[Talk-ca] Massive undiscussed import from Peterborough GIS

[Adam Martin]

Hi Frederik,

Sounds like it's the best option.  I took a look at some of the houses that
were imported - they do not match the Esri satellite data and their shapes
appear odd and, in many cases, inaccurate.  Bring it back to the work of
the locals.

Adam

On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 7:38 PM 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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