Isn't this something for the Data Working Group: d...@osmfoundation.org ?
regards m On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 1:10 AM, Robin Paulson <robin.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
