Thank you Johnny for raising that query. I too have been reluctant to touch other people's work as there are validators who are a bit more experienced to do that. I too shall now consider amendments if it is a glaring error. Ralph Aytoun Retired Cartographer
On 29 January 2014 05:32, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send HOT mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of HOT digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Should I correct bad data? (Johnny Morbonovsky) > 2. Re: Should I correct bad data? (Russell Deffner) > 3. Re: Should I correct bad data? (Tim McNamara) > 4. Re: Should I correct bad data? (Johnny Morbo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:09:45 -0500 > From: Johnny Morbonovsky <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [HOT] Should I correct bad data? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm not an experienced mapper. I've only been helping since December, > so I'm not sure I should be changing/deleting other people's data. > However, I was looking around in task 400, checking out the 'done' > squares to see how things should look, and I found a square where > someone has tagged all of the house _nodes_ with building=yes, and in > another square someone else has tagged the house ways as landuse=yes and > included a highway in a relationship called "residential" > > I'm pretty sure that's not right. > > Is it OK for me to make changes? > Should I contact Severin Menard and let him take care of it? > Should I just mind my own business and not worry about other people's data? > > Thanks > Johnny M > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/attachments/20140128/2c78e87a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:12:09 -0700 > From: "Russell Deffner" <[email protected]> > To: "'Johnny Morbonovsky'" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [HOT] Should I correct bad data? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Johnny, > > > > Yes, please correct data. In your case it looks like you've correctly > identified tagging that is not consistent with documentation in the wiki > (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org). Often people mistakenly mark a task as > done (or even validated). It is often nice to contact the mapper who made > the 'mistakes' as they could maybe use some help, but any improvement to > the > data should be welcome. > > > > Happy Mapping, > > =Russ > > russdeffner on OSM > > > > From: Johnny Morbonovsky [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [HOT] Should I correct bad data? > > > > I'm not an experienced mapper. I've only been helping since December, so > I'm not sure I should be changing/deleting other people's data. However, I > was looking around in task 400, checking out the 'done' squares to see how > things should look, and I found a square where someone has tagged all of > the > house nodes with building=yes, and in another square someone else has > tagged > the house ways as landuse=yes and included a highway in a relationship > called "residential" > > I'm pretty sure that's not right. > > Is it OK for me to make changes? > Should I contact Severin Menard and let him take care of it? > Should I just mind my own business and not worry about other people's data? > > Thanks > Johnny M > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/attachments/20140128/e2e886ca/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:09:48 +1300 > From: Tim McNamara <[email protected]> > To: Russell Deffner <[email protected]> > Cc: hot <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [HOT] Should I correct bad data? > Message-ID: > < > ca+yljluf4vs+ea1juc3ytf8m78gpnobhvhz1h6mnsqywdyx...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I agree that corrections are better too :) > > > On 29 January 2014 11:12, Russell Deffner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Johnny, > > > > > > > > Yes, please correct data. In your case it looks like you?ve correctly > > identified tagging that is not consistent with documentation in the wiki > ( > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org). Often people mistakenly mark a task as > > done (or even validated). It is often nice to contact the mapper who > made > > the ?mistakes? as they could maybe use some help, but any improvement to > > the data should be welcome. > > > > > > > > Happy Mapping, > > > > =Russ > > > > russdeffner on OSM > > > > > > > > *From:* Johnny Morbonovsky [mailto:[email protected]] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:10 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [HOT] Should I correct bad data? > > > > > > > > I'm not an experienced mapper. I've only been helping since December, so > > I'm not sure I should be changing/deleting other people's data. > However, I > > was looking around in task 400, checking out the 'done' squares to see > how > > things should look, and I found a square where someone has tagged all of > > the house *nodes* with building=yes, and in another square someone else > > has tagged the house ways as landuse=yes and included a highway in a > > relationship called "residential" > > > > I'm pretty sure that's not right. > > > > Is it OK for me to make changes? > > Should I contact Severin Menard and let him take care of it? > > Should I just mind my own business and not worry about other people's > data? > > > > Thanks > > Johnny M > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/attachments/20140129/03565a65/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:32:29 -0500 > From: Johnny Morbo <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [HOT] Should I correct bad data? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I didn't realize how much free > reign I have as a noob mapper. > > So I spent 2 hours fixing up _everything_ in that bad square, only to > have the upload fail. Missing a prerequisite something something. So I > went back and just fixed the things the validater complained about > (uploading after every little fix this time!) and then un-validated the > square with some comments in the task manager. I hope someone else > takes a shot at that square, 'cause I'm tired of looking at it! > > JM > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/attachments/20140129/49a3b9cf/attachment.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: smime.p7s > Type: application/pkcs7-signature > Size: 3754 bytes > Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature > URL: < > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/attachments/20140129/49a3b9cf/attachment.bin > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > End of HOT Digest, Vol 47, Issue 33 > *********************************** >
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