Meanings for source tag values

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There are many values for Key:source which are cryptic and difficult to decipher. In support of effective use of the Source tag, this page provides a location for contributors to explain their Source tags. See http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/?key=source for one source of values.

source value instance magnitude meaning short source meaning contributor
cadastre-dgi-fr source : Direction Générale des Impôts - Cadastre. Mise à jour : 2011 >15 million see Cadastre Government (France) Ceyockey (interpretation)
cadastre-dgi-fr source : Direction Générale des Impôts - Cadastre. Mise à jour : 2010 >6 million see Cadastre Government (France) Ceyockey (interpretation)
cadastre-dgi-fr source : Direction Générale des Impôts - Cadastre ; mise à jour : 2009 ~2.6 million see Cadastre Government (France) Ceyockey (interpretation)
PGS ~4.7 million Prototype Global Shoreline Government (United States) Ceyockey
3dShapes ~4.6 million 3dShapes Corporate (Object Vision) value assigned at Import/Catalogue#Ongoing_Imports
KSJ2 ~3.7 million see Import/Catalogue/Japan KSJ2 Import Government (Japan) value assigned at Import/Catalogue#One-Time Imports
NRCan-CanVec-7.0 ~2.6 million see CanVec#CanVec 7 Government (Canada) Ceyockey (interpretation)
YahooJapan/ALPSMAP ~2.3 million see YahooJapanALPS Data Corporate (Yahoo Japan) value assigned at YahooJapanALPS Data/Highway
OSAK (2010) ~2.3 million This appears to be data released by the Danish government, primarily about highways Government (Denmark) Ceyockey (interpretation)
NHD ~2.1 million National Hydrography Dataset Government (United States) value assigned at Import/Catalogue#One-Time Imports
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