[talk-au] Geoscience Data

[Franc Carter]

I'm not convinced either way at the moment about uploads of data - however I
don't think the
'do it all properly the first time' is the only approach (my bias is that I
don't do this)

At the two extremes toy have:-
   1. Map *everything* in a small area
   2. Map one feature over a large amount of area

Both of these have advantages and trade offs, so having people who take
different
approaches appears to mapping would appear to be a good thing.

On Jan 9, 2008 8:06 AM, Nick Hocking <nick.hocking at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I believe that bulk uploading of data that has lots of errors, into OSM,
> may be more trouble than it's worth.  Once data has been loaded, there is
> little incentive for others to start fixing it up.
>
> I believed that people don't like fixing up other's mistakes and would
> prefer to spend their time mapping some new area properly the first time.
> Therefore I think that the US OSM data (now almost irrevocably tied to the
> dubious qulaity of the TIGER data, will be unsuitable for routing
> applications for at least a decade. There are just too many missing turn
> restrictions (and one way streets not marked as such).
>
> I agree that it would be great to load up creeks and other natural
> features but I believe that objects that need to be routable should be
> mapped by survey in order to get the accurate information into OSM.
>
> Nick
>
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Franc
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