[Imports] Ottawa Bike Parking Import

[Elliott Plack]

Andy,

Thanks for the response. Please forgive my enthusiasm, and you're quite
right that proper documentation is a must, as well as considering the
existing data. I ran a query and there are quite a few existing
installations on OSM. Map: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/5b3

I should start by saying I only jumped in in the middle of the project to
help Clark with the data. I've never even been to Ottawa. I had assumed
that some due diligence had already taken place, like checking for existing
data etc. If it were my project, I would have ran the query, got the
existing data, and compared that before even posting anything here.

And I was wrong to say it was a "few clicks." That is never true. :) If the
data was conflated, verified, and accurate, it would be, but there'd be
much work (and clicks) to get to that point.

Clark: Definitely write up a wiki on
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page. Detail the source of the
data, licenses, community support and how to tackle existing data.

Kindly,

Elliott

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 6:24 AM, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 24 September 2014 22:31, Elliott Plack <elliott.plack at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Clark,
> >
> > Quick tip, always reply all to these list emails so it goes back into the
> > list.
> >
> > Definitely use the PNG! I'll license it as CC0.
> >
> > For approval we should wait a few days for others to comment. Also we'll
> > want to check if there's any existing data that would be duplicated.
> >
> > I can do the import for you too, no problem. It's just a few clicks.
> >
> > Finally you'll want to write a wiki page on the OSM wiki. Just summarize
> > what you said in the first email.
>
> I think you've got it back-to-front - there's no way that anyone can
> review this *before* you write the wiki page!
>
> Also, I just had a quick look. From your image I count at least 7 bike
> parking images within a few metres of the intersection of Bank and
> Queen Street, but when I look at google street view I see only bikes
> chained to trees and some railings outside a bank - further away
> there's some actual parking infrastructure but it's not clear to me
> how they all correspond and what counts as "parking" here. Again,
> questions to answer on a wiki page are required.
>
> There's already existing bike parking in Ottawa, so there will need to
> be some sort of merging/de-duplication.
>
> And finally, best not so say "It's just a few clicks" because
> honestly, that's never the case, and secondly, it's not the attitude
> we're trying to promote!
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>



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Elliott Plack
http://about.me/elliottp
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