>>         provinces
>>         + 1 national district are in OSM with boundaries.
>>
>>         An example if Barahona
>>         http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?place_id=159675971
>>         <http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?place_id=159
>> 675971>
>>
>>         but the next level down there is not much. Cities, villages,
>> towns are
>>         all just
>>         nodes with admin level 15 (and thus no boundaries).
>>
>>         - does boundary data exist and can it be added to OSM?
>>         - is anyone on this list interested in helping us with this
>> project?
>>
>>         We do not have a massive budget, but happy to spend it on local
>> expert help.
>>         Please contact me if you are able to help us and I will go into
>> more detail
>>
>>         many thanks for your attention
>>         Ed
>>
>>         - separately from that, would anyone be interested in doing an
>> interview
>>         on our
>>         blog about the OSM community in Dominican Republic?
>>
>>         Here's an example interview we did about Cuba:
>>         http://blog.opencagedata.com/post/144469399468/country-profi
>> le-openstreetmap-in-cuba
>>         <http://blog.opencagedata.com/post/144469399468/country-prof
>> ile-openstreetmap-in-cuba>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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