On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Warin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Humm .. there are places I've been before GPS... One example: > > I know the road is there as I've been on it. However it is now closed for > vehicles - inside a National Park. I've mapped bits of it into OSM as it > may be of use to walkers. The bit I cannot 'see' with imagery I've > connected with very apparent straight lines. I do have copyright maps of > the area but I'm not looking at those now (they were current when I was > there ... many years ago!). I'm not going back there, I've many other (new > to me) places to go. Nor would I request someone to go there. Someone > probably will go there .. but I'll leave their interest and trip up to > them. So I'm adding stuff that I think is of use, an indication rather than > accurate in some places .. but those bits are straight lines and anyone who > knows the area will know that those are not 'truth'. > Yeah, someone (you?) added lots of tracks through the Victorian Alps in very low detail. It was actually incredibly helpful, and really motivated me to go through and improve them all - rather than starting from a blank slate. And in certain areas, I get a real kick out of doing very high quality aerial mapping like this: http://bit.ly/1hXv9KZ > I've been deleting the tag "name={Unnamed]" and adding the tag > "unsigned=yes", in one case I 'know' the roads name .. but my source I > remember as a street directory . So I cannot use it untill the memory fades > a bit more. In most cases I've been past some of the roads .. and there is > no street sign (indeed most have no power poles nor street lighting). In > this case I think it can be changed without 'knowing' as the intent is > clear - there is no local sign to get a name from .. at least not when the > tag was added. > Sounds sensible. What about this confusing one: http://bit.ly/1hXvwVK The picnic ground/campsite is literally signed "No Name", and that's how everyone refers to it. I have no idea what the history is. (And there's a corner on the way up Mount Buller called 'Unnamed corner'). Steve
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