[Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping

[Yannick Brosseau]

Hi All,

There is a huge section in my area that have no user associated to it.
Is there a way to retrieve the original user and contact them? It seems
to be an import from an "official" data source, but there is no
information on what it is.

Yannick

On 2012-01-11 15:44, Richard Weait wrote:
> Dear Canadian OpenStreetMap contributors,
>
> The upcoming move to the Open Database License means that a small
> number of users have chosen for their contributions not to continue
> within OSM. Since we want OSM to remain the best map in the world, we
> can remap the affected areas now, so that little difference is
> noticeable on changeover day. The License Working Group would now like
> to formally urge Canadian mappers to look at your local mapping areas,
> contact anyone who still might agree and then remap. This is a pilot
> project to engage global mappers on a country-by-country basis.
>
> Critical mass for the change-over has certainly been achieved.  On a
> global basis, over 96.8% of nodes and 96.3% of highways [1]  are by
> folks who have accepted the new terms. However, we still have globally
> 36 million nodes that may not survive the license change and 4.2
> million problematic ways where some or all value will be lost [2].
> This is still a large number, particularly if they are in your local
> mapping area, and we would like to reduce it.
>
> In Canada, the situation is slightly better than the global average,
> with 98.3% of nodes and 96.7% of highways coming from folks who have
> accepted the new terms.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Remapping is a specific up-to-date
> resource on remapping and
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Help_preparing_for_the_license_change
> give broader background information.
>
> Frederik Ramm's excellent License Change View on OSM Inspector [4]
> helps pin point problematic areas and users who have not yet agreed to
> the license upgrade and new contributor terms.  There are
> license-status tools for both JOSM and Potlatch2, to aid you in
> mapping.
>
>