Hi Paul, On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Paul Norman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Any update strategy has to > be able to handle the case where objects are created in OSM without the IDs > or the IDs get broken in OSM because they can't be verified. Because > anything you do has to handle the case of no IDs, what's the point of them? > As a strawman "some houses don't have addresses, therefore the postal service shouldn't use them anywhere" Because it makes it easier? Faster? Less reviews? Easier to query/link data with external systems? In New Zealand every road has a SUFI (govt-speak for an ID) - which is used in roading, statistical, electoral, addressing, local govt, and a bunch of other places. Makes sense for OSM to include that key where we can, since it's linkable to other datasets/services. > Lots of people include IDs because they think they might be useful but very > seldom are they actually used. > Agreed - if there's no update strategy and the ID is not enforced/mandated/used/published by the source organisation, then they're definitely pointless. Rob :)
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