[Talk-ca] Map Feedback - Canada

[James]

Someone was maintaining it, unsure if still ongoing as I've stopped mapping
since pandemic

On Mon, May 22, 2023, 5:59 PM David Salmon <David.Salmon at tomtom.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
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> Thanks for the feedback. I’ll ask the team to set aside address related
> tasks in Ottawa.
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> If it helps, we’re not looking to perform imports or mass updates with
> this activity. It’s more likely to be someone that can’t locate their home
> address or a business address that needs to be added to the map.
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> Do you know if there a planned refresh cycle for that source to update
> address content around Ottawa that we should take into account?
> Alternately, if the address source for the City of Ottawa supports the
> change and assuming the license is ok, would you have any concerns with
> incidental updates?
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> If the answer is it’s better to leave addresses in Ottawa as-is for this
> activity that’s also ok. Having the context will help us ensure we’re
> aligned with community expectations.
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> All the best,
> David
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> *From:* john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, May 22, 2023 5:28 PM
> *To:* David Salmon <David.Salmon at tomtom.com>
> *Cc:* Talk-CA OpenStreetMap <talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ca] Map Feedback - Canada
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> I suggest you don't touch addresses within Ottawa.  I'm fairly certain the
> source was city of Ottawa.
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> Thanks John
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> On Mon, May 22, 2023, 17:25 David Salmon <David.Salmon at tomtom.com> wrote:
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> Hi Canada OSM community,
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> In TomTom’s endeavor to improve OSM, we plan to conduct edits based on
> user input and feedback. This activity is the result of checking if
> feedback received for the TomTom map is also valid for OSM. Note that,
> starting with a small number of tasks, we will only perform edits if they
> add value to the OSM map, do not conflict with any recent edits made by the
> community, and are supported by a local source.
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> In the absence of credible source material, we will reach out to the local
> community for guidance. We expect to start with editing POIs, land use,
> addresses, highways, and potentially water features during this activity.
> Over time, we will evaluate more feedback and expand to other features.
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> You can refer to *our Canada GitHub issue**
> (https://github.com/tomtom-international/open-data/issues/3
> <https://github.com/tomtom-international/open-data/issues/3>) **under**
> ‘Edits based on map feedback*’ for further details regarding the types of
> expected edits. The MapRoulette challenge used for these edits will be
> accessible only for our editing team as it could contain confidential
> information.
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> Along with the #tomtom hashtag that accompanies every TomTom edit in OSM,
> we will also add the *#tt_mapfeedback* to the changeset if it is an
> incidental edit resulting from user feedback. We anticipate to start
> editing for this activity within Canada in about 2 weeks, approximately on
> June 6, 2023.
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> As we progress, we will take into account any feedback we receive. Please
> reach out to me if you have any thoughts or questions about this upcoming
> activity.
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> Thanks and have a great week!
>
> David
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> TomTom Community & Partnerships
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