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

Lester Caine lester at lsces.co.uk
Wed Sep 19 14:26:01 BST 2012


Martin Koppenhoefer 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)
>> >Building outlines are an essential component of topographical maps,
>> >which have all sorts of uses. Buildings are an essential feature of
>> >flight simulator scenery that does not look dead. Building outlines help
>> >in identifying the position of localities. Even if you believe that OSM
>> >is only about roads, building outlines help in pointing to where ways
>> >may be missing. And I'm sure I have missed many other uses.
>
> +1, building outlines also help to interpret urban typology, they are
> useful when it comes to surveying housenumbers or ubicating POIs at
> there correct spot, ...

And at this point the mechanism for applying updates from the data source 
becomes more important?

Still having to pull apart 'road-centric' data in the local area where 
everything is linked to the one way, I have no worry about adding this sort of 
data. It makes adding details like 'footpaths' as their own elements rather than 
some vague tag on a roadway meters away from it. Provided that we all follow the 
same rules when adding this sort of fine detail.

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