Dave I don't particularly want to get into an argument with you, but think you are jumping the gun a bit. I added the emphasis because often unsuccessful trials DON'T get written up (on wiki etc) and I want to hear about them. I fully expect not to write my personal views alone and will take comments and detail from all views in this thread. IF I had not bothered to ask anyone else OR if I chose not to try to represent a range of views from within the project THEN you could call it "blatantly biased".
Cheers STEVE -----Original Message----- From: Dave F. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 11 March 2011 13:39 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OS and OSM On 11/03/2011 10:19, Steve Chilton wrote: > I have been asked by editor of the Cartographic Journal to write a short > piece on the effect of the release of OS OpenData on the OpenStreetMap > project, and I am just trying to gather my thoughts, and make sure I cover > all bases. > I was present at Blackadder's Society of Cartographers talk on "Why OSM won't > be bulk importing OS OpenData" and am aware of the work Chris Hill has done > on admin boundaries etc. > Obviously also aware of the ITO work with OS Locator and what people have > done with that. > There was work on importing detailed water features, was that Chris as well > (goes off to read back through his blog). > Can anyone point me to others who have explored the possibilities that OS > OpenData provided - PARTICULARLY if they can evidence WHY it is NOT of value > to OSM? > > C I agree with what Chris Hill says. Also, I find it extremely disappointing you're writing a piece of blatantly bias copy. OS SV is very useful for referencing names & recent urban additions. IMO the *vast* majority of problems that came from bulk importing arose due to the incompetence of the importers, *not* the value of the data. If the imports are done in reasonably sizes chunks & then *checked* afterwards they bring value to the OSM database. Cheers Dave F. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
