[Talk-ca] Building Import

[John Whelan]

I think there are two issues here the first is I accept having a large 
number of anything by one mapper has the potential for a systematic error.

If the import is verified by a second mapper independently I assume this 
would be acceptable?

The second is more to do with discussion within the community and is I 
feel more complex.

Cheerio John

Frederik Ramm wrote on 2019-03-15 12:06 PM:
> Hi,
>
> On 15.03.19 16:23, Danny McDonald wrote:
>> I think many people on this list fundamentally misunderstand the way OSM
>> operates.  Most OSM contributions are made by individuals who see a
>> gap/mistake in the data and fix it.
> True!
>
>> It is not a "community process"
>> where contributions are made by a group of "local mappers" (although
>> this sometimes happens).
> True!
>
> As long as we're talking normal, everyday, "manual" mapping. Like, 100
> edits a day, or maybe 1000 edits on a good day.
>
> For things that go beyond a little mapping by the individual, we tend to
> have processes, e.g. for imports, for automated edits, for organised edits.
>
> The general idea behind the discuss-these-things-first rules is not that
> one mapper is better than another, but quite the opposite: One mapper
> alone can actually make stupid mistakes or suffer from bad judgement,
> something that the larger community can help against.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>

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