Andrew, Your work on region 3 helped me a lot. Before I read your web post, I didn't know that gpsbabel had an OSM output function. That, and ogr2ogr are the only way I know to translate from the BLM shapefiles and CSV files into OSM format.
I think each area will have to be hand-checked for duplication. The wilderness area may already exist in the OSM database, and/or it may be enclosed by another area that may need to be adjusted, as was the case in the Mojave. I expect it will take a good long time to complete the entire BLM Wilderness Area database! -Erik > I've already imported the wilderness areas for Region 3 of the Forest > Service (Arizona and New Mexico), as that region has what appeared (to > me anyway) high quality data. For example: > > http://osm.org/go/TlYKG1b- > > So I would suggest you do it region by region and check you are not > duplicating what might already be there. There is a section on the wiki > that lists the status of Forest Service region imports. > > Andy > > Erik Burrows wrote: >> I'd like to volunteer to import the rest of these designated wilderness >> areas into the OSM database as a bulk import. >> >> Any objections, suggestions, comments? >> >> Thanks, >> Erik Burrows > > > -- > Andy > PGP Key ID: 0xDC1B5864 > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > -- If you are flammable and have legs, you're never blocking a fire exit. -Mitch Hedberg _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us