[Talk-GB] Import of UK SSSI data

Philip Barnes phil at trigpoint.me.uk
Sat Nov 16 15:21:02 UTC 2019


What is the source of the data you are planning to import?

Remember wikipedia is not a useable source under OSM licensing terms.

Phil (trigpoint)


On Sat, 2019-11-16 at 15:12 +0000, Henry Bush wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> (I've sent this to both the talk-gb and imports mailing lists)
> 
> This is just a heads-up: I'm thinking about importing the data about
> UK SSSI areas into openstreetmap. 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest
> 
> I've had a quick look at a few, and none of them seemed to be marked
> on the map. If I go ahead with the import, I'd do a much more
> thorough investigation first. This mail is simply a prompt for
> discussion as to whether people think it's a good idea.
> 
> At the moment I'm still in the research phase. I've started
> collecting related links on a wiki page:
> 
>   https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Spookypeanut/SSSIBot
> 
> NB: this page is really just bookmarks for me at this stage. If I go
> ahead I'll make a proper, more informative page.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Henry
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