It would be my guess that Australia has the highest non-CT compliant data to
active mapper ratio in the world, even if we ignore the ABS2006 import. I also
reckon it's likely that there's a lot of people in other countries that would
be willing to help out.
I would also guess that most Australian mappers could easily find way more
stuff to re-map than they could ever get around to.
There are two types of re-mapping - on the ground re-mapping, and desktop
re-mapping. On the ground re-mapping would sensibly be co-ordinated on the talk
list, but to get a wider audience I think there needs to be another mechanism.
I think probably a forum (which could be advertised via diary entries).
People could ask for help on the forum like
"The township of Outer Barcoo was traced by a CT rejector and needs re-mapping.
There are a number of street names and maxspeed details that were added by user
XYZ who accepted the conditions. These details can be safely added to newly
traced roads. If you find other users edits please check their licence status
before copying across."
Then someone could respond claiming it, and then again when the work is done.
Does anybody else think this is a reasonable idea? Does it scare anyone?
It shouldn't be hard to implement. There is already a (poorly used) forum
http://forum.openstreetmap.org/ all it would need is a new top level category
and a bit of promotion.
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