[Talk-us] Procedures for Bulk Uploading Road Centerline Data
If someone wanted to upload public domain, state road centerline data to OSM, what procedures could they take? It seems like what we would like to do is overwrite Tiger data but preserve user contributed data. I did see an example of using an opensource GIS plugin (RoadMatcher) that compares road networks (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Geobase_NRN_-_OSM_Map_Feature) before uploading road data. Are there other examples of procedures people have used or best practices to bulk upload road centerline data? ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Tags for US Forest Service GIS Trail Data
I'm working on figuring out what tags to use for the fields/columns that are included in the USFS GIS trail data that I am going to import into OSM. Has anyone set a precedent for this already? Would it make sense for me to add a section to the wiki page for the USFS (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_Forest_Service_Data) in an effort to standardize? This would be for trails specifically and would follow what has been established on the Hiking wiki page (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Hiking). National Forest Trails tags proposed: * owner = national_forest, private_on_nf, private_noton_nf, county, state, city_town * closure_status = open, closed, restricted, decommissionedAlso, are there tags to keep information about metadata like the data source (i.e. gps, digitized, etc)? Spencer___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Micro Mapping Party in Blacksburg, VA
I am organizing a micro mapping party in Blacksburg, VA. We will be targeting biking related features. Is it worth adding a wiki page for this event? How do I get in touch with other OSM contributors in my area? Spencer ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question
The town of Blacksburg, VA has some GIS data publicly available on a website. There is also U.S. Forest Service data for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest. I would like to upload some of this to OSM. Is that OK? Any advice? Thanks!___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
