[OSM-talk] Import guidelines & OSMF/DWG governance

[Pierre Béland]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:

> The French cadastre imports are, as you know, a rather controversial
> subject. In my opinion it is a dataset that doesn't actually increase the
> usefulness of the OSM dataset for most users (building outlines without
> addresses just don't really help with anything) and distracts beginner
> mappers from actually mapping (1st time mappers are recommend to immediately
> start importing insted of going outside). Further more, like essentially all
> imports, the external dataset is not about to go away, so there is no reason
> to prioritize this import over adding useful stuff.


Simon, I dont know if you think that Canada Canvec data is controversial. Just look at the map at the border of Canada / US.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.003&lon=-72.233&zoom=9&layers=M

Up north you see the effect of canvec imports.  I know this area and these imports seems to me of high quality. What do you think of mapping details in the Vermont state, just south of the border?

Is it possible to discuss about governance wich is the subject of this thread?

 Pierre 
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