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

[Elena of Valhalla]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 9:49 PM, David Lynch <djlynch at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:36, Russ Nelson <russ at cloudmade.com> wrote:
>> No one has been able to refute my claim that if someone would enter it
>> by hand, it belongs in OSM regardless of its source.  And if it comes
>> from surveyed data, then it makes no sense to edit its position.
>> Metadata, perhaps.

It may make no sense now, but it may be in 10 years when the data will
be changed, and the official source may or may not be available for
updates

> That's because we don't have a problem with data coming from
> government sources that we could go out and collect ourselves. I don't
> think most in the group disagree with the assertion that it's more
> accurate than anything that we're likely to collect. We do have a
> problem with the insistence that it can never be changed. (Even if
> there's no need to change it.)

exactly my position

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