Before I ask for assistance, please note this: I've already brought this up on osm-imports and got nowhere useful.
There are a number of users in NZ doing mass imports of building data in Auckland (I estimate 500,000 buildings), while wilfully ignoring community guidelines. I have asked numerous times for those doing the imports to stop and follow the notes on the imports page. There is no wiki page, no discussion on osm-imports, only vague references to a tool called linz2osm and responses of "Oh, I thought everything had been OK'd already, we discussed it on a local (google groups) mailing list". Sometimes they stop for a while and then restart some time later, maybe hoping no-one will notice. I hear there are other imports too, one of the importers offhand mentioned a mass import of waterways, also with no wiki page, discussion or outside involvement. I bring it up here, because nobody subscribed to osm-imports appears willing to back up these requests, to say to the importers that they should follow the guidelines. A number of the importers are subscribed to the osm-imports and osm-talk lists, but are strangely quiet when I mention this request to stop and do things with community involvement. -- robin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk