[OSM-newbies] Help with substation data

[Ricky Satomi]

Oh excellent, I didn't know the potential datasources wiki existed. I 
understand there are legal and logistic concerns so I wanted to see what 
the community thought before I messed anything up. My impression is that 
the import function is generally frowned upon and not widely used

On 1/2/2015 12:52 PM, Michael Heißmeier wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> I found a few helpful pages in our wiki on that subject:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ briefly discusses 
> importing of data from other sources under section 2
>
> There is a fairly extensive record of datasources which have been 
> investigated so far: 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potential_Datasources mostly with a 
> short discussion why it is considered acceptable or not Having a look 
> at it might give you an impression about potential pitfalls.
>
> If your data constitutes a substantial amount of objects then this 
> would be considered a bulk import which can only be performed after 
> discussion. See more details about this under 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import
>
>
> I do not want to scare you from contributing but just make the point 
> clear that integrity of our data, both in terms of reliability and 
> legal status, is of prime concern in this project.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
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