How well do ArcGIS and OSM talk to each other? I have a client who has opted for ArcGIS because his institution provides it for free. But I've always thought of OSM as the better option. Should my client use OSM instead, especially given that he wants to crowdsource data?
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 1:35 PM Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: > John — a fairly new resource is the Welcome site, > https://welcome.openstreetmap.org/why-openstreetmap/ specifically may be > interesting to point them to. It’s fairly high level and brief in its > explanations, but if gives organizations a place to start when they’re not > familiar with OSM and consider using it or contributing to it. > > A common issue I have seen with governments wanting to use OSM data is the > license, so they should look into that if they intend to use OSM data as a > replacement / back-fill for any data they may now maintain themselves. > Often it’s a one-way street: Governments can contribute data to OSM but > they can’t use OSM data to enrich their own. YMMV, this is my experience > from talking to governments in the U.S. > > Martijn > > On Jan 3, 2019, at 2:07 PM, John Whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I got a phone call from someone who works for a municipality who was > passed my phone number. Basically asking from a municipal government point > of view was there any advantage to the municipality in having their > municipality mapped in detail in OpenStreetMap. > > Off the top of my head businesses etc can provide map of where they are > located without payment and list their web sites and phone numbers etc. > > Is there a web page somewhere that covers this? > > It is quite a serious question and I suspect will be used to justify some > expenditure and effort to help enrich the map. > > Thanks John > > > -- > Sent from Postbox > <https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campaign=reach> > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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