[OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

[Ian Dees]

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Alan <grunthos503 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> On May 27, 2012, at 11:40 AM, Ian Dees wrote:
> > Worst Fixer wrote
> >>
> >> I want know why importer uses following tags:
> >>
> >> * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users).
> >>
> >> I sent letter to importer, and he said he will not import this tag any
> >> more. But, he continues to. No justification of need for tag was given.
> >>
> >
> > As I discussed with you, I am no longer uploading data with the tag and
> will
> > go back to remove the tag from the existing data.
>
> I object.
>
> An ID tag is highly useful for future reconciliation and/or
> synchronization later.  And the "chicago:" namespace is, in my opinion,
> definitely the correct way to do it, because it clearly defines the scope
> of the id.  The chicago:building_id should stay.    Not including it is
> "dumping data" into OSM; including it is enabling collaborative use.


I've searched for a reliable way of doing this for years and have yet to
find anything worthwhile.

Leaving the external ID on the objects doesn't really help when others
remove or split the shape later on. On the other hand, they don't hurt
anything...
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