+1 Power lines is a good example. We have some that were added for Birmingham from the 1:25k which are no longer present. Its easy to fix but a task we needn't have to do if folks traced what they know is present still on the ground.
Cheers Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:talk-gb- >[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Hill >Sent: 21 January 2010 10:53 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Talk-GB] OS 1:25K tracing > > >Since the out of copyright 1:25K maps appeared, there has been rather a >lot of tracing going on. On the whole, I think the availability of this >data is good. However, I have noticed that around the Gower peninsula, >quite a few nonexistent roads, etc. have appeared and have been attributed >to these maps. > >I'd like to take the opportunity to point out that blindly tracing fairly >old maps without doing any kind of a survey is pretty counterproductive - >someone now has to go around and survey and delete these bogus features. > >By all means, trace the maps to add stuff you know is there, but please >don't just trace everything without some local knowledge. > >-- > > - Steve > xmpp:[email protected] sip:[email protected] >http://www.nexusuk.org/ > > Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence > > >_______________________________________________ >Talk-GB mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
