On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:47 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 6 January 2011 21:38, Franc Carter <franc.car...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In the absence of better data they still provide a much better idea than > > guessing a radius around a point, we just need to make sure that we are > > clear that they are best guesstimates for the moment. > > I thought the ABS was due to release new data files soon? > Oops - I mean having ABS instead of nothing - if we get a new ABS then that would better than current ABS - w emay need to work out how to leave boundaries where people have made extensive tweaks based on local knowledge > > > I think you are right about a re-import, we have learnt a bunch of things > > since the first import which will hopefully make a fresh one better. I > can > > think of ways around most of the issues with a delete/rebuild - one issue > > that doesn't jump out with a solution is how to minimise the amount of > time > > that no data exists and hence we have gone backwards a bit. > > That's not difficult, especially since I'd suggest a dry run or two > before hand, you can find all the data via XAPI and then use JOSM to > send a delete and then send up new boundary data soon after. > The upload took 'a while' - i.e a week or two from memory ;-( -- Franc
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