[talk-au] Geoscience Australia 1:250K data

[Cameron]

It would take less time than mapping it all though ;)

On 25/12/2007, Brent Easton <b.easton at exemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Fair enough.
>
> Merging the data in where it is needed will be a huge PITA though.
>
> Cheers,
> Brent.
>
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> On 24/12/2007 at 10:51 PM Peter Ross  wrote:
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> >On 12/24/07, Brent Easton <b.easton at exemail.com.au> wrote:
> >> I would be hesitant to use much of this data, especially roads because
> >of that error. I
> >> think you will find that that error is the average error. I have seen
> it
> >out by 200m and it is
> >> also pretty old so has no recent deviations or realignments. It is also
> >plain wrong in
> >> places. It would be a shame to load up this data next to our <10m gpx
> >tracks.
> >>
> >> What it would be very useful for is a source of the difficult parts of
> >the state borders, and
> >> National Park borders.
> >>
> >I disagree, I would immediately load it into osm using the tag
> >source=geoscience-250k or something.  Then people would be aware of
> >the possibility of errors and as people actually travelled the roads
> >they would be moved to where they actually are.  One of the nice
> >things about OSM is that errors will eventually get fixed.
> >
> >Personally I use the 250k data using shonkymaps and it is great for
> >all those hundreds of kms of bush tracks that exist in our state
> >forests and national parks, and seeing how long it will take to map
> >all of that stuff, I would love to have a source for the beginning of
> >it, that could be gradually refined.
> >
> >Just my 2 cents.
> >Peter
> >
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