[Imports] Seattle Sidewalks Import (v2 - testing)

[Rory McCann]

On 22/02/17 06:01, Nick Bolten wrote:
> The process we're using is actually extremely manual, and almost amounts
> to opening up JOSM and adding features from scratch. We prepopulate one
> block at a time in JOSM, edit every node of the new data, use multiple
> sources for ground truthing (Bing/Mapillary/OpenStreetCam/Field Papers),
> and add notes for areas that need in-person verification. I guess I
> would argue that it's essentially armchair mapping, aside from the
> supplemental Field Papers work, and it's done by locals. It also happens
> to be a neighborhood I'm personally very familiar with.

If you're just doing a map-a-thon, where people edit thing so manually,
then that isn't an import. You don't need to use the data from
data.seattle.gov. You don't need to get approval for an
"armchair-map-athon", right? Manually created OSM objects are mostly
viewed as more reliable than a data import. So why not just ignore the
open data from the city?

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