[Talk-ca] CanVec Import

[john whelan]

Probably the best thing to do is wait for commonmap.

Cheerio John

On 31 December 2010 11:50, Olivier Hill <olivier.hill at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I would like to remind everyone not to blindly import CanVec tiles on OSM.
>
> I have recently seen tiles uploaded blindly, duplicating nodes and
> duplicating features that were already imported (like wooded areas,
> lakes, rivers, etc.)
>
> I know it is tempting to see more data on OSM, but dirty data has no
> value. Uploading tiles in batch is not crowd sourcing either as it can
> be easily done with software.
>
> Personally, I prefer less data but with better quality than having to
> validate everything that has been imported again and again. This can
> of course be discussed here, others might have different opinions.
>
> Now, private messages have been sent to specific authors. If no
> answers provided, we will have to make the choice to revert the
> changesets or not.
>
> Thank you for your understanding (and inputs).
>
> Best regards,
> Olivier
>
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