[OSM-talk] Request for Romano-British features
Richard Welty
rwelty at averillpark.net
Tue Jan 3 14:54:48 GMT 2012
On 1/3/12 7:00 AM, talk-request at openstreetmap.org wrote:
> From: Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> To: OSM Talk
> <talk at openstreetmap.org> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Request for
> Romano-British features Message-ID: <4F02DA15.1030603 at lsces.co.uk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Pieren wrote:
>>> If someone does this in my area, I'll revert the deletion as vandalism.
>> Funny. I also consider adding non-existing stuff as "vandalism". I
>> hope we will never contribute on the same areas...
> This is the current reason *I* have been unable to contribute to OSM in the last
> few years. All of the material I am gathering relates to historic mapping and I
> want somewhere that I can share it with other like minded users. Perhaps now is
> the time simply to fork a version that is only intended for historic mapping.
> There does not seem to be any agreement on a cross database API as an
> alternative to destroying data as it is superseded by changes on the ground. But
> one of the rules that does apply is that data that has been generated by others
> SHOULD NOT simply be destroyed unless it is inappropriate.
>
i am interested in mapping historical features, but i'm inclined to
think that
including such data in the core OSM database is probably unwise.
i advocate a multi-layered, mash-up style approach. the US chapter is
looking
at the possibility of setting up something to facilitate our members easily
experimenting with this sort of thing. when/if it becomes available, i
plan to
do some American Civil War mapping projects with it.
richard
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