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Automated edits are discouraged in OSM, and if they are going to be done one has to send a notice to the appropriate mailing list and create the edits using add
by krzyk 9y ago
Automated edits are discouraged in OSM, and if they are going to be done one has to send a notice to the appropriate mailing list and create the edits using additional username (so it will be easier to revert the changes).
See: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_edits http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_edits
- 77pt77 9y agoNo to mention all the copyright potential problems.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoThat's why it's only possible to use whitelisted data sources: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Aerial_imagery http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Aerial_imagery . Given the scope of this task, "find a license-compatible imagery" is a non-issue.
- Mathnerd314 9y agoI wouldn't say discouraged, just they have to be registered. See the list of all the imports, planned or finished: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue. In a lot of places pretty much all of the data came from automated imports. People checking the map is good, but manual data entry is a pain and there aren't many doing that. It looks though like Facebook beat me to the punch: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/AI-Assisted_Road_Tracing http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/AI-Assisted_Road_Tracing