Re: [Talk-us] NYC Name Vandalism

2018-09-04 Thread Nick Hocking
Other criteria for ranking a object for "change protection" could be 1) How long has it been since the last change to it. 2) How big is it. ( a long road would rank higher than a short one) 3) How many things are "attached to it" 4) How important is it. (Motorways are more important than

Re: [Talk-us] NYC Name Vandalism

2018-09-04 Thread Brian May
Alan, Your phrase "The name tag of New York City should be an obvious example - what would  cause it to change" - That makes a lot of sense. To further expand on this thought, identify and prioritize features in OSM that theoretically should not change much at all over long periods of time.

Re: [Talk-us] NYC Name Vandalism

2018-09-04 Thread Alan Brown
Hi - I haven't commented on this forum for several years, but this event did catch my attention. There are some uses of OSM map data which would not allow for frequent updates - offline uses - and therefore, a way of catching such vandalism immediately - less than a day, even - would be very