[OSM-talk] [OSM-legal-talk] In what direction should OSM go?

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Thu Sep 30 05:10:37 BST 2010


On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:04 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 30 September 2010 13:58, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> IMHO imports are at the best in these cases:
>>>> - the data cannot be obtained by surveying (eg, administrative boundaries)
>>>
>>> Wow, really?  I'd say that's the worst time to do an import.  Why
>>> import it if you can't edit it, because you can't survey it?
>>
>> Depends on the quality, it may not need to be edited...
>
> If it doesn't need to be edited, then it shouldn't be imported.
>
Unless it connects to other things that do need to be edited, anyway
(boundaries which can't be obtained by surveying obviously don't
connect to things which can be surveyed).



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