[Talk-ca] Cleaning up after the GeoBase import

[Gerald A]

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com>wrote:

> <snip
> > 1) start fresh (streets/road-wise), enjoy correct topology and overall
> > consistency for the whole Canada from the start, and correct/add to
> out-of-date data from GeoBase.
> </snip>
>
> Under no circumstances should we be deleting already collected data.
> Correct data is far less important than mappers and deleting data that
> people have already poured a lot of work into is just going to piss
> people off and make them leave the project.


I have to agree with this feeling -- having done a bit of work in my local
area, it would more then annoy me if it was all deleted for some supposedly
more "authoritative" work.

We're looking for the best map, not the map that is the fastest to get up.
Tiger, which contains far more data then Geobase, used a complimentary
approach, IIRC.

My 2cents,
Gerald
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