[Talk-ca] canvec imports

[Matthew Darwin]

Andrew,

Keep up the great work making OSM great for Canada.


On 2018-11-27 1:36 p.m., Andrew Lester wrote:
> I agree. A selective import from CANVEC is fine and generally gives 
> good results. As long as you don't import things like forests and 
> buildings (which are both woefully out-of-date, broken, or outright 
> wrong), there usually isn't a problem. However, if someone just 
> imports an entire block of data without inspecting it, that's when 
> we run into the visible issues that the peanut gallery picks apart.
>
> Andrew
> Victoria, BC
>
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> *From: *"James" <james2432 at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Andrew" <andrew.allison at teksavvy.com>
> *Cc: *"talk-ca" <talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:58:19 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [Talk-ca] canvec imports
>
> not sure why Canvec always gets shat uppon, their water features are 
> great and pretty accurate, the forest/landcover on the other hand 
> needs fixing before import. I think it's clear enough on the canvec 
> wiki page that only experienced mappers/importers should attempt a 
> canvec import.
>
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