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 and received several positive reactions. 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. 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 need for tag was given. > 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. Worst Fixer wrote > > * 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. > Tags don't need justification. If you have a problem with how the data is represented, then let's have a discussion about how to better represent the data. Worst Fixer wrote > > 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 > -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Import-of-buildings-in-Chicago-tp5710269p5710291.html Sent from the General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk