[Talk-us] MassGIS Building Import - new member

[JasonWoof]

Hi all,

I'm new to this list, and wanted to say "hi" and chime in about the
MassGIS buliding import project.

BTW... sorry to add another "Jason" to the mix... Please call me
JasonWoof (my osm username) to avoid confusion.


I just found out about the MassGIS building import project when
whodidit told me about changes in the next town over from where I
live. (That would be the buildings in Westhampton magically
appearing.)


I loved having the building outlines everywhere when I lived in
Cambridge, MA, then missed them when I moved to Northampton, MA.
While listening to audio-books, I traced every building within the
Northampton city limits (about 12,000).

Also, I've been programming quite a bit since about 1994, but
haven't put those skills to use on OSM yet, so this seems like a
great opportunity for me to get more involved. This seems like it
would be much, much easier than importing things that have
routing/connectivity concerns.

Hopefully when it comes time to import addresses I'll be more
experienced and able to help with that too.


I've spoken with Jason Remillard about helping out, read the
threads on the archives for this list that looked relevant, and
read some procedure/policy stuff on the wiki about how to go about
imports. I'll try to read everything I can find on the wiki bout
how to do imports properly before I start fiddling with data.

I understand that imports can go wrong in many ways, and I'll be
very cautious and ask for more experienced folks to check my work
early and often.


Oh, and here's something that resonated with me from the archive:

Greg Troxel wrote:
> The community in Mass is actually growing, and I haven't heard
> from anyone local who is opposed to what's happening.  This
> process is causing us to know each other better.

Yes! I've mostly mapped on my own, and I'm excited about working
with vaguely local folks on this project.


      - JasonWoof