[OSM-talk] GeoGratis - Low accuracy Waterways.

[Jason Reid]

Simon Wood wrote:
> Hi all,
> What's the deal with GeoGratis rivers, a whole load have appeared in Southen Alberta. They apear to have a low accuracy, so how should 'we' handle it when there already is a more accurate way representing a particular river.
>
> Example location:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.603&lon=-114.4402&zoom=13&layers=B0FT
>
> (have to 'edit' as these haven't been rendered yet).
>
> Cheers,
> Mungewell.
>
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That is a very good question, seeing as how Geogratis data is 
imcompatible with the OSM license, otherwise it would have been imported 
already if it was suitable.

The history also doesn't show a user for the intial way, though this 
data does NEED to be removed immediately.

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