[Talk-ca] Railways duplicated in CanVec data

Frank Steggink steggink at steggink.org
Fri Jun 3 13:10:29 BST 2011


On 11-06-03 05:30 AM, Samuel Longiaru wrote:
>
> OK... I can set up one dedicated to Canvec imports.  That's no problem 
> if that is the preferred practice.   I do remember now reading that 
> reference in the Wiki that states " Consider creating a new user for 
> the import" but I interpreted the reason for doing so as not 
> applicable as I was not adding anything to the source tags.  So I did 
> what was asked... I considered it... but I didn't do it.  Also, I am 
> not blindly or mechanically importing but editing and tweaking as I 
> go, so I guess there is a gray area as to what is CanVec and what is 
> "personal".  I also label all the changesets as CanVec imports so that 
> they are more obvious in my own edit history.  But if it makes things 
> easier to track... I'll continue from now on under a different account.
>
> Thanks for the guidance.
>
> Sam
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From*: Richard Weait <richard at weait.com 
> <mailto:Richard%20Weait%20%3crichard at weait.com%3e>>
> *To*: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap <talk-ca at openstreetmap.org 
> <mailto:Talk-CA%20OpenStreetMap%20%3ctalk-ca at openstreetmap.org%3e>>
> *Subject*: Re: [Talk-ca] Railways duplicated in CanVec data
> *Date*: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:55:06 -0400
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Samuel Longiaru<longiaru at shaw.ca  <mailto:longiaru at shaw.ca>>  wrote:
> >
> >  What?  Didn't know that.  We should be importing under a separate account?
> >  How is that to be set up?  Sorry if I've been doing this wrong.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines#Use_a_dedicated_user_account
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits/Code_of_Conduct
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Data_working_group/Mechanical_Edit_Policy
>
> Indeed.  Separate accounts for each import source are the current best
> practice.  Not everybody is following this obviously.  No harm in
> trying to follow all of the best guidelines.
>
Having a separate account is advisable, because you don't know what 
could happen to the data. If it for some reason turns out to come from a 
shady source, then it could be reverted much easier if all the imports 
were done with a separate account. Of course there are no doubts about 
the CanVec status.

Another example is the license discussion. If you for some reason are 
opposed to the ODbL and the new CT's, you can still use a second account 
to import CanVec data for example, because you don't own any rights to 
the CanVec data yourself. It is also much friendlier towards other 
users, so they know that any modifications done to the CanVec data in 
OSM aren't in vain, once the old license is abandoned.

Frank



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