[Talk-us] parcel data in OSM

[Serge Wroclawski]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Brian May <bmay at mapwise.com> wrote:

> +1 on all points. I've seen the same things in FL and use parcels as a
> backdrop in JOSM to help guide hand digitizing boundaries for things like
> parks, golf, schools, hospitals, retail, residential areas, etc. And as Phil
> said, sometimes it doesn't make sense to follow the parcel lines exactly,
> such as if the parcel boundary extends into a road and it makes more sense
> to draw the boundary where the park area appears to end some distance from
> the road.

So it sounds like what you folks would want is for data where it's
available, some sort of tracing background layer, or else a per object
import where you could load the data in your editor of choice and
manually select how they go in?

That seems both doable and non-controversial.

- Serge