Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-29 Thread Mike N
On 5/29/2012 1:09 AM, Alan Mintz wrote: I used to agree with you, but in terms of minimum labor, updates are best performed by retaining the original upload data, then doing a conflation between the original data and a later update. That will highlight only changes from the original source,

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-28 Thread colliar
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 27/05/12 20:40, Ian Dees wrote: Worst Fixer wrote Hi I want know why importer uses following tags: * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users). I sent letter to importer, and he said he will not import this tag any more.

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-28 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Ian Dees wrote: Worst Fixer wrote: It is absent from following web page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue There are dozens of imports absent from the Import Catalog. If you'd like to add it to the catalog, be my guest. Without wanting to validate Worst Fixer (though I'm

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-28 Thread Mike N
On 5/27/2012 2:53 PM, Alan wrote: As I discussed with you, I am no longer uploading data with the tag and will go back to remove the tag from the existing data. I object. An ID tag is highly useful for future reconciliation and/or synchronization later. I used to agree with you, but in

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-28 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-05-28 05:02, Mike N wrote: On 5/27/2012 2:53 PM, Alan wrote: As I discussed with you, I am no longer uploading data with the tag and will go back to remove the tag from the existing data. I object. An ID tag is highly useful for future reconciliation and/or synchronization later.

[OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread Worst Fixer
Hello. There is on going import of Buildings in city Chicago. Import is held by following account: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chicago-buildings I found no discussions of this import. No announcement. I searched bad? It is absent from following web page:

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread Colin Smale
On 27/05/2012 17:54, Worst Fixer wrote: Hello. There is on going import of Buildings in city Chicago. Import is held by following account: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chicago-buildings I found no discussions of this import. No announcement. I searched bad? It is absent from following

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 27 May 2012 18:11, Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On 27/05/2012 17:54, Worst Fixer wrote: Hello. There is on going import of Buildings in city Chicago. Import is held by following account: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chicago-buildings I found no discussions of this

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread Russ Nelson
Worst Fixer writes: I want know why importer uses following tags: * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users). Very likely it's the database number in the source database. This is Yet Another import from a database being maintained by someone else. This is why we need a

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread Jaak Laineste
I guess the data source is https://data.cityofchicago.org/Buildings/Building-Footprints/w2v3-isjw . It is nice and rich data, but certainly importing this way is wrong. Jaak On May 27, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Worst Fixer worstfi...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. There is on going import of Buildings

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread David Earl
On 27/05/2012 17:11, Colin Smale wrote: On 27/05/2012 17:54, Worst Fixer wrote: I want know why importer uses following tags: * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users). I sent letter to importer, and he said he will not import this tag any more. But, he continues to. No

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread Colin Smale
On 27/05/2012 18:21, andrzej zaborowski wrote: On 27 May 2012 18:11, Colin Smalecolin.sm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On 27/05/2012 17:54, Worst Fixer wrote: Hello. There is on going import of Buildings in city Chicago. Import is held by following account:

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread Ian Dees
Worst Fixer wrote Hello. There is on going import of Buildings in city Chicago. Import is held by following account: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chicago-buildings I found no discussions of this import. No announcement. I searched bad? I discussed it with people in Chicago

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread Alan
On May 27, 2012, at 11:40 AM, Ian Dees wrote: Worst Fixer wrote I want know why importer uses following tags: * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users). I sent letter to importer, and he said he will not import this tag any more. But, he continues to. No justification of

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread Ian Dees
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Alan grunthos...@yahoo.com wrote: On May 27, 2012, at 11:40 AM, Ian Dees wrote: Worst Fixer wrote I want know why importer uses following tags: * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users). I sent letter to importer, and he said he will

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread Frank Steggink
On 27-5-2012 20:58, Ian Dees wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Alan grunthos...@yahoo.com mailto:grunthos...@yahoo.com wrote: I object. An ID tag is highly useful for future reconciliation and/or synchronization later. And the chicago: namespace is, in my opinion,

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

2012-05-27 Thread Gregory Arenius
This is Yet Another import from a database being maintained by someone else. This is why we need a closedstreetmap.org, which publishes, in OSM format using the OSM API, data which cannot be sensibly edited. I disagree that buildings can't be sensibly edited. I trace them, add addresses to