Good job! I hope this enables you to do more of the great work that you are already doing!

Great post!

Thanks I really appreciate it!

Yeah, we have found county to county the data is very different in methods, and type. We take what we can get :-)

That is true I did not touch on vetting the data for legal ability to use it in OSM. That is part of it I will edit to post to include that. We have vetted that data that we are using and have written permission.

And I know you need to follow instructions on the Wiki for any import project. But the purpose of the post is not to restate what documented procedure there is. But to share my options on why I think its a good idea, that more people should be doing. Documenting our progress. So that other people can learn from our success or if we fail they can learn what not to do in that way. It is a trend that more government agency’s are opening there data. most of our local county’s now have a open data policy now. I want to take advantage to build a map and minimize duplicating work.

But I do disagree with you on “ basically a giant international hobbyproject”. OSM is a big part of organizations like Lyft, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon logistics, Facebook. And who knows how many small company’s. I see OSM data all over the place! I talk to people who are employed to work with OSM data almost everyday. It is also a hobby project for a lot of people. But OSM was started to solve a problem for Steve Cost, and I work on it today so we can have a map to use that is more privacy-centric and free. I can point to a lot of different articles on how OSM is solving real problems everyday.

Congrats and Happy Mapping!