Also I forgot about this one: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2015-August/006602.html which was on the import list and talk-ca(I forgot because it was so long ago)
Which everyone seems to be on board, except for the license. So....license is compatible now... On Oct 17, 2016 9:11 PM, "James" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm the one running the tasking manager. > > On Oct 17, 2016 9:08 PM, "AJ Ashton" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> Thanks for the writeup. I think this is the first post that's made it >> fully clear what is going on. As I was re-reading the previous StatCan >> thread earlier today I seemed to be missing something - now I guess it was >> context available to those who attended in-person meetings. I don't think >> it was even clear to the list until now how much in-person community >> discussion has been happening. >> >> Basically the issue is that all the online discussion about this looks to >> have been about the StatCan crowdsourcing half of the project and none at >> all about the building import half. I didn't pay too much attention to the >> original StatCan thread at the time because it so clearly sounded like a >> local mapping project with no large-scale import component. >> >> Unfortunately I no longer live in Ottawa and couldn't have made it to the >> meetings. However I lived there for many years, have done a lot of mapping >> there, and have a continued interest in the area. I would still like to see >> the the building import happen and even help out where I can. But I think >> it's important to do more planning and discussion on this list and the >> imports list, and to take things in smaller and more manageable chunks. >> >> I guess the next step would be to continue on a proper path to import the >> buildings per the guidelines per http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/ >> wiki/Import/Guidelines . This would include: >> >> - Wiki documentation of the where the data is, what it contains & its >> license / permissions >> - A plan to conflate with existing data - preserving history, keeping >> existing attributes, and merging addresses onto buildings where possible >> before the data is uploaded >> - A specific plan for uploading the data. Eg how the data will be divided >> up into chunks and step-by-step instructions for JOSM, etc. A task server >> was mentioned several times - who is running this and how can others >> participate? >> - A proper review on the imports mailing list >> >> I don't necessarily agree with every single rule in the import >> guidelines, but they are what the community has decided on and I think for >> the most part they help avoid the kinds of issues I had with deleted and >> duplicated data in Ottawa. >> >> -- >> AJ Ashton >> [email protected] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> >>
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