This is what I've found in the Wiki. An old recommendation and discussion, but
useful re-starting point
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Daboriginal_lands
* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
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> From: Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org>
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>Subject: [Talk-us] Tribal boundaries
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>How do we handle tribal administrative boundaries? This is kind of a big one
>for the US, Canada and Australia..
>On Dec 17, 2012 2:51 PM, "Charlotte Wolter" <techl...@techlady.com> wrote:
>
>Serge,
>>
>> This is a
good idea.
>> I have a
large file of data from the Acoma tribe, but my efforts to negotiate the
import wiki have been fruitless. I can't made heads or tails of it.
>> Further, I
don't know if it's the kind of data we want (though they say it is public
domain and gave permission in writing). It is road center lines for the
whole reservation. I remember a remark somewhere in this forum that
center lines are not the best data. At any rate, I'm not a good judge of
whether or not it is what we want.
>> In
addition, I've already done work on the main roads, though often I'm
lacking a name or number.
>> And, I
don't have tools to exmine a data file to see if it is congruent with
what OSM can use.
>> So, for
many reasons, having a knowledgeable group take this on seems to me like
a great idea.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Charlotte
>>
>>At 06:42 AM 12/17/2012, you wrote:
>>
>>Folks,
>>>
>>>I know what it's like to be excited about OSM, and I know what it's
>>>like to be frustrated with OSM, struggling with low data quality, or
>>>lack of data altogether.
>>>
>>>And then you get access to a large dataset, and you know that having
>>>it in OSM would improve things. It would improve the quality, and
>>>maybe even get people mapping. At the same time, I think many of you
>>>have seen the damage that bad imports can do.
>>>
>>>The result is that folks like myself and others are frustrated by
the
>>>import process, and folks who have good, useful datasets are
frstrated
>>>by the import process.
>>>
>>>So I'm proposing a new committee, run by the US Chapter, to help
guide
>>>imports and large edits.
>>>
>>>This will give step by step guidance to those who want to import
data,
>>>and offer the larger community time to review and provide
feedback.
>>>
>>>When I helped create the US Chapter several years ago, this was one
of
>>>the main reasons I thought it should exist, but I think there's
>>>finally the amount of data and interest to justify it.
>>>
>>>What do folks think?
>>>
>>>- Serge
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