[talk-au] A possible CAPAD 2016 import?

[cleary]

It's good to get access to that additional data and will improve the
map.

I would prefer incremental additions, that is one-by-one, after checking
what is already on the map.

My major concern with any mass import is the effect on existing data. In
particular where a new way is overlaid on an existing way, making
editing more difficult.  On parts of the NSW/VIC border, there are ten
relations (two of which are protected areas) attached to a single way.
It is manageable to alter relations if needed etc. but it is difficult
if we have ten separate ways overlaid one on top of the other.  For this
reason I would prefer to see new areas added where appropriate, but
adding new relations to existing ways where they exist. 

I have added some protected areas in NSW and SA using the approved
government data sources. If there were any discrepancies, I would be
inclined to prefer the state government sources although hopefully there
will not be any significant discrepancies.

While I can see that CAPAD has at least one NSW private area that is not
yet in OSM, I think there are shared boundaries with existing areas. 

CAPAD may also have errors or omissions. For example, I had mapped
Calperum Station in South Australia which is a non-government protected
area but I could not see it in CAPAD map (although it may well be in the
2016 edition when it becomes available).

Congrats on getting permission to sue this  additional data.








On Fri, Feb 17, 2017, at 09:04 PM, Andrew Davidson wrote:
> The good folks at DoEE have been more helpful and have given us 
> permission to use future releases of CAPAD under the same terms. Given 
> that the next release of CAPAD is due out in a number of weeks it raises 
> the question should we wait and then do an import?
> 
> Assuming that the community thinks this is a good idea the other big 
> question is what to do with the existing boundaries. Having a look at 
> the data it appears that the data we have permission to use is:
> 
> 1. NSW from NSW LPI (but these are only the areas managed by the NSW
> NPWS)
> 
> 2. Tas from CAPAD 2014
> 
> 3. SA from DEWNR
> 
> All of the other data is from unknown sources or sources we don't have 
> permission to use (or at least I can't find it on the wiki).
> 
> So do we:
> 
> 1. Scrub them off and start again,
> 2. Scrub off the other tags and leave them if they have a landcover tag,
> or
> 3. Try and reuse them with the replace geometry tool?
> 
> Other ideas?
> 
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