[Talk-us] MassGIS building conversion

[Jeff Meyer]

Hi Jason -

Great to hear about the import. Sounds like some interesting data!

Have you taken a look through the import checklist at:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines?
I've recently made some updates & would love to have you walk through those
steps to QA them.

Also - it looks like there's already a MASSGIS import listed in the Import
Catalog at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue.
That project is found at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MassGIS, but I
didn't see your name on that page, so it may be from a prior or older
dataset import.

If you follow the checklist, and set up a new import Wiki page, I think
you'll end up answering most (if not all) of Serge's questions and we'll
have (a) some good feedback on the import processes, and (b) an
easier-to-find record of your answers.

This may seem like some excess overhead, but it will help ensure that we're
taking full advantage of past knowledge & helping others learn from your
experiences.

Thanks!
Jeff





On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Jason Remillard
> <remillard.jason at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Everybody,
>
> Hi Jason!
>
> > Last week the Massachusetts mapping department (MassGIS) released data
> for
> > all of the buildings in the state.
> >
> >
> http://www.mass.gov/anf/research-and-tech/it-serv-and-support/application-serv/office-of-geographic-information-massgis/datalayers/structures.html
>
> 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?
>
> > 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?
>
> - Serge
>
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