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 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: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue > > 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 need for tag was given. > > * addr:street:name (173 882 objects, used by 7 users), > * addr:street:prefix (173 882 objects, used by 3 users), > * addr:street:type (173 874 objects, note: different numbers, used by 7 users) > > Not discussed anywhere. Used by low number of users. Not documented. No > justification for this tag was given. > > If not needed this tags are, I hope they will be removed and not imported. > Not sure who does that remove: I, Ian Dees, Frederik Ramm or some other body. > > We have data working group. Data working group ban, delete, revert. Have we > working group will help clean imports, not ban? I want not ban chicago > building import. I want clear answers for reasons why it is done this way. I > think it can be better. I found this on wiki, but it seems dead: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Import_Support_Working_Group > > > -- > WorstFixer, twitter: http://twitter.com/WorstFixer > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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