[OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

[IT Intern]

This was originally posted here:
http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=10817

Hello OSM Community,

I apologize in advance if the answer to my question is blatant from the
docs, but as far as I can see there seems to be no way to contribute GIS
data to OSM.  I am working on a project making an interactive map and the
foundation which I work for has a lot of data which they have collected
(mostly from gazetteers).  We figured since OSM is providing us with their
lovely base maps from the API, we want to give back to them by contributing
our data.  However, our data is mainly in a PostGIS database.  Is there
anyway to import this data to OSM?  I appreciate all and any advice you may
offer me [image: smile]

Thank you and happy mapping,

elshae


P.S. I have looked around the docs for awhile, but do not quite understand
how I can go about importing GIS.  From what I understand so far, I have to
use Potlatch?  And if I choose to import shapefiles, I have to simplify
them?  Is there any step by step guide for importing GIS data to OSM out
there?  Everything I have read in the docs so far is brief for someone like
me starting out and I'm quite overwhelmed and afraid of making a bad
import.
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