[Talk-us] MassGIS building conversion

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Hi Jason,

If the MassGIS building/address objects have MassGIS IDs are you planning
to preserve them in the OSM DB ?

Best,

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Jason Remillard
<remillard.jason at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Serge,
>
> I don't see a license related to this data, only a copyright notice on
>> the page. Is there a separate license somewhere that says this data is
>> usable?
>>
>
> Like the federal goverment, maps are considered part of the public record
> in Mass, and therefor are in the public domain (no copyright). No license
> is needed for the data. OSM has already confirmed this directly with the
> MassGIS people.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MassGIS
>
>
>
>>
>> > Since it is likely that next year we will be importing this data into
>> OSM to
>> > support addresses, I figured it would be useful to convert the files to
>> OSM
>> > format and share them.
>>
>> What is the script you're plannng to use for conversion? What is your
>> mapping scheme? What is your plan regarding conflation with existing
>> data? What is your plan regarding updates?
>>
>
> - I will put up my ugly little script shortly.
> - schema, building = yes
> - conflation, don't import a building that overlaps with an existing
> building in OSM.
>
> I was thinking that this was a precursory step for the import. I don't
> have the time right now to lead an import myself. Regardless of who
> actually does it, I think getting a lot of eyes on the data is the best
> starting point for whatever happens next.
>
> Thanks
> Jason.
>
>
>>
>> - Serge
>>
>
>
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