Thanks all, I will probably have a look at OSMAnd settings as a first step.
When editing the note don't bother me too much. On 12 January 2020 9:31:33 pm AEDT, Mateusz Konieczny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >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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