Thank you again for all the comments. This is my first time attempting a large import so I really appreciate how active this community is and your comments. I’ll do my best to clarify and address your concerns below.
For clarity, during this process no data are being removed from OSM. This import will only add to OSM road data that does not yet exist in the database. My comment on removing OSM data is referring to the dataset that our people created, not the existing data of OSM. If you think I should keep the existing OSM data in my dataset during import, I’m happy to include it.
The imagery was acquired from the Polar Geospatial Center for the project supported by the National Science Foundation (award #1748092). Winter time scenes from GeoEye-1,Worldview-1, -2, and -3 were used for the tracing. This enabled the roads to be easily distinguishable through tree canopies, due to the high spectral reflectance. Per the usage guidelines these data are derived products and these products are not considered licensed material. I’ve updated the project wiki with this website.
I’ve also updated the timeline to end in October. I hope to have this concluded by then. I’ve re-established the broken links and I’ll work on getting the full dataset up and available as soon as I can. Thanks!