Quick reply to Frederick's comment. Our (2nd Ottawa building import) does not remove any existing OSM data.
Hence why we added the QA-Tiles to prevent having the "new" imported data overlap on existing OSM data. That way we don't have any conflicts with new & existing data. I do agree with Frederick on this: Whenever anyone starts importing overlapping data into OSM, it can be a lot of work doing a good job for a "new" mapper. By removing any overlapping data, this prevents a lot of these possible human caused errors. +1 Frederick, you do offer good feedback (even if we might disagree on certain vues & opinions). *~~~~~~* *Denis Carriere* On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On 03/28/2017 05:48 PM, Denis Carriere wrote: > > Instead of having tons of different people trying to attempt loading all > > of these 8 Million buildings, > > [...] > > > After all the "hard work" is done.. you can simply add those > > small chunks of data with JOSM using any Tasking Manager > > This is where I have violently disagreed with Denis and his team in the > past and still do; in my eyes, the *hard* work starts once the data has > been prepared and converted and set up, because *then* I want people > familiar with the area to load the data, compare it with what's there, > NOT blindly delete what's there, cross-check with aerial imagery and so on. > > In my eyes, all the data preparation is peanuts, and the real value is > added to the import at the upload stage. This is where it is decided > whether this import will be successful or rubbish. A sad example for a > rubbish import is almost all of CanVec, which tends to be uploaded by > people who think that the "hard work" is already done by those who > prepared the data, and that all that is left for them is hitting the > upload button in JOSM. > > While a task manager can help, it tends to invite contributions by > people who are not at all local to the area just to "colour it green". > This is undesirable in my opinion. > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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