[email protected] wrote:
OK, so transferring data isn't as academically pleasing as gaining a GPS trace
and basing a map on that, but I don't see how a road in OSM from OS data is
worse than no road being present.
Gathering data for OSM on the ground is so much more than just the track
of a road. When someone just traces the OS data with the names it
superficially looks complete, but all of the additional data that a
survey would bring is missing and that is where much of the value comes
from. This 'complete' look puts off other OSMers so the net result is
long-lasting, crap quality data with all of the OS errors and omissions
and no added detail. Speed of completion comes a poor second to real
quality in my mind.
There are a few useful imports such as boundary data which are not
available from a survey. Using OS Locator to compare with OSM to help
establish what is missing is useful too, but I believe that should lead
to a survey to add anything to OSM.
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Cheers, Chris
user: chillly
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