[Talk-GB] Admin Boundaries and OS OpenData BoundaryLine

Richard Fairhurst richard at systemed.net
Tue May 29 19:50:40 BST 2012


Colin Smale wrote:
> I realise I probably caused some confusion by using the words 
> "bulk upload" when I really intended "bulk import". Sorry about 
> that... I was thinking about a way of getting all the data into 
> OSM without having to do too much manual work.

That won't really fly, I'm afraid - most of the boundaries are already in
there (albeit in imperfect form), so if you import them you'll have
duplicate data. Better to use the enthusiasm of the community to bring the
data in properly.

> But if people would prefer me to dump the individual 
> GPX files on a server somewhere so people can grab their local 
> councils and get them "by hand" into OSM, that's fine by me as well.

Yes please!

cheers
Richard



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