Hello, Thanks for the questions!
> You live an hour away from Virginia Beach, is that correct? Yes! Good detective work - depending on traffic. > Are you > familiar enough with the city to verify the data quality, or will you > enlist the help of local mappers who are? Yes! Virginia Beach is part of the Hampton Roads <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Roads> Region, which i’ve lived in for awhile. > Is there a community that can be counted on to make sure the data > doesn't rot in OSM once imported - or will you commit to that? I’m committed! > Is this import proposal linked to this endeavour in any way? No. > On Mar 2, 2016, at 2:58 AM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > On 03/02/2016 02:55 AM, Jonah Adkins wrote: >> I'd like to propose an import of city-sourced GIS data for the City of >> Virginia Beach, Va. The City GIS Office has given the data / license for >> this purpose. >> Conflation will be done carefully by hand, and attributes copied where >> needed. > > You live an hour away from Virginia Beach, is that correct? Are you > familiar enough with the city to verify the data quality, or will you > enlist the help of local mappers who are? > > To quote stevea from teh recent Adirondack thread, > >> Likewise. We (OSM volunteers) don't often talk about the importance >> of KEEPING UP the map after an import, but doing so is a seriously >> crucial component. > > Is there a community that can be counted on to make sure the data > doesn't rot in OSM once imported - or will you commit to that? > > On http://paidmappers.github.io/home/, you advertise your services as > mapper-for-hire ("Open Data is growing at an alarming rate and we shall > put all that data in OpenStreetMap. ... we scour open data portals and > sites for authorative data like buildings, public amenities, and > addresses.") - Is this import proposal linked to this endeavour in any way? > > (I haven't looked at the data and license yet.) > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > Imports-us mailing list > imports...@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us
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