[Talk-ca] Massive undiscussed import from Peterborough GIS

[John Whelan]

I would concur.

Cheerio John

Daniel @jfd553 wrote on 6/26/2021 6:36 PM:
>
> We had a long discussion about building imports on talk-ca (regarding 
> StatsCan footprints) before the import you mentioned. Everyone on this 
> list is well aware of the rules and the consequences of breaking them. 
> So, I would agree you remove the buildings from “Peterborough GIS”.
>
> Daniel
>
> *From:*James [mailto:james2432 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 26, 2021 18:17
> *To:* Frederik Ramm
> *Cc:* Talk-CA OpenStreetMap
> *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ca] Massive undiscussed import from Peterborough GIS
>
> 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 
> <mailto: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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