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Updating Openstreetmap

Updating Open Street Map with data from ArcGIS Pro

  • Use Overpass Turbo to query particular data of interest
  • Export as GEOJSON
  • In ArcGIS PRO run JSON to Features geoprocessing tool

Overpass Turbo JSON Query to get town limits:

[out:json];

(
  // get relations of type "town" in bounding box
  relation[border_type=town]({{bbox}});
);

out body;
>;
out skel qt;

Or this:

[out:json];

(
  // get relations of type "town" in bounding box
  relation[name=Clayton]({{bbox}});
);

out body;
>;
out skel qt;

Importing JSON into ArcGIS Pro

Run the JSON To Features geoprocessing tool to convert the downloaded JSON to a Feature Class

Exporting Feature Class as JSON

Project the Feature Class to WGS_1984 before running following tool (not sure if strictly necessary but just in case)

Run the Features to JSON geoprocessing tool to convert the Feature class to a JSON

Options to Check:

  • Formatted JSON

  • Output to GEOJSON

  • Project to WGS_1984

Uploading to OpenStreetMap

You will need to have a copy of the JOSM editor before moving on to the next steps.

Open JOSM and Download Map Data from your server of choice (Ctrl + Shift + Down)

If the server sends back an error, try selecting a smaller area with the bounding box. You can download data multiple times to capture a larger area than the server will let you get at one time.

Working with Imagery in JOSM