[Talk-so] UNSOS waterways import

[Rafael Avila Coya]

Hi list:

I contact the OSM Somalia community to share the info about the first of 
a series of imports that we UN Mappers [1] are preparing at UNGSC [2] in 
Brindisi as part of the Unite Maps Initiative [3].

This import consists of around 108,000 km of waterways (rivers, streams, 
canals, etc.) in the southern part of Somalia coming from the 
geodatabase of the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) [4], that would 
vastly improve the hydrographic coverage of the map of Somalia.

You can check the draft import wiki here: 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Edvac/Wikis/SomaliaWaterwaysImportWiki

A practical wiki showing the detailed import workflow is on progress. 
The draft is here: 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Edvac/Wikis/SomaliaWaterwaysImportWiki_Workflow

As you can see, it is intended to be a crowdsourced import, where 
experienced users will be welcome to the mapping and to the validation 
of the import process.

We will also drop an email in the hot at openstreetmap.org mailing list for 
feedback.

Any comments/questions/issues/etc will be most welcome!

Have a nice weekend,

Rafael.

[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Unite_Maps_Initiative/UN_Mappers

[2] https://www.ungsc.org/

[3] https://unsos.unmissions.org/