[Imports] Import of Flemish Government data (building footprints and addresses)

[Mateusz Konieczny]

29. Oct 2018 11:34 by andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk <mailto:andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk>:


> I *strongly* recommend including links (or IDs, that can be used in
> links) to external databases. This is vital for two reasons: it
> indicates the *precise* provenance of the sourced data




Why it is better than changeset tags? Why tags that may stay

after mapper edited building are preferable? 


 

> ; and it makes
> OSM a better able to function as part of the web of linked-, open-,
> data.
>




It is not self-evident, that is why I asked for documenting how this tags are

planned me to be used,


 

>> Keeping a link to the source signals to the mapper "don't touch this,
>> it's official data" or "your edits can be overwritten by a future import".
>
> That may be your interpretation; it is most certainly not mine. Do you
> have any evidence that anyone other than you interprets links in this
> bizarre manner?




*raises hand*





I am not sure why it is bizarre given that some people tried already

to run reimports destroying all edits by mappers.



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