Import/Catalogue/Nicaragua/AdminBoundaries
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About
Proposal to import Nicaragua's admin boundaries data by the URACCAN to OpenStreetMap. This includes "departamentos" and municipalities.
Import Plan Outline
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Goals
- To enhance the current OSM administrative division coverage of Nicaragua.
- Import political and administrative boundaries of Mexico (municipal level)
Import Data
The data to be imported comes from the of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast (URACCAN) provided with a special permission.
Background
One of the current problems in OpenStreetMap about Nicaragua’s data is the incompleteness of the administrative boundaries for municipalities. Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Nicargua, the first being the "deparamentos". There are 153 municipalities in Nicargua.
To fit the data for the municipalities, the departamentos have to be reviewed and probably adapted.
OSM Data Files
Files are getting prepared over a github repository: https://github.com/mapanica/nicaragua-import
Import Type
One time import Method ie. API, JOSM, upload.py, etc.
Data Preparation
Data Reduction & Simplification
Conversion and translation
Conversion from shapefile to osm
Tagging Plans
Tags that will be used are:
boundary=administrative
admin_level=2 National level
admin_level=4 Departamento level
admin_level=5 Municipality level
Changeset Tags
- comment=*
- imagery_used=*