[Talk-GB] Proposal: Import EV charging point data

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Tue Aug 18 17:16:48 UTC 2020




18 Aug 2020, 16:28 by aamackie at gmail.com:

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> On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 09:09, Rob Nickerson <> rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com> > wrote:
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>> For me, once licencing issues have been fully resolved, it comes down to accuracy of data. 
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>> For example the TfL cycle data is great as it has been collected by ground survey and with two photos of everything. Some other third party data has been less accurate. At this point it becomes tricky as we've no agreed threshold. We all know that OSM is not perfect but less clear on what level of accuracy we require for imports.
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> Wouldn't this be partially dependent on the level of mapping in the area in question? 
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And on preferences of a local
community.

I am not aware about any such case,
but local community may even have
stance "we are against all imports"
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> In sparsely mapped regions even relatively coarse data might be an improvement. In areas where individual gas lamps have been accurately placed higher precision would be required to avoid misleading entries. 
+1
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