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

[John Smith]

2009/10/5 Elizabeth Dodd <edodd at billiau.net>:
> 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.

I updated it, but I'm not sure if what I wrote will be 100% clear to
anyone reading it.