Like most discussions we get a useful survey of opinion and some elucidation of the nature of the problem, with lots of suggestions, but no actual decision on how we are going to proceed, except maintain the status quo. As one of the core objectives of the UK OSM Chapter is to "promote and facilitate the release by organisations in the United Kingdom of data that is suitable for use in OpenStreetMap" I'd like to suggest we focus on how we can achieve that objective and use this dataset as a template for a methodology we can adopt for future datasets. I might be wrong but I think this is the first UK- wide release of data from a commercial body rather than a public one and we need to encourage others.
Here's a strawman to start the discussion: Use Harry Wood's improved visualisation as a progress checker, with a colour change for missing filling stations to red Get active mappers to add/amend data around their localities or journeys Change marker colour for filling stations that are "complete" with Shell data where it is correct to green Watch the map turn green as we make progress We can get going on this straight away whilst we decide on POI checker or Map Roulette as a better tool Review progress- see if we need a Qarterly Project After say 3 months, we should see how much the active mapping community can achieve, and maybe import the remainder with a "Review=yes/no" tag Ask Shell to release their data on the rollout of ev charging points once we've made some progress (ev charging points is another story but as we move away from fossil fuels OSM can demonstrate its utility in keeping up to date for vehile navigation) Regards Brian . On 11 November 2017 at 17:36, Rory McCann <r...@technomancy.org> wrote: > On 06/11/17 16:45, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > Some years ago, we had a data donation, here in the United Kingdom, of > > data on cycle shops. These were imported into a tool which (if memory > > serves) enabled users to compare them to existing entries, and import > > the data to them if useful, or add new objects if necessary. I recall > > that it didn't take long for the UK community to process them. > > > > Can that tool not be repurposed, and thereby avoid the friction that > > imports like this seem sadly to cause? > > I have come across this tool which is designed for "merging" in 3rd > party data into OSM in a semi-manual manner. But it's a bit rough around > the edges, with no way to add new datasets (I think) > > http://poichecker.com/en > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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