12 Jan 2020, 03:18 by [email protected]: > On 12/1/20 12:37 pm, Sebastian S. wrote: > >> When using OSMAnd for routing I came across the following note: "way has >> been simplified using a error criteria of 3m" it is usually in green text. >> Does anyone know what this means, why do we need the note? What purpose does >> it serve? >> > > > This is usually from an import of data. The data may have many points (nodes > in OSM) that lead to data bloat. > > JOSM has a tool that reduces the number of nodes such that any error will be > less than 3 meters from the original information, 'simplify way'. > > > It may be better to have these as 'comment=*' rather than 'note=*'? They > should only be for other mappers to see if they have some concern with the > data. > I think that place for such notes is a changeset history. Is it maybe really old import before changesets were added? I would delete such notes and have changeset with "original way geometry was simplified some time ago, unnecessary nodes were deleted"
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