On 4/4/14 5:51 AM, Simone Saviolo wrote:
> Stop saying GPS. Forget even about aerial imagery. When I had no aerial
> imagery in my area, I either did not draw such features (leaving them for
> future improvements), or approximate. "The road there is about 6 meters
> wide, so I'll draw two nodes about 6 meters apart, split the waterway there
> and tag the middle piece as a culvert". It's not that hard, it's not that
> much imprecise, sure it may be improved with better measurements, but it is
> not wrong, especially it is not topologically wrong.
>
and if you are not sure about the extent of the structure or its nature
there's no harm in nipping out a short section, setting layer=1 and
skipping the other tagging (bridge=yes or whatever.) you have
accurately represented what you know and maintained correct
topology.

richard

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