Looks good. I've been pondering a similar import, but the stop location data isn't very accurate in my jurisdiction. Many are in the middle of the intersection, in a building, or nearby. Do you find that each stop is very close to where the actual stop pole/sign is?
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I posted the message below to talk-us and imports-us earlier, but after > reviewing the import guidelines I thought it appropriate to also post here. > > It was pointed out to me that I have not followed all the suggested steps > outlined on the import guidelines page. Let me just add that I don't intend > to go forward with this until I have performed all the steps deemed > appropriate for a data import. This is the first time I am attempting an > import and I fully intend to get it right. Even if that means that the > import won't happen. > > It was also pointed out to me that it is not clear under what license the > original data is being released. While I got verbal confirmation that I can > do 'anything I please' with this data, I will seek written confirmation > that the data is released under terms that agree with ODbL. > > More feedback that I have already received: > * is_in is considered deprecated, I will likely drop these tags. > * Some find/replace operations were too greedy ('Salt Lake is_in:city'). > * use the modern public transport tagging scheme in addition to bus_stop. > > I look forward to hearing your feedback. > > Martijn van Exel > > =========================%<===**==============================** > =========== > > > Hi all, > > During the edit-a-thon today I finally got around to working on preparing > a relatively small import of bus stop point data for the UTA service area > (comprising a half dozen counties along the Utah Wasatch Front). There are > ~6450 bus stops in the data I got from my contact at UTA. This data is > being released to the public through the Utah GIS data portal [1], but the > data I got directly from UTA is more recent (Dec 2012). > > Data processing consisted of removing empty and irrelevant fields, and > sanitizing the fields that are relevant. I kept: > COUNTY --> is_in:county > CITY --> is_in:city > ACCESS --> wheelchair = yes|limited|no > BENCH --> bench = yes|no > LOCATIONID --> uta:stop_id > > I checked the existing bus stop data and there are 92 existing nodes. I > have saved these as an OSM file and intend to manually conflate these after > the fact. This will mean most existing bus stop nodes will be removed, I > spot checked a dozen and so far did not find a any added value. There are a > few non-UTA stops (Airport parking lot shuttle stops etc) that will be > retained. > > The source data I received can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/** > tyxdhf9hlpuc9z8/BusStops_UTA_**shp.zip<https://www.dropbox.com/s/tyxdhf9hlpuc9z8/BusStops_UTA_shp.zip> > > The processed data can be found in OSM XML format here: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/**v3c0tsgfhlc6izx/busstops_uta.**osm<https://www.dropbox.com/s/v3c0tsgfhlc6izx/busstops_uta.osm> > > Future updates will be handled using the persistent uta:stop_id. A new > stops file is released around once a year. > > Light rail stops are captured in a separate dataset that I do not intend > to import, as these stops and stations are mostly already captured in > greater detail in OSM. > > I am running this by all of you because I have not really done any > external data imports before. This is a relatively small one, but I would > like your opinion on the following: > > * Is this data import properly prepared? > * If not, which steps should I revisit / add and how? > * Do you recommend using a separate account for uploading the external > data? > > Looking forward to your feedback. > Martijn > > [1] > http://gis.utah.gov/data/sgid-**transportation/transit/<http://gis.utah.gov/data/sgid-transportation/transit/> > -- > Martijn van Exel > > -- > Martijn van Exel > > ______________________________**_________________ > Imports mailing list > Imports@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/imports<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports> > -- Elliott Plack http://about.me/elliottp
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