[Imports] [OSM-talk] amenity=bicycle_repair_station :::: only 18 so far

[Jo]

Are there any of these stations in your dataset located in Belgium or The
Netherlands?

Jo

2015-02-08 18:23 GMT+01:00 Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com>:

> Bryce,
>
> After reading through this thread, I just don't see this dataset as
> being high enough of quality to import.
>
> Arguing that users will be free to move objects does not jive with the
> ~10 years experience we have in OSM, and nearly that long with
> imports. Imported data is rarely touched, even when the quality is low
> (ie TIGER).
>
> We have a similar bike rack import here in NYC and it's been
> relatively untouched because users don't know what rack to move, ie
> what rack corresponds to what, and it's very hard to identify what
> objects need modification.
>
> I think this is a nice idea, but reading through the problems of this
> import, I think that if there's a specific project that could use this
> data, they should use it separately from OSM and then try to bring in
> manually defined data, rather than putting it into OSM first and
> hoping things improve on their own.
>
> - Serge
>
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