[Talk-us] [Imports] Open Street Map Data Contributions (City of Springdale, Arkansas)

[Attila Kun]

Hello all,

It is a very good thing to show how the web editor works but for imports 
I strongly recommend JOSM(Java OpenStreetMap editor). I cannot say it 
enough that iD is only good for smaller edits where you don't have to 
pull data from other sources but you just put it there manually. Or at 
least I don't like using it above 30-40+ edits per changeset since it 
starts to get laggy for me. iD doesn't support file loading so 
definitely JOSM is a must to have for importing.

JOSM supports geojson, csv, xml, kmz files, basically all kinds of 
formats that are used in GIS.

https://josm.openstreetmap.de/

https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Introduction

JOSM has a great feature that you can select multiple elements with a 
key combination and you can search for specific tags with the searcher, 
I don't know if iD has any of these traits, maybe yes but JOSM is more 
robust, even if it has a learning curve. (it takes a few weeks but after 
that you're master in it)

Also as Mateusz mentioned before, OSMUS Slack has #imports, and 
#local-oklahoma-arkansas channel where the details can be discussed. 
That's the local buy-in that people support your project, and it's a 
crucial step, because it may happen that some people import data 
carelessly, without discussing the community, and the result is mostly a 
disaster.

I hope this helps a bit.

BR,
Attila

On 2022. 06. 23. 21:09, Marc_marc wrote:
> Hello,
>
> resend with CC
>
> Le 23.06.22 à 20:51, Ashlyn Haynes a écrit :
>> What is a local buy in?
>
> the active contributor community in the area of your import
> must accept (buy in) your import project.
> I don't know how big the communities are in the US,
> others will answer better than me.
> you do however have an idea of the communication channels of local 
> communities when you make a contribution to the data via the web 
> editor, which I strongly advise you to do to familiarise yourself
> is the edit button on
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/36.18682/-94.12896
>
>> We are a local government organization. I am not sure if that matters.
>
> no, rules are thee same
> but it's nice to know that a government agency cares about its 
> geographical area in osm
>
> Regards,
> Marc