Re: [Talk-ca] Confusing CanVec import: Elliot Lake

2014-08-28 Thread Stewart C. Russell
On 14-08-28 01:44 AM, James Ewen wrote: OSM is a living entity that changes. I know this, James. But an edit should change the map for the better. There were trails along Horne Lake, trails with boardwalks and bridges that I walked and mapped by hand. But that work's gone — foom! — replaced

Re: [Talk-ca] Confusing CanVec import: Elliot Lake

2014-08-28 Thread Daniel Begin
I give a big +1 to James' comments -Original Message- From: James Ewen [mailto:ve6...@gmail.com] ... existing data usually stays. Obviously a mistake was made. We're all human. ... whichever source has the best resolution should be the one that stays, or perhaps a merge of the best

Re: [Talk-ca] Confusing CanVec import: Elliot Lake

2014-08-28 Thread Andrew
Hello: For what it's worth I've downloaded the changeset (# 20327545 ) around Horner lake and there wasn't any trails there prior to my upload. I'll continue to investigate. Andrew aka CanvecImports ___ Talk-ca mailing list

[Talk-ca] Confusing CanVec import: Elliot Lake

2014-08-27 Thread Stewart C. Russell
Hi - back in Elliot Lake after a couple of years away, and my, has the map grown here. It looks like there has been multiple overlapping imports in some places, though. F'rinstance, this relation: http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1176648 has multiple coastlines, an import square bisecting a

Re: [Talk-ca] Confusing CanVec import: Elliot Lake

2014-08-27 Thread Daniel Begin
I would ask http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/CanvecImports CanvecImports to clean his mess… Daniel From: Stewart C. Russell [mailto:scr...@gmail.com] Sent: August-27-14 11:44 To: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap Subject: [Talk-ca] Confusing CanVec import: Elliot Lake Hi - back in Elliot Lake

Re: [Talk-ca] Confusing CanVec import: Elliot Lake

2014-08-27 Thread Andrew
:44 To: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap Subject: [Talk-ca] Confusing CanVec import: Elliot Lake Hi - back in Elliot Lake after a couple of years away, and my, has the map grown here. It looks like there has been multiple overlapping imports in some places, though. F'rinstance, this relation

Re: [Talk-ca] Confusing CanVec import: Elliot Lake

2014-08-27 Thread Stewart C. Russell
On 14-08-27 06:23 PM, Andrew wrote: As a rule I don't remove any existing data, unless the data is duplicated and then I try to pick the best one. But deleting my tracing of Horne Lake was okay, though? http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/77445326/history You should have bumped the way version,