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    <p>Hi James, <br>
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    <p>I for one will be happy to talk about the technical issues of
      simplification... though I think at the moment it seems to be
      taking a backseat here to bigger issues like building consensus
      around the validity of this import. <br>
    </p>
    <p>Since this is a more technical issue, can I suggest that you
      share your data (original and simplified) along with a description
      of the methodology you used and any relevant stats on the wiki
      page? I'll be curious to see how much shapes have changed vs. how
      many points were removed. Perhaps Some measure of
      self-intersection between the simplified and unsimplified shapes,
      compared with reductions in the average number of nodes per shape?
      That's just the first thing that comes to mind - there may be
      better ways to assess the quality, especially as it varies between
      municipalities.</p>
    <p>Someone also raised a concern about orthogonality (is that a
      word?) which will need to be measured in this context somehow as
      well. <br>
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    <p>Thanks,<br>
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    <div class="moz-signature">Nate Wessel<br>
      <span style="font-size:10px;color:#777">Jack of all trades, Master
        of Geography, PhD candidate in Urban Planning<br>
        <a href="http://natewessel.com">NateWessel.com</a></span>
      <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/19/19 5:01 PM, James wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CANk4qi9ox=B8R89uaj1_TLhPNiGqRTxdtu8Lkz_iCHqSQ_Nu7A@mail.gmail.com">
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      <div dir="auto">Is there no one that will analyse the data I've
        posted here? <a
href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OK83yrPwMW4nefyu-6JsIInu0meK2rW6/view?usp=sharing"
          moz-do-not-send="true">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OK83yrPwMW4nefyu-6JsIInu0meK2rW6/view?usp=sharing</a>
        or are we just email thread warriors?</div>
      <br>
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        <div dir="ltr">On Sat., Jan. 19, 2019, 4:29 p.m. Pierre Béland
          via Talk-ca <<a href="mailto:talk-ca@openstreetmap.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true">talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a> wrote:<br>
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        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
              <div>
                <div>Voici une compilation statistique à partir des
                  changesets de OSM pour la grande région de Toronto (<span>bbox=-80.8951,42.9142,-78.1046,44.3297</span>). 
                  Depuis </div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>Pour respecter la politique de confidentialité de
                  OSM, les contributeurs ne sont identifiés que selon
                  leur uid.</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>Depuis décembre, on compte 6 contributeurs, 889
                  changesets et 6,621,124 objets édités (noeuds, chemins
                  ou relations) </div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>1 immeuble = 5 objets minimum</div>
                <div>Le fichier de changeset ne fournit que le nombre
                  d'objets édités (var num_changes). On ne peut donc à
                  cette étape-ci que grossièrement estimer le nombre
                  d'immeubles, sans doute plus de 1 million déjà. A
                  partir de Overpass, on ne peut facilement extraire les
                  données. Je vais télécharger dans PostGIS un fichier
                  récent de l'Ontario et sélectionner les données
                  éditées depuis le 24 décembre (premier jour avec
                  édition ) <span><span
                      style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"> de
                      ces 6 contributeurs</span></span>.  Mon script
                  Qualité permettra également d'analyser la géométrie
                  des bâtiments.</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>lexique<br>
                </div>
                <div>changeset         nombre de changesets (sessions
                  d'édition)</div>
                <div>num_changes    nombre d'objets édités dans la
                  session</div>
                <div>avg_changes     moyenne, objets édités par
                  changeset</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div><span>
                    <div>Tableau 1 - Objets édités par contributeur avec
                      moyenne par changeset</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span>
                        <table border="0" cellspacing="0">
                          <colgroup width="133" span="2"></colgroup> <colgroup
                            width="81"></colgroup> <colgroup width="95"></colgroup>
                          <colgroup width="91"></colgroup> <tbody>
                            <tr>
                              <td align="right" height="17">uid</td>
                              <td align="right">changesets</td>
                              <td align="right">num_changes</td>
                              <td align="right">avg_changes</td>
                              <td align="right">% cum</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                              <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                              <td align="right">457</td>
                              <td align="right">3,439,242</td>
                              <td align="right">7,526</td>
                              <td align="right">52.7%</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                              <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                              <td align="right">197</td>
                              <td align="right">1,619,540</td>
                              <td align="right">8,221</td>
                              <td align="right">77.6%</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                              <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                              <td align="right">151</td>
                              <td align="right">815,541</td>
                              <td align="right">5,401</td>
                              <td align="right">90.1%</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                              <td align="right" height="17">9343732</td>
                              <td align="right">78</td>
                              <td align="right">628,032</td>
                              <td align="right">8,052</td>
                              <td align="right">99.7%</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                              <td align="right" height="17">3016192</td>
                              <td align="right">3</td>
                              <td align="right">17,710</td>
                              <td align="right">5,903</td>
                              <td align="right">100.0%</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                              <td align="right" height="17">1919010</td>
                              <td align="right">3</td>
                              <td align="right">1,059</td>
                              <td align="right">353</td>
                              <td align="right">100.0%</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                              <td align="left" height="17"><br>
                              </td>
                              <td align="right">889</td>
                              <td align="right">6,521,124</td>
                              <td align="right">7,335</td>
                              <td align="left"><br>
