[Imports] Yet another global building footprints import attempt

[zyphlar]

I am in favor of the creation of a tool for generating files which can be
opened in JOSM and added to OSM as local or motivated individuals see fit,
to only add new non-conflated buildings but not modify or intersect any
existing buildings.

I'm not in favor of any such import being performed in the local areas I
work in (US West Coast) because our local governments often have superior
building footprint data available. In my opinion every building imported
from Bing is a building that needs to get fixed eventually because Bing's
quality is so poor. Other areas may not be so fortunate and they can make
their own decisions.

On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 5:26 AM Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:

>
> Mateusz Konieczny via Imports <imports at openstreetmap.org> writes:
>
> > Jul 22, 2022, 11:43 by marc_marc at mailo.com:
> >
> >> Le 22.07.22 à 10:35, Mateusz Konieczny via Imports a écrit :
> >>
> >>> How you will avoid importing buildings demolished in 2014 and deleted
> since?
> >>>
> >>
> >> it's the same issue with manual tracing no ?
> >>
> > Not in areas with more recent imagery.
>
> 2014 seems like an eternity ago.  As a data point, in Massachusetts we
> have high-quality imagery from roughly April 1, 2021 (color, 15 cm, leaf
> off).
>
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