Joli email On Sep 15, 2012 11:32 AM, "Eric Marsden" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ci-dessous un message que j'ai envoyé au DWG en réaction à cet abus > d'autorité manifeste. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: Eric Marsden <[email protected]> > Subject: Abuse of authority: account blocks related to French cadastre > imports > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:27:30 +0200 (31 seconds ago) > > Hello, > > DWG member Paul Norman has implemented a 24 hour account block on > contributor Marc Sibert, citing as justification the import guideline > concerning use of a dedicated account. Marc Sibert is a very active > member of the French OSM community, and there is overwhelming agreement > in the French Openstreetmap community that this aspect of the import > guidelines is not appropriate for semi-automated imports from the French > cadastre. > > <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Marcussacapuces91> > > I would therefore like to request that this block be revoked, and that > DWG accept that established local mapping pratices take precedence over > ex cathedra dogma. > > > Please understand that the semi-automated imports from the French > cadastre are different from traditional imports in a number of ways: > > - contributors make a substantial amount of work on the raw data > before sending it to OSM: correcting overlaps, removing useless > nodes, removing duplicate ways, merging with existing (manually > traced) buildings. This work often takes multiple hours for a single > administrative entity. In no way is this bot-like activity. > > - contributors often trace roads and tag their names from the cadastre > within the same changeset. > > - cadastre semi-automated imports are, by definition, highly localized > geographically. > > > The French community is well aware of the existence of some abusive > cadastre imports, where contributors have not cleaned the raw data > before importing and have not completed the highway data. However, these > are generally identified quickly and the lazy/uninformed contributors > are pointed to the cadastre import guidelines. Please note that this is > a DISTINCT PROBLEM FROM USE OF A SEPARATE ACCOUNT. > > Thank you for your prompt resolution of this error, > > -- > Eric Marsden > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-fr mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-fr >
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