[talk-au] unexpected consequence of merging admin boundary and road

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Mon, 5 Oct 2009, John Smith wrote:
> The ABS data isn't very accurate, but it would be accurate enough for
> the purpose it was intended which is breaking the country up into
> various geographical areas for statistical purposes.
>
> The Qld boundary data seems to be more accurate than GPS in most if
> not all cases, and it has to be in case of legal disputes arising.
>
> So it's not exactly clear cut as to if imported data is better or
> worst, you need to know what the intended purpose of the data is also.
would you note that on the wiki
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Using_Imported_Data
as that is an improvement on 
In general, imported data is not guaranteed accurate. 

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