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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I haven’t been doing much importing recently, but whenever I do, I _always_ download the area in JOSM first before adding anything to make sure I’m not duplicating existing data. Without seeing an example, I really can’t give an explanation of what’s happening. As far as my CANVEC importing goes, all but a handful have been on Vancouver Island. I’ve stumbled upon and fixed other peoples’ duplicated data in the past, but I haven’t knowingly duplicated data myself. I’d love to see where this is happening.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andrew (alester/alester_imports)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Adam Dunn [mailto:dunnadam@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 16, 2013 7:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> the Old Topo Depot<br><b>Cc:</b> imports@openstreetmap.org; talk-ca<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Talk-ca] Duplicate BC, Canada geometry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hmm, I think the last time I did imports in BC was back in 2010, and I thought I was careful about leaving the map in a correct and consistent state. Azub's imports are all in the Prince George or north area, and I definitely know I haven't touched that area in a long time. Got any examples or changeset numbers?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The nature of doing imports like Canvec tends to be spread over large areas and large amounts of time. Any suggestions on techniques for coordinating efforts? An email to the list saying "I'll be working on Prince George area this week"? A shared spreadsheet?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Adam<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 7:27 PM, the Old Topo Depot <<a href="mailto:oldtopos@novacell.com" target="_blank">oldtopos@novacell.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Users Adam Dunn (<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Adam%20Dunn" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Adam%20Dunn</a>), alester_imports (<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/alester_imports" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/alester_imports</a>), and azubimport (<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/azubimport" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/azubimport</a>) are duplicating way geometry from multiple sources, in some cases within a few days of each other.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Will the three (hopefully there are not more) of you please coordinate your efforts, review your recent work, and de-duplicate way geometry and tagging in BC, Canada (and elsewhere, if applicable). I presume you've been engaging with the import list, copied ...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks and best<span style='color:#888888'><br clear=all><span class=hoenzb><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'>-- </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>John Novak<br>585-OLD-TOPOS <a href="tel:%28585-653-8676" target="_blank">(585-653-8676</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnanovak/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnanovak/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>OSM ID:oldtopos<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>OSM Heat Map: <a href="http://yosmhm.neis-one.org/?oldtopos" target="_blank">http://yosmhm.neis-one.org/?oldtopos</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>OSM Edit Stats:<a href="http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?oldtopos" target="_blank">http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?oldtopos</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Talk-ca mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org">Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca" target="_blank">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>