On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Ricky Satomi <[email protected]> wrote: > I wanted to see what the community thought before I messed anything up.
Good thinking ! > My impression is that the import function is generally frowned upon and not > widely used Correct. Several classes of issues have been seen - * Legal issues as mentioned. * bulk-imports and global-auto-edits that work ok where tested may duplicate / damage details already provided locally by on-the-ground mappers in some other areas. * Many specialized datasets *even if legally importable* are better provided as overlays on specialized render websites, with separate DB, rather than including them in the main DB. * etc so such bulk operations are typically undertaken after only much discussion and consultation with the experts on the other mailing lists. (Failure to heed such has resulted in some (in)famous edit-wars and flame wars, alas.) -- Bill Ricker [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
