On 13 May 2017 at 21:40, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> wrote:

>> On 13. May 2017, at 12:27, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote:

[ on whether IDs like navads_shell should b included in imported data]

>> A "clear no" in the sense that some of us think they're perfectly acceptable

> I'm also against it,

That does not negate my point.

> for several reasons:
>
> 1) as a mapper you don't know how to deal with them because it is not clear 
> to what they refer (a single property, a combination of properties, the land 
> that has the tag, etc.), and how you should treat them when you modify 
> something

None of the above. It's clear to me that it if refers to the mapped
entity. Like any other tag does.

> 1b) ultimately this raises complexity and might prevent cautious mappers from 
> improving the data that has these tags, because they don't know how to deal 
> with it

This is hypothetical handwaving.

> 2) it is circumventing the license:

The licence for what?

> this is proprietary data,

which  being made available under a suitable licence.

> why would we want to distribute it

Because it aids people who use or contribute OSM data.

> (you can't use this data unless you have access to the proprietary part, it 
> is non-free data),

Nonsense.

> it's against the spirit of osm.

Again: nonsense.

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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