On 19/05/2014 11:42 PM, Steve Bennett wrote:
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Warin <[email protected]
<mailto:[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
Glad it helps, and should have made a good trip. And ... no I don't
think that was me ... NSW, Tas, some bits along the Nullabor IIRC.
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').
Well if you add the tag source:name then it should be clear that it is a
real name? Rather than a description .. like "Service Road", "No Public
Access" ... in some ways I don't mind that in the name tag as it does
convey information that may not be avaliable otherwise.
The tag unsigned come from the wiki
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Noname
I don't like the finality of the tag noname as that implys there is no
name at all... the sign may be missing .. but it may still have a name.
Even just a local name that the locals use to idntify it.
I tend to map stuff that is there .. as even if you cannot use it for
access (closed for whatever reason) you can use it for navigation .. but
there are other views.
https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/6728/tagging-historicunsignedunmaintained-trails
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