On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Richard Degelder <[email protected]> wrote:
> So if a user adjusts the way slightly or changes some of the attributes > for that way we are going to leave it alone as long as it has an NID. > > An update will only worry about the ways within OSM that do not have an > NID and those that GeoBase says have changed in some way as well as new > streets within the GeoBase update. These will have to go through a > system very similar to the initial import and, if matched to a new road > within GeoBase, will receive an NID as a result. > > If we want to add new data, such as street names and/or addresses, we > are going to look at all of the NIDs and add new attributes as > determined from the GeoBase data based on the NID that is already there. Is this new data, such as street names going to be from a GeoBase update? So, you would simply match the NID, ignore the existing attributes, and add new attributes from GeoBase? I'm wondering what happens if an OSM user makes a significant change to the way, enough that it might become unique enough that it doesn't represent the original way. Hmm, I can't even figure out what I'm trying to say... I think the concept you're describing is a decent way to go, but there are going to be issues with that too... things to solve well down the road though. James VE6SRV _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
