Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

Being a lone mapper up to now it's been interesting to read everyone's comments, a good wide range of views. Brian, to answer your question about priorities, I don't particularly have any. My thoughts were to choose a selection of different types of company and if see we can't work out where the

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

On 21 December 2017 at 10:28, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Your approach will ultimately lead to every last > large-chain pub in England being nicely mapped from afar, whereas the > independent pub next door has to wait until a mapper comes around. Did we not have a data set

Re: [Talk-GB] OpenRailwayMap

They're displaying The Volks Railway from Brighton Palace Pier to the Marina, so I am happy. :) On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 18:03 Philip Barnes, wrote: > On Mon, 2017-12-18 at 17:55 +, Paul Berry wrote: > > A nice little social media boost courtesy of Tim Dunn: >

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

On 21/12/2017 09:15, Ilya Zverev wrote: ... Or do you think the map does not need imports and that every shop and amenity will be mapped without them before they are out of business? Maybe it's worth having a look at an example. http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/245390956 is a petrol station

Re: [Talk-GB] OpenRailwayMap

On Mon, 2017-12-18 at 17:55 +, Paul Berry wrote: > A nice little social media boost courtesy of Tim Dunn:https://twitter > .com/MrTimDunn/status/942751174922555393 > There's an Open Railway Map of the world and the level of detail is > incredible > http://www.openrailwaymap.org/ > According

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

This discussion brings a couple of similar sayings to mind (and there are many more in the same vein): _To Sacrifice The Good On The Altar Of The Perfect_ = and = _Perfect is the enemy of good_ [1] A dataset will never be perfect. Resisting an import because a small proportion of the data is

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

On 21/12/2017 15:49, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, On 21.12.2017 16:13, Mark Goodge wrote: My vision of OSM is a movement which places its users first, by providing the maximum utility possible for those who look at the maps. That means maximising the quantity, accuracy, relevance and timeliness

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

Hi, On 21.12.2017 16:13, Mark Goodge wrote: > My vision of OSM is a movement which places its users first, by > providing the maximum utility possible for those who look at the maps. > That means maximising the quantity, accuracy, relevance and timeliness > of the data. That is certainly a valid

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

Eloquently put as ever Frederick. I share your lament about the seemingly unattainable vision, which I happen to share. I would dearly love there to be 10 times the number of consistently active mappers in the UK, but it seems to be an order of magnitude more difficult ot persuade people to

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

Hi, On 21.12.2017 10:15, Ilya Zverev wrote: > Frederik and Tom, please explain what has been wrong with the last import, > and why osm_conflate + cf_audit tools used for it (conflation + community > validation) still do not attain the required quality for OSM contributions? Your tools are

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

On 21/12/17 09:15, Ilya Zverev wrote: Frederik and Tom, please explain what has been wrong with the last import, and why osm_conflate + cf_audit tools used for it (conflation + community validation) still do not attain the required quality for OSM contributions? I wasn't commenting on any

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

Again, with sarcasm. Frederik and Tom, please explain what has been wrong with the last import, and why osm_conflate + cf_audit tools used for it (conflation + community validation) still do not attain the required quality for OSM contributions? How would you build a process for importing