How do we handle tribal administrative boundaries? This is kind of a big one for the US, Canada and Australia.. On Dec 17, 2012 2:51 PM, "Charlotte Wolter" <techl...@techlady.com> wrote:
> Serge, > > ** **This is a good idea. > ** **I have a large file of data from the Acoma tribe, but my > efforts to negotiate the import wiki have been fruitless. I can't made > heads or tails of it. > ** **Further, I don't know if it's the kind of data we want > (though they say it is public domain and gave permission in writing). It is > road center lines for the whole reservation. I remember a remark somewhere > in this forum that center lines are not the best data. At any rate, I'm not > a good judge of whether or not it is what we want. > ** **In addition, I've already done work on the main roads, though > often I'm lacking a name or number. > ** **And, I don't have tools to exmine a data file to see if it is > congruent with what OSM can use. > ** **So, for many reasons, having a knowledgeable group take this > on seems to me like a great idea. > > Best, > > Charlotte > > At 06:42 AM 12/17/2012, you wrote: > > Folks, > > I know what it's like to be excited about OSM, and I know what it's > like to be frustrated with OSM, struggling with low data quality, or > lack of data altogether. > > And then you get access to a large dataset, and you know that having > it in OSM would improve things. It would improve the quality, and > maybe even get people mapping. At the same time, I think many of you > have seen the damage that bad imports can do. > > The result is that folks like myself and others are frustrated by the > import process, and folks who have good, useful datasets are frstrated > by the import process. > > So I'm proposing a new committee, run by the US Chapter, to help guide > imports and large edits. > > This will give step by step guidance to those who want to import data, > and offer the larger community time to review and provide feedback. > > When I helped create the US Chapter several years ago, this was one of > the main reasons I thought it should exist, but I think there's > finally the amount of data and interest to justify it. > > What do folks think? > > - Serge > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > ** > > ** Charlotte Wolter > 927 18th Street Suite A > Santa Monica, California > 90403 > +1-310-597-4040 > techl...@techlady.com > Skype: thetechlady > > *The Four Internet Freedoms* > Freedom to visit any site on the Internet > Freedom to access any content or service that is not illegal > Freedom to attach any device that does not interfere with the network > Freedom to know all the terms of a service, particularly any that would > affect the first three freedoms. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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