On 04.09.2010 00:16, Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote:
Tom Chance<t...@acrewoods.net> wrote:
Please vote on my proposal:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/generator_rationalisation
It has gone through several weeks of discussion on this list and on the
wiki. I have made significant changes to the proposal to make it as flexible
as seems sensible.
If voted through, I will look at updating existing data in OpenStreetMap.
I do not follow this discussion, but automatic data update is generally
not welcome on OSM.
It can/would modify data made by people that don't know your discussion
and would be hurt by a big modification behind there back.
I think it would be preferable before any automatic update to contact at
less the people that create lot of generator it inform then directly.
Dont assume all osmer read this list.
+1
In this case as far as I can see the proposal only defines new Tags to
replace the old ones.
AS that does not affect the old data I would agree with automatic
updates in this case, as long as the old tags are not deleted during the
update.
Of course that produces redundant data - but it solves the problem you
mention, and afaik doesn't create other problems:
- the old stuff stays in the database (as long as nobody deletes it by hand)
- the new stuff comes into the database and mappers dealing with
generators learn about it due to wiki lookups after the changes.
With this in mind:
automatic additions are okay (using a little bit brain), automatic
deletions should be avoided from my POV.
regards
Peter
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