I also think UUID is important in the case of imported data. It will ease the update of datasets that we bring in.
Kate Chapman On Oct 14, 2009, at 7:48 AM, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> wrote: > Sam removed that context, then spun this new thread and widened > distribution! Here's some context, Sam thinks uuids are uninteresting > and not useful in imported data. Michael, below, thinks uuids are > useful. Now the rest of the conversation in context. > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Michael Barabanov > <michael.baraba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Sam, >> >> I'm not talking about keeping CODE=2270010. That's indeed not >> terribly >> useful. But UUIDs allow us to later >> match the imported features to potentially more complete Canvec >> datasets. >> Example: imagine next Canvec data comes in that also has name= for >> each >> park. If we keep UUIDs in imported data, it's trivial to write a >> script >> to implement a join between the two feature set based on UUID and >> update >> the OSM with park names. >> >> We decided to keep UUID for NRN segments for similar reasons. > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Sam Vekemans > <acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ok, >> as long as by 'us' you mean 'not me' :-) >> 'cause i dont know how to 'trivially' use UUID as a tool like that. >> >> Have you tested that? >> >> I can put a note on the readme.txt file, and on the wiki about it. >> >> Do we have a seconder for this change? (its a BIG change) > > A seconder, Sam? Here is a short list of those from talk-ca who > believe that a uuid is a good idea in a Canadian import: > You - > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2009-March/002322.html > Steve S - > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2009-February/000705.html > Michel - > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2009-January/000612.html > Austin - > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2009-June/001223.html > James - http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2009-June/001138.html > me - http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2009-June/001293.html > > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > impo...@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca