The issues with the import I have noted <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2017-July/005095.html> have yet to be resolved.
On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 11:59 AM, Denis Carriere <[email protected]> wrote: > All the priority concerns mentioned above have been resolved in the most > recent wiki updates. > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada:Ontario:Ottawa/Import/Trees > > Expect this import to start very shortly. > > *~~~~~~* > *Denis Carriere* > *GIS Software & Systems Specialist* > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 6:26 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> 2017-07-06 11:33 GMT+02:00 Christoph Hormann <[email protected]>: >> >>> Note regarding diameter vs. circumference - i was >>> suggesting to use the established pre-existing tag but in principle you >>> are free to use any tags you like >>> (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Any_tags_you_like) - but you need >>> to document them on the wiki (which is why i complained about use of an >>> undocumented tag). >> >> >> >> >> I tend to disagree on the "any tag you like" for imports. It's OK for >> mappers to use any tag they like, but imports have the power to heavily >> distort any usage statistics (which are the principal arguments in both, >> discussions with the rendering stylesheet maintainers, as well as in case >> of attemps to unify different tags with the same meaning), and people will >> often look at these statistics when deciding which tag to use for a certain >> feature (especially when there's no documentation). One person could easily >> "override"/"outplay" the work of hundreds or thousands individual mappers, >> with the click of an import, hence introducing tag sprawl, incertainty and >> reducing uniformity. >> >> Btw.: the page you linked says in the first paragraph: "So you've >> followed good practice >> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice> and searched the Map >> Features <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features>, Proposed >> features <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features>, Rejected >> features <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Rejected_features>, Proposed >> Relations >> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Proposed_relations> and mailing >> lists' archives >> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contact#Mailing_lists> and still >> can't find a tag for what you'd like to map?". >> In this case (mapping the size of a tree trunk), there is already a tag >> for what he wants to map, so the page doesn't seem to apply anyway. And >> later on it says: "you SHOULD create a proposal >> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features> for your >> feature, if: >> >> 1. Your feature is of general interest,...." >> >> >> So rather than just "using" the tag, a proposal should be prepared if >> there wasn't an established tag already. >> >> Cheers, >> Martin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Imports mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports > >
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