> In general, the two are inseparable. If author A says M and means X, > and author B says N and means Y, then changing N to M *does not lead > to consistency*. (note: in this example, M="source=survey", > N="source=gps", B=Mark).
Except where M is already clearly defined as a constant, as in: source | survey | gpx trace or other physical survey > Furthermore, if N means Y=X AND X2 (which is the case in this > particular example, but certainly not always), then you've lost > information (X2), which can only be regained by re-surveying. > Otherwise, even worse, you could have damaged the data by > misinterpreting N as meaning X. -- Cheers Ross _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
