Randal and all, Let's remember that this is a discussion about a web page, not regarding policy of any sort. This is about telling people about the issue of imports with clear, factual information- telling them that imports are welcome if they're carefully cultivated, but many datasets, and many imports do not make it through the vetting process.
We also don't want to bog people down with information on their first search, so a comprehensive list of data that goes in OSM vs data that does not, or a discussion about licenses is beyond the scope of this one web page. It's also not the place to discuss questions or concerns about the Import Guidelines. We may be able to work with the DWG on rewriting those, but this page is just a one page summary of the issue of imports. And the "Questions to ask yourself" are just that- questions someone should ask themselves. They are not rules in an of themselves. They're like the information pamphlet you get when you go to adopt a pet "Ask yourself, will you have time for your new pet?". - Serge _______________________________________________ Imports-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us
