[Imports] [Talk-ca] Editing GeoBase data

[Sam Vekemans]

I thought so after i sent it :)

This is where the quandary occurs. Things like chopping up a way to
> add bridges, or to realign an intersection, or other such
> modifications... do we just go about our editing with little regard
> for the existing data, or should we attempt to keep as much GeoBase
> data as possible? If we are to keep as much data as possible, what's
> the procedure?
>

I think you meant "with little regard for the geobase data" instead of "with
little regard for the existing data".  right?

If so, then yes... we disregard geobase data, and think of it as just some
other mapper from afar who has never actually been there before, or maybe
was, but a long long time ago.  :-)

I guess my answer is; Since your local to the data, it's up to your
disgression on how you want to deal with it.  ... end result is to make a
better map.  Thats why the files are (will be) available todo with as you
please.
Feel free to destroy/mix/change the geobase tags/data is you like.  It makes
no difference to the "OSM" map.  The data is there to 'help' not to 'hinder'
map development.

Hope that actually helps,
Cheers,
Sam

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 4:04 PM, James Ewen <ve6srv at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Sam Vekemans
> <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Maybe (James) it doesn't answer your question, but should help the
> imports@
> > list understand more what's going on, as well as whoever is following
> along
> > on the talk-ca list :)
>
> You didn't even come close to the subject of my query. I wasn't asking
> how to import data, but rather how to edit the imported data without
> destroying the GeoBase tags.
>
> James
> VE6SRV
>
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