                              </td>
                            </tr>
                          </tbody>
                        </table>
                      </span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Tableau 2 - Objets édités par contributeur -
                      jour avec moyenne par changeset<br>
                    </div>
                  </span></div>
                <div><span>
                    <table border="0" cellspacing="0">
                      <colgroup width="133" span="2"></colgroup> <colgroup
                        width="81"></colgroup> <colgroup width="95"></colgroup>
                      <colgroup width="91"></colgroup> <tbody>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="left" height="17">uid</td>
                          <td align="left">jour</td>
                          <td align="left">changesets</td>
                          <td align="left">num_changes</td>
                          <td align="left">avg_changes</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-28</td>
                          <td align="right">3</td>
                          <td align="right">10,324</td>
                          <td align="right">3,441</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-14</td>
                          <td align="right">11</td>
                          <td align="right">58,402</td>
                          <td align="right">5,309</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-17</td>
                          <td align="right">9</td>
                          <td align="right">57,738</td>
                          <td align="right">6,415</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9343732</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-16</td>
                          <td align="right">7</td>
                          <td align="right">63,490</td>
                          <td align="right">9,070</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-29</td>
                          <td align="right">8</td>
                          <td align="right">70,562</td>
                          <td align="right">8,820</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-16</td>
                          <td align="right">25</td>
                          <td align="right">176,942</td>
                          <td align="right">7,078</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-23</td>
                          <td align="right">5</td>
                          <td align="right">29,279</td>
                          <td align="right">5,856</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9343732</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-14</td>
                          <td align="right">5</td>
                          <td align="right">39,000</td>
                          <td align="right">7,800</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-12</td>
                          <td align="right">10</td>
                          <td align="right">48,329</td>
                          <td align="right">4,833</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-24</td>
                          <td align="right">9</td>
                          <td align="right">54,888</td>
                          <td align="right">6,099</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-08</td>
                          <td align="right">13</td>
                          <td align="right">77,332</td>
                          <td align="right">5,949</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-08</td>
                          <td align="right">20</td>
                          <td align="right">156,232</td>
                          <td align="right">7,812</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-01</td>
                          <td align="right">9</td>
                          <td align="right">67,167</td>
                          <td align="right">7,463</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-07</td>
                          <td align="right">19</td>
                          <td align="right">154,837</td>
                          <td align="right">8,149</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-02</td>
                          <td align="right">30</td>
                          <td align="right">280,756</td>
                          <td align="right">9,359</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-24</td>
                          <td align="right">11</td>
                          <td align="right">66,162</td>
                          <td align="right">6,015</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-11</td>
                          <td align="right">2</td>
                          <td align="right">6,219</td>
                          <td align="right">3,110</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9343732</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-15</td>
                          <td align="right">10</td>
                          <td align="right">75,020</td>
                          <td align="right">7,502</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9343732</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-11</td>
                          <td align="right">11</td>
                          <td align="right">82,844</td>
                          <td align="right">7,531</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-30</td>
                          <td align="right">20</td>
                          <td align="right">177,602</td>
                          <td align="right">8,880</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-31</td>
                          <td align="right">30</td>
                          <td align="right">195,300</td>
                          <td align="right">6,510</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9343732</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-12</td>
                          <td align="right">14</td>
                          <td align="right">111,821</td>
                          <td align="right">7,987</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-03</td>
                          <td align="right">25</td>
                          <td align="right">200,002</td>
                          <td align="right">8,000</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-10</td>
                          <td align="right">33</td>
                          <td align="right">260,886</td>
                          <td align="right">7,906</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-09</td>
                          <td align="right">17</td>
                          <td align="right">138,489</td>
                          <td align="right">8,146</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-31</td>
                          <td align="right">21</td>
                          <td align="right">169,903</td>
                          <td align="right">8,091</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-09</td>
                          <td align="right">9</td>
                          <td align="right">41,664</td>
                          <td align="right">4,629</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-13</td>
                          <td align="right">32</td>
                          <td align="right">266,247</td>
                          <td align="right">8,320</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-29</td>
                          <td align="right">36</td>
                          <td align="right">274,357</td>
                          <td align="right">7,621</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9343732</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-10</td>
                          <td align="right">14</td>
                          <td align="right">112,606</td>
                          <td align="right">8,043</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">1919010</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-17</td>
