[talk-au] Map feedback - Australia

Andy Townsend ajt1047 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 13 18:47:11 UTC 2023


For the avoidance of doubt - will the user have agreed to OSM's 
Contributor Terms?

https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Contributor_Terms

Best Regards,

Andy


On 13/02/2023 17:48, Salim Baidoun wrote:
>
> Hello Australia Community,
>
> In TomTom's endeavor to improve OSM, we plan to conduct edits based on 
> user input. This activity is the result of checking if feedback 
> received for the TomTom map is also valid for OSM.
>
> Note that, starting with a small number, we will only perform edits if 
> they add value to the OSM map, do not conflict with any recent edits 
> made by the community, and are supported by a local source. In the 
> absence of credible source material, we will reach out to the local 
> community for guidance.
>
> We will start with editing POIs, land use, addresses, and highways 
> during this activity. Over time, we will evaluate more feedback and 
> expand to other features. You can refer to the GitHub issue 
> <https://github.com/tomtom-international/open-data/issues/159> for 
> further details regarding the types of planned edits.
>
> The MapRoulette challenge used for these edits will be accessible only 
> for our editing team as it could contain confidential information. 
> Along with the *#tomtom* hashtag that accompanies every TomTom edit in 
> OSM, we will also add the *#tt_mapfeedback* hashtag to the changeset 
> if it is an incidental edit resulting from user feedback.
>
> We plan to start with Australia in 2 weeks along with a selection of 
> countries for which there is available user input, and then expand to 
> other countries. Please reach out to me if you have any thoughts or 
> questions about this upcoming activity.
>
> Regards.
>
> Salim A. Baidoun / Community & Partnerships - Global
>
>
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