No problem. At the moment the test line I have added is tagged: power=line name=Lindisfarne-Sorell voltage=110000 operator=Transend Networks source=Transend Networks
Regards, Charles On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Ian Sergeant <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Oh okay. If you are just using the KML as a background image, and > copy/pasting segments after reviewing them in OSM then personally, I > don't see any issues at all. I was just worried we were going to have > an extra ton of "fixme" data, when we probably have enough to fix > right now. > > Probably still a good idea to put the permission to use statement on > the wiki (for future mappers to understand), and use a consistent > source= so people understand where they came from. > > Thanks, > Ian. > > On 4 September 2012 13:26, Charles Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ian, > > > > Regarding the imports process, this wouldn't be a bulk automated import - > > rather, me loading the KML as a background image, then selecting > individual > > ways and converting them to the appropriate type. There are less than 60 > > separate lines in the state (and many are already in OSM) so it wouldn't > > take me that long. Does that still need to go through the process? > > > > Regarding getting the license information in writing, that is one thing I > > hadn't considered, I will ask my contact for details on this. > > > > Happy to leave it for a while - although I thought I saw a notice > recently > > that all redaction related changes were now complete? > > > > Regards, > > > > Charles > > > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Ian Sergeant <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> This needs to go through imports process (the imports list, and the > >> imports on the wiki). We need to document the licence stuff so there > >> are no problems later. > >> > >> Personally, I'd be inclined to sit on this for a month or two, until > >> we are recovered from more of the redaction issues. Adding wires > >> seems a bit like icing the cake when the sponge isn't set. > >> > >> And yes, the second would be my preferred option, too, but make the > >> data available for people who want to merge. > >> > >> Ian. > >> > >> On 3 September 2012 21:25, Charles Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hi everyone, > >> > > >> > I've received a KML of all of Tasmania's high voltage transmission > lines > >> > from a representative of Transend Networks, with no restrictions on > >> > their > >> > usage, so I am free to upload these into OSM. > >> > > >> > At the moment in OSM, some lines already exist and include towers > >> > (sourced > >> > from bing imagery), some only have towers (most likely due to > >> > redaction), > >> > and some lines are not marked at all. > >> > > >> > The KML file includes only lines - not towers - they have a license > for > >> > the > >> > tower information - while it costs nothing, it can not be > >> > re-distributed. > >> > > >> > I could > >> > 1) Delete the existing data and replace with 100% official data, but > >> > then > >> > the tower information would be lost. > >> > 2) Only replace the missing lines, but then there would be > >> > inconsistencies > >> > (some with towers, some without). > >> > > >> > What is the preferred option? I'm tending to go with the second > >> > option, > >> > since from a brief inspection, the existing OSM ways are pretty > accurate > >> > when compared with the official data. So long as the sources for each > >> > line > >> > are accurate it shouldn't be too much of an issue. > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > > >> > Charles Gregory > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Talk-au mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >> > > > > > >
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