[Talk-us] bulk upload of data to OSM: roads, water, and orthos

[John Callahan]

I was reading through the OSM website and noticed that for bulk uploads 
from non-GPS data (such as from shapefiles) to contact the OSM team.. 
Hopefully, an email though this listserv will serve that purpose!   (I 
just joined this list a few hours ago.)

I work at the University of Delaware and we now have an updated road 
network for the entire state.  All of the line work and a subset of the 
attributes (name, address range, postal code, etc...) are unrestricted 
and I would like to submit the dataset to OSM.  We're a small state 
(less than 100,000 records covers the entire state) but the spatial 
accuracy is pretty good.  I have the data as a shapefile.  What is the 
best way to submit them to OSM?

Also, I'm involved in a project to update the USGS National Hydrography 
Dataset (NHD) for our state.  I would love to submit the NHD for my area 
and surrounding areas to OSM and use that interface for updating.  The 
NHD should be public domain, as is all data from USGS National Map.   I 
started reading some previous posts and it looks like others are doing 
similar things with the NHD.   Is someone uploading the entire country 
or should individuals upload their own areas?

Finally, we also have new orthophotography for the entire state; imagery 
taken Spring 2007.   Data are as TIFFs, 0.25m res, 3-band...total of 
about 280GB.   Can I contribute that data, such as maybe to 
OpenAerialMap?   For our state, both the roads and hydro need to align 
with these new orthos; other datasets are also being aligned to these 
orthos.   So, it may be important to have this imagery available as 
background while editing the roads/hydro, such as through JOSM or some 
other way.

Thanks for your help.

- John

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John Callahan
Geospatial Application Developer

Delaware Geological Survey
University of Delaware
227 Academy St, Newark DE 19716-7501
Tel: (302) 831-3584  

Email: john.callahan at udel.edu
http://www.dgs.udel.edu
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