[Talk-ca] Cleaning up after the GeoBase import

[Michael Barabanov]

Hmm, did I say "more authoritative"?  I thought it was something like
"more consistent and topologically correct".

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:28:56AM -0400, Gerald A (geraldablists at gmail.com) wrote:
> 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 out-of-date data from GeoBase.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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