I just noticed a changeset from user elbatrop which although it says
it was to Tie 10 Royal Mail references to known postboxes, it has
1709 nodes in the changeset:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/3079245
Assuming this is import related, then linking a ref to a previously
mapped
: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-
boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Ed Loach
Sent: 10 November 2009 08:20
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Postboxes Payphones
I just noticed a changeset from user elbatrop which although it says
it was to Tie 10
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote:
Hi,
Andy Allan wrote:
automated imports of sub-standard data
It is probably wishful thinking to hope that they will go away.
Not really. We could state that imports are not permitted, and enforce
it, if we want to.
Ed Loach wrote:
As has been
mentioned before, the process of hunting down an elusive
postbox often has
the benefit of some other missing feature getting mapped as
well, just
because you happen to be in the neighbourhood.
I'd agree with that (and can also think of two adjacent
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com wrote:
I'd rather have a
partially complete, high quality map than a bodge of crap data
(NAPTAN, anyone?) that just encourages more people to add crap data
and get the community to fix it.
I've been mulling over this point that
Perhaps I should give a little bit of background, explaining why I have started
reconciling Dracos and OSM data, hoping to import it.
I've been on many mapping trips around London, to start with mostly filling in
missing street names. As the street names have become more complete I have
focused
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Tom Taylor t...@tomtaylor.co.uk wrote:
On 9 Nov 2009, at 16:06, Andy Allan wrote:
Please don't. Imports are a real, real annoyance. There's no
indication that anyone using the dracos site has located these with
any accuracy or personal knowledge - I wouldn't
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote:
Mike osm-talk...@... writes:
I've been looking at the Dracos postbox list
http://www.dracos.co.uk/play/locating-postboxes/
I have recently started work on importing this,
see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Dracos_import.
Chris Hill o...@... writes:
Please don't import the Draco database into OSM. The quality is very
dubious in places. The original FoIA data that it is based on is very,
very general. They have to be surveyed on the ground to confirm that
they are even within 200m.
I acknowledge your and
Hi,
Andy Allan wrote:
automated imports of sub-standard data
It is probably wishful thinking to hope that they will go away. But one
thing we could do to limit damage is to have something like layering
in the OSM data base; not thematic layering like in traditional GIS, but
source layering.
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