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

[Pieren]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:

> This is an area where there HAS NOT been any agreement other than the
> history WILL currently be maintained in the database. My question still
> remains - what happens when the data is next updated - will you delete
> everything again?

What Marc did not explain here is that this particular changeset was
the result of an "accident" during his working session on JOSM for
this municipality. He explained that on the French mailing list
(http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-fr/2012-September/047673.html).
His first intention was not to delete the previous building import
(2010). He downloaded it on JOSM and started to merge it with the 2012
new dataset but on a separate JOSM layer. He simply made a mistake and
started uploadling the wrong layer without merging the two JOSM layers
first (don't ask me the details). Finally, he decided that the best
solution to clean-up the mess was to delete the previous buildings
dataset and import the new one. But again, his first intention was to
upload the delta only.
The one who never made a mistake in JOSM can be the first to throw a stone.

Pieren