Hi John,
As Steve has said, you seem to be the only one suggesting that thousands
of import committees might need to be formed. Certainly I'm not
suggesting that.
My understanding of OSM import procedure (and wiki-style projects more
generally) is that imports should operate in an essentially consensual
way where possible. The goal is to build consent and bring people on
board with a project or a change by addressing their concerns in a
meaningful and respectful way.
I think that I have made some substantive and troubling claims about the
quality of the data being imported. I've pointed out that this project
has not followed the import procedures that were produced by a community
of mappers larger than just those in Canada.
So to respond to your implication, I am in some sense the one reviewing
the project, just as I would welcome you to find ways that my own
contributions could be better. If you want my credentials for reviewing
your work, here they are:
1) I am an active contributor to OSM in Toronto, where I live (and
elsewhere)
2) I am currently helping to lead a building import in Hamilton County
Ohio that has better addressed some of the issues I see this import
struggling with. I can help you do the same.
3) I've been doing research in GIS for a long time now, though I don't
need that to tell you that the issues I've described are hardly
insurmountable technically or even all that difficult to fix. It would
take maybe one day's hard work to get the technical side of this right.
I think Canadian OSMers will agree that we can take a pause to get
things right on such a massive import. If they don't - if I'm shouted
down or better, if my critiques are adequately addressed, then I will
leave you to finish the project in peace. I might even lend a hand if
all goes well, as I sincerely hope it does :-)
Best,
Nate Wessel
Jack of all trades, Master of Geography, PhD candidate in Urban Planning
NateWessel.com <http://natewessel.com>
On 1/18/19 1:11 PM, john whelan wrote:
I know of no other way to contact him but he made an interesting
comment that the project is on hold in the wiki pending review.
Would he care to comment on who is supposed to be reviewing the project?
My understanding is that the import was raised in talk-ca before it
commenced for comment and these were generally favourable. I took that
as the local mappers to Canada had been consulted and they are the
"local mappers" authority in this case.
I understand he has concerns about local mappers making decisions but
in Canada we have been importing similar data through CANVEC for some
time. CANVEC data comes from a number of sources including municipal
data.
Is he suggesting that each of the 3,700 municipalities in Canada
should form a group of local mappers who can make individual decisions
on whether their municipal data should be imported and we should end
up with 3,700 import plans?
Thanks John
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