Hi Jason, If the MassGIS building/address objects have MassGIS IDs are you planning to preserve them in the OSM DB ?
Best, On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Jason Remillard <remillard.ja...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Serge, > > I don't see a license related to this data, only a copyright notice on >> the page. Is there a separate license somewhere that says this data is >> usable? >> > > Like the federal goverment, maps are considered part of the public record > in Mass, and therefor are in the public domain (no copyright). No license > is needed for the data. OSM has already confirmed this directly with the > MassGIS people. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MassGIS > > > >> >> > Since it is likely that next year we will be importing this data into >> OSM to >> > support addresses, I figured it would be useful to convert the files to >> OSM >> > format and share them. >> >> What is the script you're plannng to use for conversion? What is your >> mapping scheme? What is your plan regarding conflation with existing >> data? What is your plan regarding updates? >> > > - I will put up my ugly little script shortly. > - schema, building = yes > - conflation, don't import a building that overlaps with an existing > building in OSM. > > I was thinking that this was a precursory step for the import. I don't > have the time right now to lead an import myself. Regardless of who > actually does it, I think getting a lot of eyes on the data is the best > starting point for whatever happens next. > > Thanks > Jason. > > >> >> - Serge >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > -- John Novak 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8676)
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