Anyone up for a uStream.tv conference? I'll see if i can get some space next week.
Re: Imports There seems to be 2 discussions here. 1 - the technical methods (which there are many, depending on the type/structure of the source. 2 - the social impact -method. As since there are x number of mappers, thats a variable that we can't control. -we can post on the IRC/talk lists / wiki list / country wiki & direct message users, ... But we cant get to everyone. Also, when i say 'we the talk-ca list thinks this ...' how many people am i actually speaking for? ONE. I can only speak for myself. We come to a concensus, only because those who disagree eithor dont know that a vote is called, or dont have time to fully express there views. (5 of 100 mappers, aint that great & there is no way to count how many people do agree or didnt read the talk list) They might have EXCELLENT and valid ideas, but its not until the data is 'imported' that people complain. Hence, making data available 1st, then locally, discover methods to 'drop in' data more efficiently. Ie. Slice it into managable squares, and locally 'drop in' the data. This is why im using my local area as a 'test bed' so i can show people how stuff looks. So this 'test bed area' review isnt limited to the Canadian OSM community, these are international mapping standards that im trying to conform to .... Ie Coastline / natural=water is universal. Just like how i shouldnt be importing data for Winnipeg, but i can still do the conversion, and make it available. I guess the other issue is this. Why is it just 1 person making the conversion program? -only because i dont know of a website that will handle community editing of it. -googleDocs allows for comunity editing of a single txt file, i can now have all the rules.txt files in a 'shared folder'. (and others can zip it & make it available) ... And there's the 'someone from afar dropped data here & doesnt know that this pond doesnt exist, why should i edit someone elses mess?' ... Thats all for now cheers Sam -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blog: http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans OpenStreetMap IRC: http://irc.openstreetmap.org @Acrosscanadatrails _______________________________________________ Imports mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports
