[Imports] Brisbane (Australia) Cycling Import

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Oh, that makes far more sense!

Sorry for jumping on you but it sounded exactly like "lets import known bad things and
fix it later" which is a common mistake that almost never goes well.


Feb 2, 2023, 01:11 by imports at openstreetmap.org:

> I am sorry, I think there has been some confusion. When I said "at the end of the import", I meant "in the final stages of the importing process", before I upload the data, to check the integrity.
>
> On 2 February 2023 5:16:01 am AEST, James Umbanhowar <jumbanho at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Please do not import inaccurate data with the intent of fixing it      later.  If you want to practice an import, correct your data      first, then import it later.  Too often imported data sets with      errors gets forgotten and then there is a bunch of poor data in      the database.
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>> I recommend surveying all the points and to correct all the      external data, then importing, if you really want to practice      importing.
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>>
>> James
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>> On 2/1/23 12:20, James via Imports      wrote:
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>>> Since there are only ~100 bike parkings in the dataset, all in our      CBD, I plan to check them all in person at the end of the import.      The main reason I'm doing this is to get more experience with      imports and josm. I have already added a few bike parking spots      manually outside the CBD. Does this still seem worrying to you? 
>>>  
>>>  Also, I'm not sure what you mean by highway=* with respect to bike      parking. 
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>>>  
>>> On 2 February 2023 2:50:13 am AEST,        Marc_marc >>> <marc_marc at mailo.com> <mailto:marc_marc at mailo.com>>>>  wrote: 
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>>>> Hello,Le 01.02.23 à 09:32, James via Imports a écrit :
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>>>>> I'm relatively new at OSMDoes anyone have anything they'd like to add, any advice, or any reasons I shouldn't go ahead with this?
>>>>>
>>>> starting a import when you describe yourself as "relatively new"is maybe not a good idea.it would be better to do the first additions classically, find out how to deal with highway=* to divide, errors in existing data, poor location in opendata, ...if you still want to do an import, you have probably read thatthe guideline asks you to make a wiki page describing your projectRegards,Marc
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