                          <td align="right">2</td>
                          <td align="right">973</td>
                          <td align="right">487</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-26</td>
                          <td align="right">29</td>
                          <td align="right">216,701</td>
                          <td align="right">7,472</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-07</td>
                          <td align="right">12</td>
                          <td align="right">93,825</td>
                          <td align="right">7,819</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-10</td>
                          <td align="right">2</td>
                          <td align="right">718</td>
                          <td align="right">359</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-09</td>
                          <td align="right">25</td>
                          <td align="right">216,885</td>
                          <td align="right">8,675</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-08</td>
                          <td align="right">27</td>
                          <td align="right">119,761</td>
                          <td align="right">4,436</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-25</td>
                          <td align="right">2</td>
                          <td align="right">10,528</td>
                          <td align="right">5,264</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-06</td>
                          <td align="right">18</td>
                          <td align="right">142,007</td>
                          <td align="right">7,889</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-01</td>
                          <td align="right">6</td>
                          <td align="right">58,083</td>
                          <td align="right">9,681</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-04</td>
                          <td align="right">7</td>
                          <td align="right">39,155</td>
                          <td align="right">5,594</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">1919010</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-16</td>
                          <td align="right">1</td>
                          <td align="right">86</td>
                          <td align="right">86</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-11</td>
                          <td align="right">22</td>
                          <td align="right">174,419</td>
                          <td align="right">7,928</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-25</td>
                          <td align="right">29</td>
                          <td align="right">188,931</td>
                          <td align="right">6,515</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-27</td>
                          <td align="right">10</td>
                          <td align="right">67,593</td>
                          <td align="right">6,759</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">3016192</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-20</td>
                          <td align="right">3</td>
                          <td align="right">17,710</td>
                          <td align="right">5,903</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-04</td>
                          <td align="right">15</td>
                          <td align="right">128,047</td>
                          <td align="right">8,536</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-30</td>
                          <td align="right">14</td>
                          <td align="right">108,068</td>
                          <td align="right">7,719</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-15</td>
                          <td align="right">21</td>
                          <td align="right">150,419</td>
                          <td align="right">7,163</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-15</td>
                          <td align="right">19</td>
                          <td align="right">116,812</td>
                          <td align="right">6,148</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-14</td>
                          <td align="right">17</td>
                          <td align="right">135,021</td>
                          <td align="right">7,942</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9343732</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-13</td>
                          <td align="right">17</td>
                          <td align="right">143,251</td>
                          <td align="right">8,427</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-12</td>
                          <td align="right">16</td>
                          <td align="right">120,488</td>
                          <td align="right">7,531</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-06</td>
                          <td align="right">13</td>
                          <td align="right">103,233</td>
                          <td align="right">7,941</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-13</td>
                          <td align="right">11</td>
                          <td align="right">57,670</td>
                          <td align="right">5,243</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-07</td>
                          <td align="right">4</td>
                          <td align="right">7,256</td>
                          <td align="right">1,814</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-05</td>
                          <td align="right">13</td>
                          <td align="right">99,108</td>
                          <td align="right">7,624</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-05</td>
                          <td align="right">4</td>
                          <td align="right">25,286</td>
                          <td align="right">6,322</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-16</td>
                          <td align="right">24</td>
                          <td align="right">204,397</td>
                          <td align="right">8,517</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-17</td>
                          <td align="right">2</td>
                          <td align="right">18,589</td>
                          <td align="right">9,295</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">215433</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-27</td>
                          <td align="right">2</td>
                          <td align="right">4,009</td>
                          <td align="right">2,005</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-02</td>
                          <td align="right">13</td>
                          <td align="right">71,064</td>
                          <td align="right">5,466</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">9266764</td>
                          <td align="right">2019-01-03</td>
                          <td align="right">18</td>
                          <td align="right">137,620</td>
                          <td align="right">7,646</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="right" height="17">5214232</td>
                          <td align="right">2018-12-27</td>
                          <td align="right">3</td>
                          <td align="right">19,011</td>
                          <td align="right">6,337</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="left" height="17"><br>
                          </td>
                          <td align="left"><br>
                          </td>
                          <td align="right">889</td>
                          <td align="right">6,521,124</td>
                          <td align="right">7,335</td>
                        </tr>
                      </tbody>
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