[OSM-talk] Proposal for import guidelines
Eric Marsden
eric.marsden at free.fr
Wed Sep 26 09:58:04 BST 2012
>>>>> "jt" == Jochen Topf <jochen at remote.org> writes:
jt> I think there is a misunderstandig here. You seem to suggest that according to
jt> those new guidelines you are supposed to import the data with one account and
jt> then in a second step fix things with the normal account. This is not the case.
jt> It has been a long-standing policy that (whether you do normal edits or any
jt> kind of import) you are supposed to always leave the map in a good state.
This means that the "import" account will agglomerate contributions
sourced from the import (cleaned up building outlines, for instance)
and a large number of ordinary, manual edits/improvements (improving
the road network's geometric precision, adding tags) which are sourced
from Bing, GPS traces, personal knowledge, etc. Individual changesets
will be a mix of data from different sources, with different
copyrights.
Since there is no change to the clarity of copyright status, I really
don't understand the point of a separate account for this type of
import (obviously country-wide, mechanical CLC-type edits are different).
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Eric Marsden
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