On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Russ Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > David Murn writes: > > On Sat, 2010-11-06 at 22:58 -0400, Russ Nelson wrote: > > > Apollinaris Schoell writes: > > > > I consider it improving osm by a human mapper according the spirit > > > > of the project instead a container full of imports with not much > > > > value. If a human surveys on ground or based on personal knowledge > > > > and image tracing it has 100 times more value than any imported > > > > data > > > > > > I have some sympathy for your position, but I was told explicitly by > > > the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that their > > > shapefile is to be considered primary over the signs in the field. > > > Thus, mapping NYS DEC Forest Lands in the field is 0 times more value > > > than their authoritative shapefile, which I've imported. > > > > How do you know that the shapefile is correct, unless you survey on the > > ground? > > Because the shapefile contains the listing of property that the DEC > claims to own, and over which people are free to travel without fear > of trespass. It's not possible for anyone to verify the shape of the > data on the ground.
We don't map what the DEC claims to own, we map what they *do* own. That is possible to verify. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
