[Talk-transit] [Spam] Re: NaPTAN - Time for the rest?

[Peter Miller]

There are some very useful apps emerging that link from osm to  
official departure information etc.

Yes i think we should import the rest of the data. I am also happy to  
be part of a remote cleanup team who will do what can be done remotely.

How about importing additional counties using the newest data?

Finally let's organise a hack day or weekend to sort out some better  
tools for merging. Possily traveline would be able to help with that  
in some way. We certainly need more people who are supporting the  
import code.

For sure merges should be only made with great care and osm edits  
should not be reverted on the process.


Peter


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On 13 Mar 2010, at 17:25, Chris Hill <osm at raggedred.net> wrote:

> I would certainly hope that any updates are not used to overwrite
> existing local edits. I have spent far too many hours checking and
> updating the data to have a newer version overwrite it. A smart merge
> would be more useful, I would write it if required.
>
> As too 'dumping in' the remaining county data I would prefer that it  
> is
> handled locally where possible. The NaPTAN data is useful and good in
> parts but needs checking and improving too.
>
> I think too much data is imported just because it is available - I
> prefer imports to add value. NaPTAN can add value but that is best
> realised by someone local to the import managing it.
>
> Cheers, Chris
>
> Roger Slevin wrote:
>> Thomas
>>
>> If you want a refresh of the NaPTAN dataset, then just ask me ....  
>> and I
>> will arrange for this be made available.  I appreciate that this  
>> could be a
>> two-edged sword .... it would update the data, but in the areas  
>> where work
>> has already been done on the data from a year ago, it may over- 
>> write any
>> local edits made to that data - or has this already been taken into  
>> account,
>> so that new data would sit alongside existing data and would only be
>> accepted if it is appropriate at each location?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: talk-transit-bounces at openstreetmap.org
>> [mailto:talk-transit-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Thomas  
>> Wood
>> Sent: 13 March 2010 12:45 PM
>> To: osm; OSM - Talk GB
>> Subject: [Talk-transit] NaPTAN - Time for the rest?
>>
>> Hello all,
>> It's now been more than a year since we got permission to import the
>> NaPTAN dataset, so far only 53 of the 143 counties that we have the
>> data for have been imported.
>>
>> So, in short, is it time for the rest to be dumped in?
>>
>> Discussion please.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Thomas
>>
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