I understand the 'bad data worse than no data argument' but I think that only goes so far. Having a road on the map that isn't terribly accurate is unlikely to cause major problems for people. Having a hospital where none exists could be a major problem, but for roads I think this is less of an issue.
Either way of doing the import is fine by me, but my preference would be to get the data in (especially if there are names or other metadata) and then just refine the location later on. We tend, as a community, to focus way too much on positional accuracy while we omit focus on other forms of accuracy (topological, metadata, etc). If the only thing wrong with the WRI data is the positional accuracy I don't see a problem. Especially as it is being imported into a largely empty area of the map. 200 meters error in the jungle in empty area is no big deal, 200 meters in a densely mapped urban area would be a much bigger problem. Anyway, just my 2 cents. I will defer to the community's assessment of how to do the import, especially since someone else is doing the work. ;) But I thought I would at least share this insight. -AndrewBuck
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