[Talk-ca] Massive undiscussed import from Peterborough GIS

[James]

osmcanada slack, sorry missed a word.

On Sat., Jun. 26, 2021, 6:17 p.m. James, <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think someone on the osmcanada was worried this would happen(removal)
> and was staying off improving the building data because of it.
>
> Might as well remove it now
>
> On Sat., Jun. 26, 2021, 6:08 p.m. Frederik Ramm, <frederik at remote.org>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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