[OSM-talk] linz dataset for nz - attribution methods summary
Robert Vollmert
rvollmert-lists at gmx.net
Wed Apr 2 12:49:56 BST 2008
On Apr 2, 2008, at 13:08, Cartinus wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 April 2008 12:02:49 Robin Paulson wrote:
>>
>> true, but as i suggested in a previous mail, i'm not sure why someone
>> would need to do this. if a user is importing another dataset which
>> needs attribution, they would likely be someone responsible/trusted,
>> and given temporary rights to add to the 'attributions' tag.
>>
>> who else would need to edit it? i can't see a situation where anyone
>> would feel a need to delete and then re-create? what would they gain,
>> in real terms?
>
> You probably can't see the need because you are currently not
> editing in an
> area that is peppered with nodes that contain a "source=AND" tag.
> Why would a
> node that I moved a bit and changed into a "highway=bus_stop name=*"
> still be
> attributed to wherever it was imported from first? Why would a lake
> where I
> changed the east bank according to Yahoo aerial images or my own GPS
> tracks
> still be attributed to wherever it was imported from first? Etc.,
> etc., etc.
I may be missing something, but why would we need to introduce a read-
only attribution tag if we already have it? It's the source tag of the
first version of an object, in
http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.5/<objtype>/<id>/history
Cheers
Robert
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