[Talk-ca] Massive undiscussed import from Peterborough GIS

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

a year ago, the account "Peterborough GIS" added about 180,000 buildings 
in their area 
(https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Peterborough%20GIS/history#map=13/43.9070/-78.7678), 
deleting about 10,000 pre-existing structures in the process (the total 
number of objects affected is about 1.5 million, this accounts for the 
nodes needed to construct a building).

They haven't been seen in OSM since, and a request to explain their 
sources (certainly not "Esri World Imagery" as claimed) in
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/87620890 went unanswered.

Since this was clearly a rules-violating import, the sources are 
unclear, and the mapper has not been willing to engage, the import would 
normally be a candidate for a speedy revert.

Sadly, with all this now lying 12 months behind us, "speedy" is not an 
option anymore.

Are you ok with removing this import? Then I'd do that as soon as 
possible. Or would you prefer to keep it, and if yes, do I have a 
volunteer to chase up the data source and verify that the licensing is 
clean?

Bye
Frederik

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