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Alan Millar wrote:
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<pre wrap=""> no one is interested to cleanup crap after a bad import.
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I am.
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<pre wrap="">tiger import was great from technical
point of view but didn't allow to build a community from scratch.
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I didn't want to build anything from scratch. I'm simply not that
motivated to go out and wander everywhere mapping everything. If we had
to start from scratch, I would not do it.
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one is motivated to fix this broken data.
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I am. I have fixed a lot of it. And in doing so, I have made complete,
correct map areas, much larger than I ever would have done by starting
from scratch.
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<pre>absolutely, and my critics wasn't so much about tiger import, Dave did a great job and at that time the map was empty.
the bigger problem are the other imports which didn't check what data is available already and simply uploaded data because they know how to convert a shape file to osm format.</pre>
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<pre wrap="">Be careful about making absolute generalized statements like "everyone"
and "no one".
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<pre>will add an sarcasm tag in the future... osm should be fun and whatever anyone is saying is just an opinion. </pre>
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<pre wrap="">- Alan
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