[Imports] Brisbane (Australia) Cycling Import

James Umbanhowar jumbanho at gmail.com
Fri Feb 3 13:35:58 UTC 2023


Yes, I second this!  Good luck!

On 2/2/23 17:23, Mateusz Konieczny via Imports wrote:
> 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:
>
>         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.
>
>         I recommend surveying all the points and to correct all the
>         external data, then importing, if you really want to practice
>         importing.
>
>         James
>
>         On 2/1/23 12:20, James via Imports wrote:
>>         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.
>>
>>
>>         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 :
>>
>>                 I'm relatively new at OSM Does 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 that the guideline
>>             asks you to make a wiki page describing your project
>>             Regards, Marc
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