[talk-au] Tasmanian transmission line import

[Charles Gregory]

Hi Ian,

Regarding the imports process, this wouldn't be a bulk automated import -
rather, me loading the KML as a background image, then selecting individual
ways and converting them to the appropriate type.  There are less than 60
separate lines in the state (and many are already in OSM) so it wouldn't
take me that long.  Does that still need to go through the process?

Regarding getting the license information in writing, that is one thing I
hadn't considered, I will ask my contact for details on this.

Happy to leave it for a while - although I thought I saw a notice recently
that all redaction related changes were now complete?

Regards,

Charles

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Ian Sergeant <inas66+osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This needs to go through imports process (the imports list, and the
> imports on the wiki).  We need to document the licence stuff so there
> are no problems later.
>
> Personally, I'd be inclined to sit on this for a month or two, until
> we are recovered from more of the redaction issues.  Adding wires
> seems a bit like icing the cake when the sponge isn't set.
>
> And yes, the second would be my preferred option, too, but make the
> data available for people who want to merge.
>
> Ian.
>
> On 3 September 2012 21:25, Charles Gregory <osm.lists at chuq.net> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I've received a KML of all of Tasmania's high voltage transmission lines
> > from a representative of Transend Networks, with no restrictions on their
> > usage, so I am free to upload these into OSM.
> >
> > At the moment in OSM, some lines already exist and include towers
> (sourced
> > from bing imagery), some only have towers (most likely due to redaction),
> > and some lines are not marked at all.
> >
> > The KML file includes only lines - not towers - they have a license for
> the
> > tower information - while it costs nothing, it can not be re-distributed.
> >
> > I could
> > 1) Delete the existing data and replace with 100% official data, but then
> > the tower information would be lost.
> > 2) Only replace the missing lines, but then there would be
> inconsistencies
> > (some with towers, some without).
> >
> > What is the preferred option?   I'm tending to go with the second option,
> > since from a brief inspection, the existing OSM ways are pretty accurate
> > when compared with the official data.  So long as the sources for each
> line
> > are accurate it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Charles Gregory
> >
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