Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

On 5/29/2012 1:09 AM, Alan Mintz wrote: I used to agree with you, but in terms of minimum labor, updates are best performed by retaining the original upload data, then doing a conflation between the original data and a later update. That will highlight only changes from the original source, a

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

At 2012-05-28 05:02, Mike N wrote: On 5/27/2012 2:53 PM, Alan wrote: As I discussed with you, I am no longer uploading data with the tag and will > go back to remove the tag from the existing data. I object. An ID tag is highly useful for future reconciliation and/or synchronization later.

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

On 5/27/2012 2:53 PM, Alan wrote: As I discussed with you, I am no longer uploading data with the tag and will > go back to remove the tag from the existing data. I object. An ID tag is highly useful for future reconciliation and/or synchronization later. I used to agree with you, but in

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

Ian Dees wrote: > Worst Fixer wrote: > > It is absent from following web page: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue > There are dozens of imports absent from the Import Catalog. > If you'd like to add it to the catalog, be my guest. Without wanting to validate Worst Fixer (thou

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 27/05/12 20:40, Ian Dees wrote: > Worst Fixer wrote Hi >> I want know why importer uses following tags: >> >> * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users). >> >> I sent letter to importer, and he said he will not import this tag a

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

> > This is Yet Another import from a database being maintained by someone > else. This is why we need a "closedstreetmap.org", which publishes, in > OSM format using the OSM API, data which cannot be sensibly edited. > I disagree that buildings can't be sensibly edited. I trace them, add address

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

On 27-5-2012 20:58, Ian Dees wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Alan > wrote: I object. An ID tag is highly useful for future reconciliation and/or synchronization later. And the "chicago:" namespace is, in my opinion, definitely the correct

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Alan wrote: > > On May 27, 2012, at 11:40 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > > Worst Fixer wrote > >> > >> I want know why importer uses following tags: > >> > >> * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users). > >> > >> I sent letter to importer, and he said he will

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

On May 27, 2012, at 11:40 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > Worst Fixer wrote >> >> I want know why importer uses following tags: >> >> * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users). >> >> I sent letter to importer, and he said he will not import this tag any >> more. But, he continues to. No ju

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

Worst Fixer wrote > > Hello. > > There is on going import of Buildings in city Chicago. > > Import is held by following account: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chicago-buildings > > I found no discussions of this import. No announcement. I searched bad? > I discussed it with people in C

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

On 27/05/2012 18:21, andrzej zaborowski wrote: On 27 May 2012 18:11, Colin Smale wrote: On 27/05/2012 17:54, Worst Fixer wrote: Hello. There is on going import of Buildings in city Chicago. Import is held by following account: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chicago-buildings I found no d

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

On 27/05/2012 17:11, Colin Smale wrote: On 27/05/2012 17:54, Worst Fixer wrote: I want know why importer uses following tags: * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users). I sent letter to importer, and he said he will not import this tag any more. But, he continues to. No justific

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

I guess the data source is https://data.cityofchicago.org/Buildings/Building-Footprints/w2v3-isjw . It is nice and rich data, but certainly importing this way is wrong. Jaak On May 27, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Worst Fixer wrote: > Hello. > > There is on going import of Buildings in city Chicago. >

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

Worst Fixer writes: > I want know why importer uses following tags: > > * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users). Very likely it's the database number in the source database. This is Yet Another import from a database being maintained by someone else. This is why we need a "cl

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

On 27 May 2012 18:11, Colin Smale wrote: > On 27/05/2012 17:54, Worst Fixer wrote: >> >> Hello. >> >> There is on going import of Buildings in city Chicago. >> >> Import is held by following account: >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chicago-buildings >> >> I found no discussions of this import

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

On 27/05/2012 17:54, Worst Fixer wrote: Hello. There is on going import of Buildings in city Chicago. Import is held by following account: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chicago-buildings I found no discussions of this import. No announcement. I searched bad? It is absent from following we

[OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

Hello. There is on going import of Buildings in city Chicago. Import is held by following account: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chicago-buildings I found no discussions of this import. No announcement. I searched bad? It is absent from following web page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki