<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><br>On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Simon Poole <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:simon@poole.ch">simon@poole.ch</a>> wrote:<br><br>> The French cadastre imports are, as you know, a rather controversial<br>> subject. In my opinion it is a dataset that doesn't actually increase the<br>> usefulness of the OSM dataset for most users (building outlines without<br>> addresses just don't really help with anything) and distracts beginner<br>> mappers from actually mapping (1st time mappers are recommend to immediately<br>> start importing insted of going outside). Further more, like essentially all<br>> imports, the external dataset is not about to go away, so there is no reason<br>> to prioritize this import over adding useful stuff.<br><div><br><span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0,
0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>Simon, I dont know if you think that Canada Canvec data is controversial. Just look at the map at the border of Canada / US.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.003&lon=-72.233&zoom=9&layers=M</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">Up
north you see the effect of canvec imports. I know this area and these
imports seems to me of high quality. What do you think of mapping
details in the Vermont state, just south of the border?</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>Is it possible to discuss about governance wich is the subject of this thread?<br></span></div><div> </div><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;">Pierre </span><br> <div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>