Hi Jaak That OpenMetaMap is a very interesting proposal.
What about storing the object ID (and the link properties) directly in the OSM object? Yours, Stefan 2011/8/15 Jaak Laineste <jaak.laine...@gmail.com>: > Hello, > > Based on my own long-time thinking and small talk in WhereCamp Berlin > I created request for comments on kind of different approach to > imports called meta-mapping. > > Core of the idea is to avoid external data imports and reserve OSM > database for what was meant for: community-sourced (manual) mapping. > But it is not plain "banning imports", it is to provide alternative > tool (I call it OpenMetaMap) which enables to link various external > data sources with OSM data, with much better flexibility than with > current import approach. > > My proposal is in http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenMetaMap , > any positive and negative comments (especially help to actually > implement it) is most welcome. > > > JaakL > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
