[talk-au] Tasmanian transmission line import

[Charles Gregory]

No problem.  At the moment the test line I have added is tagged:

power=line
name=Lindisfarne-Sorell
voltage=110000
operator=Transend Networks
source=Transend Networks

Regards,

Charles

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Ian Sergeant <inas66+osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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