[OSM-talk] immutable=yes Fwd: DEC Lands

[Russ Nelson]

On Mar 10, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
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>  1.
>   a. Have a way to have a separate database with such data.


The problem with the "separate database" idea is that if someone was  
to enter the data by hand into OSM, everyone agrees that it belongs  
there ... but would be incompete and less accurate.  So why would a  
more accurate representation NOT belong in OSM?  Another way of saying  
that is "if it sucks, put it into OSM, but if it's really good, then  
it belongs in a separate database" --- which I think NO ONE here  
believes.

I think we need to try it, and see what kind of edits people make.   
Too much speculation on what might happen....  Data!  Must ...  
Have ... Data!

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