[talk-au] Effect of license change

[Ian Sergeant]

On 28 March 2012 20:52, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net> wrote:


> I'm really hoping that for a long time after 1 April the sysadmins do keep
> the current CC-BY-SA coastline files which are used to generate the
> coastline outline in the Mapnik layer.  However we must remember that there
> are other users of OSM data, and these users may generate their coastline
> directly from the planet file
>
>
Yep.  They're going to have lots of problems with Australian data
post-transition.  At the moment, I'm not convinced the coastline will be
the biggest one.

Firstly who is this "someone" ? I may be wrong but I don't expect the
> sysadmins will do it, so it will come down to "ordinary" OSM users to add
> this back into OSM.  I think I can relatively easily re-import PGS
> coastline data ( I recently did a re-import of some PGS data in the Arabian
> Gulf) , though it may be a little time consuming.  But the question then
> comes back to: should the PGS data be imported as a short term fix, or is
> it better to wait until someone has more time to import ABS?
>

I guess I'm hinting at the fact that anyone could in fact do the task of
linking PGS data into the missing coastline sections, and this issue is
going to effect far more areas than just Australia and is fairly high
profile, so there may be some kind of imperative.

This line of thinking has led me to prioritise primary objects that I see
as of equivalent importance, but exploit some local knowledge and prior
mapping.

Ian.
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