Virginia

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Not to be confused with West Virginia.

V・T・E Virginia, United States, North America

latitude: 37.521389, longitude: -78.853611

Browse map of Virginia 37°31′17.00″ N, 78°51′13.00″ W

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Virginia is a state in United States, North America at latitude 37°31′17.00″ North, longitude 78°51′13.00″ West.

Welcome!

Welcome to the OpenStreetMap (OSM) wiki page for the Commonwealth of Virginia! This page is used to help organize efforts to map Virginia. If you're new to OSM, please read the beginners' guide.

If you have further questions, here are some ways to get in touch with local mappers:

• join the #local-virginia channel on the OSMUS Slack (and the #local-dc channel for the DC metro area)
• join the Facebook group for OSM Virginia
• participate in the US category on the OSM Discourse forum
• email the OSM US mailing list (use is declining in favor of the Discourse forum)

State-specific tagging documentation

Virginia has a couple of pages that describe how to best implement general tagging guidance in Virginia. The guidance on these pages generally supersedes OSM-wide guidance, so please try to read over them before editing these types of objects in the Commonwealth.

• Highway classification - describes which highway=* tags to use on Virginia roadways
• Roads - describes some of the key road routes in Virginia and how to tag them
  • Virginia state routes - state routes, split up by county
• Railroads - documents and describes tags for Virginia's railways

Project ideas

The map data in Virginia could always use more help. If you're looking for a task to start on, consider some of the following!

• Adding building=* outlines (especially outside of NoVA, Richmond, Hampton Roads, and other regional population centers)
• Adding address data to existing or new structures
• Adding and updating business points of interest (including with phone=*, website=*, and opening_hours=* info)
• Fixing and cleaning up untouched TIGER import data, especially in rural areas (these Overpass queries may help)
• Adding surface=*, maxspeed=*, and turn:lanes=* info to roadways
• Responding to and closing notes
• Performing quality assurance in your area
• Adding power lines, streams, wikidata=* tags
• Adding trail route relations for trails in the Commonwealth's parks and public forests (see DCR Recreational Trails)
• Add your idea here!

Useful resources

There are many external resources that OSM users can look at bringing into OSM to improve the quality and quantity of map data in the Commonwealth. Be sure to read and follow OSM's Import guidelines and consult with other local mappers before putting this data into OSM.

Imagery

State-sponsored imagery is available through the VBMP Orthoimagery project. The imagery is available through the OSM Editor Layer Index, putting it automatically in iD and Rapid. You can also load the imagery layer into JOSM.

Virginia Geographic Information Network

Virginia's GIS Clearinghouse is hosted by the Virginia Geographic Information Network (VGIN). The GIS Clearinghouse is mandated by the Code of Virginia as a catalog and guide to geospatial data produced and used by state agencies in Virginia, localities in Virginia, Federal Government partners, non-profits, and colleges and universities across Virginia. It contains some useful data that would improve map data in Virginia.

Virginia Department of Transportation

VDOT provides GIS data covering transportation infrastructure in the Commonwealth. Data from VDOT can be added/merged to OSM, per this statement. Most roadways have been added, but there might be additional detail on surface=*, maxspeed=*, and signage data.

Virginia Economic Development Partnership

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership has a number of data layers that may be of utility. Note that many of the layers available as of 2023 are not suitable for OSM.

Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources

See here. The Geographic Information Systems section provides cartographic services, GIS/GPS training and technical support, spatial modeling, analysis, and geographic data development

Other sources to investigate

Many counties maintain their own open data GIS websites that may be suitable for use in OSM. It is incumbent on you to check with county officials that the license covering the data is compatible with OSM's Open Database License if that information is not provided or is unclear.

Regional groups

• MappingDC (for Northern Virginia)
• MapRVA (Richmond)
• Blacksburg

Imports

• Imports in Virginia (non-exhaustive)
• City of Norfolk Buildings/Address Import
• City of York County Buildings/Address Import
• City of Virginia Beach Buildings/Address Import
• James City County Buildings Import
• City of Poquoson Buildings Import
• City of Hampton Buildings Import
• City of Portsmouth Building/Address Import
• Lynchburg Metropolitan Area Address Import

Municipalities

• Cities in Virginia
• Counties in Virginia
• Towns in Virginia

External Links

• The Virginia Highways Project - good reference
• AARoads forum - Virginia