[Talk-us-massachusetts] Adding McKinstry Brook

[Peter Cooper Jr.]

On 12/21/2020 12:41 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> If you are comfortable munging python code and dealing with shapefiles,
> you can probably get to the point of using these sources.  Probably JOSM
> can read shapefiles, in which case you could do this without coding.  If
> you aren't using JOSM and you want to do this sort of editing, I suggest
> learning it.
Hmm; while software engineering is my day job I've somehow managed to 
not pick up Python yet. I guess I was hoping that there was some easy 
way to import more MassGIS layers into the iD editor or into OSM 
directly. Having the L3 Parcel data and the 2019 Orthos right there in 
iD is pretty nice and easy. I was hoping somebody had just already 
developed a way to just copy a stream that's in MassGIS data over into 
OSM. If there's nothing already built, while it sounds like a fun 
project I'm unlikely to be able to dedicate the time to do it myself.

> If you just want to add one stream that you are cross-checking with
> imagery and personal knoweldge, I'd say go for it and don't worry too
> much.
Yeah, that's basically all I'm doing. I mean I know many of the road 
crossings for this stream, but it's not like I've walked along the 
entire length of the stream or anything like that. I guess I am just 
worrying too much.

> If you start to think about "import all the streams in MA", that's an
> import, needs plan/discussion/approval and it's at least 10x harder than
> you think.
Oh no, you're thinking much more ambitious here than I am. :)

> Hope this helps and feel free to ask me more questions.
Yes, thank you, this was helpful.

On 12/21/2020 12:58 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> I downloaded the hydro25k layer and looked at it in QGIS.  It indeed
> looks useful.  If you want to send me a private mail with a geo link to
> where you are I can see about pulling that one stream out of it into osm
> format for you, if that seems daunting to you (quite understandable).
Are you looking for a link other than the changeset I initially made? 
Sorry, I'm not sure what other "geo link" to send.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/96205699

> But see this and maybe you can do it yourself:
>
>    https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software_comparison/Import_a_shapefile
I'll maybe dig into this when I have more time.

Thanks!
-- 
Peter C.