[Talk-us] parcel data in OSM

[Ian Dees]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:

> Ian Dees writes:
>  > 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.
>
> Anybody can verify that the data is accurate by checking it against
> the original. Next objection?
>

The moment it makes its way in to OSM it becomes incorrect. There is
*absolutely* no way to improve the data once it's in OSM, so it should not
be in OSM. Period.


> No, seriously, I *do* use the governmental data that Frederick and
> apparently Ian is objecting to, and I use it by loading it out of
> OSM.


Excellent. Feel free to convert the data into whatever format you desire
and use it locally. But it doesn't belong in OSM.
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