On 13 March 2010 17:25, Chris Hill <o...@raggedred.net> wrote: > I would certainly hope that any updates are not used to overwrite > existing local edits. I have spent far too many hours checking and > updating the data to have a newer version overwrite it. A smart merge > would be more useful, I would write it if required.
No planned updates will overwrite any contributed data. > As too 'dumping in' the remaining county data I would prefer that it is > handled locally where possible. The NaPTAN data is useful and good in > parts but needs checking and improving too. We'd all prefer it if it'd be handled locally, but there just doesn't seem to be much interest in improving the data en-mass, merely in the piecewise way that most people have mapped up until now. > I think too much data is imported just because it is available - I > prefer imports to add value. NaPTAN can add value but that is best > realised by someone local to the import managing it. I would argue that NaPTAN does add value in undermapped parts of the country - the vast majority of NaPTAN stops are correct. > Cheers, Chris > > Roger Slevin wrote: >> Thomas >> >> If you want a refresh of the NaPTAN dataset, then just ask me .... and I >> will arrange for this be made available. I appreciate that this could be a >> two-edged sword .... it would update the data, but in the areas where work >> has already been done on the data from a year ago, it may over-write any >> local edits made to that data - or has this already been taken into account, >> so that new data would sit alongside existing data and would only be >> accepted if it is appropriate at each location? >> >> Cheers >> >> Roger >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: talk-transit-boun...@openstreetmap.org >> [mailto:talk-transit-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Wood >> Sent: 13 March 2010 12:45 PM >> To: osm; OSM - Talk GB >> Subject: [Talk-transit] NaPTAN - Time for the rest? >> >> Hello all, >> It's now been more than a year since we got permission to import the >> NaPTAN dataset, so far only 53 of the 143 counties that we have the >> data for have been imported. >> >> So, in short, is it time for the rest to be dumped in? >> >> Discussion please. >> >> Regards, >> Thomas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-transit mailing list >> Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-transit mailing list >> Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing list > Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit > -- Regards, Thomas Wood (Edgemaster) _______________________________________________ Talk-transit mailing list Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit
