Suburb boundaries would not move that often, if that is all that is available, I vote to put it in.
On 25/02/2009, Franc Carter <franc.car...@gmail.com> wrote: > The data will be tagged as reviewed=no to indicate that a person has no > confirmed > that it is 'correct'. > > In the case if the Suburb boundaries I doubt it is actually possible to > confirm the majority > of the data 'on the ground' as their is no magical line on the ground. > > The data that will be imported is being provided by a government department > (the ABS) > who create it from the official source (the LGA). While the data is not 100% > because > it is a few years old, from the reviews of the data it looks pretty good. > > So, I see no way of getting a better set of information for this data set. > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:05 AM, David Murn <da...@incanberra.com.au>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> No comment on the tag structure offered in the linked website, but I >> would like to stress that if you are importing mass data, that you >> clearly mark it as inaccurate, unless you have collected the data >> yourself by survey. There is nothing worse than a map of imported data >> (especially boundaries) that are indicated as correct when theyre not >> even close, due to importing old data or data with unknown faults. >> >> This has come up before from people importing mass data. Personally, I >> believe that OSM's strength is that most data is from personal survey, >> rather than just blindly imported from another database, and the mass >> importation of data, then means we not only have to survey, but also >> have to verify that data other people entered, is infact correct. >> >> Id rather have a 100% accurate map, than a 100% complete map. >> >> Then again, if you mean 'importing' from your own dataset of survey >> info, then by all means Im in agreeance with the move. >> >> Anyone else got a thought on the issue? >> >> David >> >> On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 00:15 +1100, Franc Carter wrote: >> > >> > Hi folks, >> > >> > I am ready to start the import of the suburb boundaries. So could you >> > please >> > have one last look at >> > >> > >> > >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue/ABS_Data#OSM_Representation >> > >> > and let me know of any issues, barring any objections I'll start the >> > import soon(ish) >> > >> > cheers >> > >> > -- >> > Franc >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Talk-au mailing list >> > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> >> > > > -- > Franc > _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
