[Talk-us] parcel data in OSM

[Ian Dees]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:

> Frederik Ramm writes:
>  > add it, but if it's just a line in some government database then don't -
>
> Here in the US where you aren't allowed to trespass on private
> property except on certain conditions, these "line[s] in some
> government database" MATTER to mappers and to map users.
>
> It may be different where you live. That doesn't mean you should
> advocate for us to map badly.


Oh come on, this has nothing to do with trespassing.

Frederik's point is that you should only map things that other mappers can
verify or improve on. Since you can't verify borders and boundaries or
otherwise make them any better than the government data after they're
imported, they don't belong in OSM.
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