[talk-au] Tasmanian transmission line import

[Ian Sergeant]

Hi,

Oh okay.  If you are just using the KML as a background image, and
copy/pasting segments after reviewing them in OSM then personally,  I
don't see any issues at all.  I was just worried we were going to have
an extra ton of "fixme" data, when we probably have enough to fix
right now.

Probably still a good idea to put the permission to use statement on
the wiki (for future mappers to understand), and use a consistent
source= so people understand where they came from.

Thanks,
Ian.

On 4 September 2012 13:26, Charles Gregory <osm.lists at chuq.net> wrote:
> 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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