Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-02 Thread Pierre Béland
emote.org> À : talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : vendredi 2 Septembre 2016 16h02 Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts Hi, On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Adam Martin wrote: > That is the key here. Deleting information without replacing it with > something more ac

Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-02 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Adam Martin wrote: > That is the key here. Deleting information without replacing it with > something more accurate is inherently destructive. There must be > some thought as to what will be put back or one is essentially > ripping the map up simply because

Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-01 Thread Paul Norman
On 9/1/2016 1:22 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote: I'm not sure I agree. "Better than nothing" I guess is the principle, but when what is there (not nothing) gets in the way of improving other features, then it's not better than nothing. And what if what's there is, from an information point of view,

Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-01 Thread Paul Norman
On 9/1/2016 8:17 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote: I'm "glad" to see someone else w/ this issue. It's glancingly related to the canvec import issue, since the land use polygons are a source of some of the issues the reverter is complaining about (malformed multipolygons / boundary overlaps). In my own

Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-01 Thread Paul Ramsey
the current thread is that deleting something not >>> perfect without replacing it with something better hurts, not that it is >>> not acceptable to delete something. >>> >>> >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> >>> >>> *From

Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-01 Thread Adam Martin
mething better hurts, not that it is >> not acceptable to delete something. >> >> >> >> Daniel >> >> >> >> *From:* Paul Ramsey [mailto:pram...@cleverelephant.ca] >> *Sent:* Thursday, 1 September, 2016 13:05 >> *To:* Begin Daniel >&g

Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-01 Thread john whelan
that it is > not acceptable to delete something. > > > > Daniel > > > > *From:* Paul Ramsey [mailto:pram...@cleverelephant.ca] > *Sent:* Thursday, 1 September, 2016 13:05 > *To:* Begin Daniel > *Cc:* Talk-CA OpenStreetMap > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land

Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-01 Thread Begin Daniel
to delete something. Daniel From: Paul Ramsey [mailto:pram...@cleverelephant.ca] Sent: Thursday, 1 September, 2016 13:05 To: Begin Daniel Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Begin Daniel <jfd...@hotmail.c

Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-01 Thread Paul Ramsey
ng things seem so high. Nobody wants to be "that guy".) ATB, P > > *From:* Paul Ramsey [mailto:pram...@cleverelephant.ca] > *Sent:* Thursday, 1 September, 2016 11:17 > *To:* Talk-CA OpenStreetMap > *Subject:* [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts > > > >

Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-01 Thread Sam Dyck
Regarding the burning of forests, I find the problems with forests tend to occur when the forests meet up with human activities (communities, gravel pits, etc.) If I'm importing in an area with some human settlement (and decent imagery) I will try and clean up the forest and landuse polygons

Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-01 Thread Begin Daniel
September, 2016 11:17 To: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap Subject: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts I'm "glad" to see someone else w/ this issue. It's glancingly related to the canvec import issue, since the land use polygons are a source of some of the issues the reverter is complai

Re: [Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-01 Thread James
because it is a tangible item in the real world, it should be mapped? OpenStreetMap is not just about roads and navigation, it's an Open GIS representation of the world around us. People may be using that information, even if you are not. While we are at it why not just nuke lakes and rivers as

[Talk-ca] Forests/Land Use, was: Canvec reverts

2016-09-01 Thread Paul Ramsey
I'm "glad" to see someone else w/ this issue. It's glancingly related to the canvec import issue, since the land use polygons are a source of some of the issues the reverter is complaining about (malformed multipolygons / boundary overlaps). In my own work in my old home town of Prince George,