18 Aug 2020, 16:28 by [email protected]:
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 09:09, Rob Nickerson <> [email protected]> >
> wrote:
>
>> For me, once licencing issues have been fully resolved, it comes down to
>> accuracy of data.
>>
>> For example the TfL cycle data is great as it has been collected by ground
>> survey and with two photos of everything. Some other third party data has
>> been less accurate. At this point it becomes tricky as we've no agreed
>> threshold. We all know that OSM is not perfect but less clear on what level
>> of accuracy we require for imports.
>>
>
> Wouldn't this be partially dependent on the level of mapping in the area in
> question?
>
And on preferences of a local
community.
I am not aware about any such case,
but local community may even have
stance "we are against all imports"
>
> In sparsely mapped regions even relatively coarse data might be an
> improvement. In areas where individual gas lamps have been accurately placed
> higher precision would be required to avoid misleading entries.
+1
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