Re: [Talk-GB] New mapper causing problems
Hi Neil, I had spotted him and have sent him a message and a changeset comment.http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/31024226 Actually looks like his edits are getting worse. I'm on a flight in 4 hours, but should be back home tomorrow. Cheers Chris On Fri, 22 May 2015 at 00:01, Neil McManus neilmcma...@outlook.com wrote: A new user has burst onto the scene in my local area and has made lots of bad edits. For example: http://osm.org/go/evfACGRIT They added the outline of the road around the mini-roundabout and have disconnected the footpaths from the roads. They have deleted the footpaths/cycleways that I added and replaced them with path. Or sometimes they run in parallel with the original. Anyway, I tried contacting them politely and their reply was basically I know what I'm doing, I'm making it better. Their changeset comments are either add icon or updating wrong information on map i live here i know the layout of most of what is here. Could someone undo their bad work by removing their changesets? Or how is the best way to proceed? I get the feeling if I try and correct their errors they will just put it back the way they want. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] New mapper causing problems
A new user has burst onto the scene in my local area and has made lots of bad edits. For example: http://osm.org/go/evfACGRIT They added the outline of the road around the mini-roundabout and have disconnected the footpaths from the roads. They have deleted the footpaths/cycleways that I added and replaced them with path. Or sometimes they run in parallel with the original. Anyway, I tried contacting them politely and their reply was basically I know what I'm doing, I'm making it better. Their changeset comments are either add icon or updating wrong information on map i live here i know the layout of most of what is here. Could someone undo their bad work by removing their changesets? Or how is the best way to proceed? I get the feeling if I try and correct their errors they will just put it back the way they want. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] New mapper causing problems
You may act to revert the changesets in question within good reason: in this case, you will want to argue that it is the duplication of ways and the fracturing of the network in general (is that the right term?). ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] too many universities in Cambridge
Hi all, I don't relish bringing this up since it's a bit of a tangle, but I noticed Cambridge has a lot more universities than I thought! Apparently 1219, judging from the number of amenity=university tagged objects. In real life I'm aware of two: Cambridge Uni, Anglia Ruskin Uni. I think someone mentioned Cambridge Uni was using OpenStreetMap for some of its maps,* so I'd be nervous about proposing anything radical right now. But is there anyone on this list who is a Cambridge mapper, or connected to the university's use of mapping? It's possible that some team decided to use the tag to mark every college building (etc), when really amenity=university is supposed to mark a university, not a piece of a university. To do it properly it might need some neat relations to group these things. (Might be fun for someone who loves relations - various multi-site and hierarchical connections among the buildings scattered across town!) Alternatively there are tags in use such as building=university which might be good drop-in replacements... Best Dan * They use OSM for their basemap: http://map.cam.ac.uk/ - I wonder if they're getting their POI info from it too ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] too many universities in Cambridge
I'm a Cambridge mapper, but I'd advise doing nothing until you've spoken with David Earl who was contracted by Cambridge University to actually map the university - see this link http://soc2012.soc.org.uk/node/16.html Thanks On 21 May 2015, at 22:39, Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I don't relish bringing this up since it's a bit of a tangle, but I noticed Cambridge has a lot more universities than I thought! Apparently 1219, judging from the number of amenity=university tagged objects. In real life I'm aware of two: Cambridge Uni, Anglia Ruskin Uni. I think someone mentioned Cambridge Uni was using OpenStreetMap for some of its maps,* so I'd be nervous about proposing anything radical right now. But is there anyone on this list who is a Cambridge mapper, or connected to the university's use of mapping? It's possible that some team decided to use the tag to mark every college building (etc), when really amenity=university is supposed to mark a university, not a piece of a university. To do it properly it might need some neat relations to group these things. (Might be fun for someone who loves relations - various multi-site and hierarchical connections among the buildings scattered across town!) Alternatively there are tags in use such as building=university which might be good drop-in replacements... Best Dan * They use OSM for their basemap: http://map.cam.ac.uk/ - I wonder if they're getting their POI info from it too ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
