[Imports] Microsoft Buildings Import Inquiry

[Christoph Hormann]

On Thursday 14 February 2019, Rory McCann wrote:
> IMO a key feature of "is this an import or not?" is whether a mapper
> looks at each (new) object individually. If yes, then it's not an
> import. [...]

'Looking at each (new) object individually' is definitely not something 
that gets you off the hook with imports.

The distinction i always like to use is that for something being not an 
import or a mechanical edit the mappers uploading the data need to have 
full control over the whole process from primary data (that is 
on-the-ground knowledge and measurements as well as aerial/satellite 
imagery) to the data uploaded.

Or looking at it from the end:  If you ask the mapper why they chose a 
particular tag or created a particular geometry and they do not explain 
this with a particular observation in reality or in an image source but 
because some other secondary data source already contained this 
geometry or tag you have an import and should follow the procedures for 
that.

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Christoph Hormann
http://www.imagico.de/