[OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

[Chris Hill]

On 03/01/15 17:46, François Lacombe wrote:
>
>
> 2015-01-03 18:22 GMT+01:00 Chris Hill <osm at raggedred.net 
> <mailto:osm at raggedred.net>>:
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>     What about the maps I produce for my client? You're not likely to
>     know about it as it is a private project. If you make a mechanical
>     edit that breaks my render, should I send the bill for the changes
>     to you rather than ask my client to pay? (This is not hypothetical
>     I really do have a render using pipelines. I'm also using pipeline
>     data to calculate approximations of distribution and aggregation).
>
>
> The map your produce for private projects should be based on a static 
> export of OSM.
> It will prevent any kind of vandalism to have impact on your valuable 
> services.

Thanks for telling me how to run my process. Given that the data used in 
the project are being edited and are evolving and includes data other 
than the pipeline data that are being edited, a static snapshot won't 
cut it.

I include some mechanical edits as vandalism, other than that, vandalism 
has not caused me any problems at all.

>
> As data producer, may I ask you how can I refine any tagging scheme if 
> so called private projects have priority on information improvement 
> and general interest ?

If you must adjust tagging schemes that are in use, then you must devise 
a way to migrate to the new scheme in stages that doesn't break the 
existing processes that people use the data for. The proposer of the 
change is, IMO, fully responsible for this and if there is not a proper 
migration plan then the change should be quickly rejected. Simply 
replacing a tag with another tag via mechanical edit at an arbitrary 
point in time just isn't good enough to me.

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Cheers, Chris
user: chillly