Dear Paul. Thanks for the notification. we'll try to be aware of these problems. If you happen to identify the username who made the import, please share with us to write them a letter.
Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------ Daniel Orellana V. PYDLOS Univesidad de Cuenca http://pydlos.ucuenca.edu.ec On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Paul Norman <penor...@mac.com> wrote: > During other work the DWG recently became aware of an improper import of > data about protected area from World Database on Protected AReas (WDPA), > a proprietary data source. I had initially thought the data was confined > to Bolivia, but it appears to be in the following countries: > > - Mexico > - Guatemala > - Honduras > - Ecuador > - Peru > - Bolivia > > Unfortunately, there's not really much to do but remove and redact the > data as WDPA was previously contacted and declined to license their data > under an open license. > > This message is just to let people know as it impacts more than one > country. > > I expect all of this redaction to be done by the end of the week. > > It may sound like redacting data out of OSM is an easy thing to do but > apart from using up time better spent on other aspects of OSM, > redactions often also damage data that was built on top of an improper > import. Redactions also tend to lead to confusion, with people reporting > vandalism because something that used to be on the map isn't any more. > > Paul Norman > For the Data Working Group > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ec mailing list > Talk-ec@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ec >
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