[OSM-talk] Massive import of airports

[David Paleino]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:28:26 -0500, Blake Crosby wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm responsible for the massive import of airports yesterday. First of 
> all, I would like to apologize for its outcome.

Thanks for talking here :)

> [..]
> 
> As you can see there was a flaw. Not all airports in OSM have nodes, 
> but they use ways/areas instead.

Since you seem to have the required skills, would you mind correcting this?
i.e. leave the nodes where no airport is mapped, and delete them (possibly
without failing, since some of us already deleted some of them) where the
airport is mapped as way/area instead. That would be great :)

> [..]
> 
> I was careful to ensure that the data did have the correct licence, 
> which can be found at www.openstreetmap.com/data/ . If I was incorrect 
> in assuming that Public Domain was not allowed, please let me know.

It is allowed, AFAICS. We just need to be sure that the source data *really* is
in Public Domain.

Thank you,
David

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