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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/19/2020 3:17 PM, Mikel Maron
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> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">How would a mapper
performing imports via RapiD comply with the import guidelines?</span>
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<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">By complying
with the guidelines before setting up an import process that
leveraged RapiD for conflation.</span></div>
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<p>That doesn't sound so bad to me, pending further details. <br>
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<p>But it's not the first thing that leaps to mind when reading the
blog post, which claims that RapiD will allow imports by normal
users who find the traditional import process "too onerous."
Current RapiD workflow (in my experience) is "AI thinks a
road/building is here and looks like this. If you agree, click to
add it." Changing the source from AI-enhanced satellite imagery to
"authoritative dataset" and I picture a similar process: "Data
Authority X thinks Y is here. If you agree, click to add it." You
can see how this sounds like an end-run around the import
guidelines, because it's performing an import without a dedicated
import account.<br>
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<p> A good conflation tool would process a prospective dataset
pre-import, comparing OSM data against one or more external data
sources and assisting with other forms of data cleanup. If RapiD
had a mode like this, which allowed crowdsourced conflation
instead of live map editing, that could be useful. The resulting
(hopefully improved) dataset could then be considered as a
candidate for an import according to the standard import
guidelines. But offhand I imagine casual users would be confused
if the same piece of software is sometimes a live map editor, and
sometimes a pre-import conflation tool.<br>
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<p>Jason</p>
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