ael <law_ence....@...> writes: >And I would take a dim view of anyone removing names that I have >entered from gps and photos unless there was a very good reason.
A different name in the Ordnance Survey maps is such a very good reason. I know we all like to imagine that our own data quality from many rain-soaked trudges through the streets with GPS receivers must automatically be superior to all outside sources, but sadly it just isn't the case. From the streets I've rechecked in London, it is far more likely that OSM is wrong than that OS is wrong. This also includes streets that I have mapped myself from surveys and written notes. It can be something as simple as clicking on a road to add the name to it, not realizing that the road has two names along its length, and you only saw the sign at one end. This is a fairly common occurrence in OSM data; yes, the name was surveyed from photographs or eyeballing, but yet it is not entirely correct. Of course, the original work of surveying is not lost. Both the original name entered into OSM and the name found in OS are preserved in the FIXME tag. But if the name is most likely incorrect, it surely shouldn't be in the 'name' tag. -- Ed Avis <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
