On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Robin Paulson <[email protected]> wrote:
> i live in auckland, nz. a mapper [1] here is currently importing a giant > data set of building outlines for auckland, by my estimate 300,000+ ways. > until yesterday, on my insistence, he'd made no mention of this on any of > the relevant discussion lists (local nz chapter, osm imports list) and as > of one hour ago [2] was uploading more data. > > from what i can see (although i may be wrong, please point out any errors > if so), there's no engagement with the community, local or otherwise, and > apparent disregard for established processes around importing as set out on > the wiki: > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import > > it bothers me more that he's an openly acknowledged employee of a local > company, koordinates, who engage him amongst other things to add data to > osm - it looks like more than just a single bull-headed individualistic > person, but an active policy of the company. > > what to do? > Is this work part of what is described on the wiki [1] for importing Linz data? Have you discussed this on the New Zealand mailing list? Have you attempted to contact him. If he doesn't respond then I would contact the DWG for assistance. Clifford [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/New_Zealand_data_import_projects -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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