[Imports] [Talk-ca] The great UUID debate (Was Re: 092G area)

[Kate Chapman]

I also think UUID is important in the case of imported data. It will  
ease the update of datasets that we bring in.

Kate Chapman


On Oct 14, 2009, at 7:48 AM, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:

> Sam removed that context, then spun this new thread and widened
> distribution!  Here's some context, Sam thinks uuids are uninteresting
> and not useful in imported data.  Michael, below, thinks uuids are
> useful.  Now the rest of the conversation in context.
>
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Michael Barabanov
> <michael.barabanov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Sam,
>>
>> I'm not talking about keeping CODE=2270010. That's indeed not  
>> terribly
>> useful. But UUIDs allow us to later
>> match the imported features to potentially more complete Canvec  
>> datasets.
>> Example: imagine next Canvec data comes in that also has name= for  
>> each
>> park. If we keep UUIDs in imported data, it's trivial to write a  
>> script
>> to implement a join between the two feature set based on UUID and  
>> update
>> the OSM with park names.
>>
>> We decided to keep UUID for NRN segments for similar reasons.
>
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Sam Vekemans
> <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok,
>> as long as by 'us' you mean 'not me' :-)
>> 'cause i dont know how to 'trivially' use UUID as a tool like that.
>>
>> Have you tested that?
>>
>> I can put a note on the readme.txt file, and on the wiki about it.
>>
>> Do we have a seconder for this change? (its a BIG change)
>
> A seconder, Sam? Here is a short list of those from talk-ca who
> believe that a uuid is a good idea in a Canadian import:
> You - http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2009-March/002322.html
> Steve S - http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2009-February/000705.html
> Michel - http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2009-January/000612.html
> Austin - http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2009-June/001223.html
> James - http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2009-June/001138.html
> me - http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2009-June/001293.html
>
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