[Imports] [Talk-GB] OSM with Wikidata: now covers UK and Ireland

[Jo]

Nothing is being imported though. All that gets done is to establish a link
between Wikidata and OpenStreetMap, saying that the wikidata entry and the
OSM object are referring to the same entity. So the Wikidata entry further
describes our OSM object.

We've already established this can only be achieved by adding tags on our
side. It doesn't make sense to point to our object ids from Wikidata, as
they are relatively volatile.

My preferred way of doing this, is to use the Wikipedia plugin from within
JOSM, but if this way works reliably, it's probably more efficient.

http://www.twitch.tv/polyglot_openstreetmap/v/53826283

Polyglot

2016-03-11 21:25 GMT+01:00 Chris Hill <osm at raggedred.net>:

> On 11/03/16 19:46, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>
>> On 11 March 2016 at 18:14, Chris Hill <osm at raggedred.net> wrote:
>>
>> Since more than one person has asked you to check with local mappers
>>> before
>>> making these uploads and there is an unanswered question about the
>>> licence,
>>> I would ask you to stop uploading any more of these data until these
>>> questions have been addressed to the satisfaction of the mappers in GB.
>>>
>> [reposting to list]
>>
>> As was posted here a while ago, 'Mappa Mercia', the West Midlands
>> mappers' group (that's the region that includes Birmingham) have
>> already asked that this process go ahead in the county.
>>
>> Edward has already pointed out that he is not adding coordinates, so
>> the licence issue is a red herring.
>>
>> This process has been under discussion and development for two years
>> or more; it's beyond tiresome that people are still trying to block
>> it.
>>
>>
>> Import guidelines [1]
> /Step 2: //
> /
>
> 5. /You //*must not*//import the data without local buy-in./
>
> What is 'beyond tiresome' is that these import guidelines seem to being
> ignored. People have expressed reservations about having this data
> imported, how is that local getting local buy-in?
>
> There is an outstanding question about the licence, just calling it a red
> herring doesn't answer the question.
> --
> Cheers, Chris (chillly)
>
> [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines
>
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