[Talk-GB] New mapper has imported all Nottingham street lights

Lester Caine lester at lsces.co.uk
Wed Jul 30 17:54:32 UTC 2014


On 30/07/14 18:37, tony wroblewski wrote:
> Actually, this type of import would have been very useful for my own
> project which uses OSM data for 3D maps. I was a little miffed to see
> it was simply reverted with no discussion. Good detailed data such as
> this is lacking very much in the UK, and we're very far behind other
> countries such as Germany. This sort of action I fear only scares
> others off from doing the same thing.

I'm a little on the fence ... the point about maintaining the data is
valid, and nothing has been done to properly address using later updates
to the source data to correct information already on the map. However
that is no reason to not allow these smaller packets of data. It's
imports like 'Tiger' which are just so unmaintainable that needs better
tools? If a lamp post is moved it's actually very easy to run a diff
between versions of uploads! It just needs an archive of the current
import linked to the change set.

Of cause what would be nice is if people using data like bus stops, lamp
posts and so on could provide an update back to the original source when
corrections are identified. I doubt that is going to happen any time
soon, so personally I'd say in this case reverting was just petty ...
and that this data should be put back ...

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