[Talk-ca] Hydro Network (inland water) question

[Viajero Perdido]

On 2018-09-27 05:42 PM, talk-ca-request at openstreetmap.org wrote:
> What happened during the import of inland water data?

Maybe people realized the poor quality of the data, and found positive 
ways to contribute instead?

> Throw in flack from Germany
...and Canada!


Waterways change in thirty years; ask anyone in Calgary doing recreation 
nearby; the 2013 flood changed many things.  Satellite imagery covers 
the new reality.  CanVec/GeoBase do not.  And landcover can change 
dramatically in such time.

As to great vast areas of white on the map, I'd rather see those remain 
blank, rather than filled with garbage data.  When I'm standing on the 
ground trying to cross a river, sometimes I swear at CanVec.  And yes, I 
have put in many many hours adding natural-feature detail from 
satellite, the hard way, trying to stay ahead of the CanVec imports, 
which I consider disastrous.  I figure, if there's already data in 
place, hopefully nobody will wipe it out with an import (again).

So please, nobody pretend there's consensus here that CanVec/GeoBase 
imports are a good thing.

That's my two bits, now sorry, I have to leave the internet for a few 
days.  I'm going out to play in the woods, where hand-edited OSM will 
help me immensely.