Sorry for not checking the link, thanks for Jerry for picking out a
good example.
I agree that there is the right thing to do to let people know about
the need to link as it is not apparent when something looks right. I
did have a look at some way histories and the first ones I looked at
I found that the errors were from a year or so ago, so that didn't
seem appropriate. Similarly, I notice on Jerry's link that some
unlinked ways have a long history and the last editor may not have
been dealing with the part of the link.
I suspect that it is an area where it has never been done properly,
so there hasn't been an example to follow. The initial ways I
reviewed did not have recent errors so it seemed churlish to message
the editors who may well have moved on (or I suspect would by now
have understood the problem and reviewed their work), though some
others had recent edits from multiple people. Having had a further
scout around, I realise there are many areas like this. KeepRight is
an easy tool to use (though I am a bit puzzled as to how to persuade
it to give me a link to the current view!), so perhaps I should just
commend it to editors and ask them to review their areas for
connection errors.
Spenny
Shaun McDonald wrote on 21/08/2010 01:05:
Hi,
I have come across a few mappers in the past who have put in
a huge amount of effort to map their town, but were not aware of
the connectivity or the importance of. When I have explained it
to them and shown them some routing service that they hadn't
come across before, they are generally happy to learn from their
mistake, especially if you give some help with the editor and be
very specific about how to make the adjustments. Maybe there is
a specific tutorial or video that can now be linked to.
I think your link is to the wrong location.
Shaun
On 20 Aug 2010, at 23:57, Ian Spencer wrote:
I was checking why a
bike route from near Derby to Alton Towers was really
badly out and discovered that whoever has been mapping an
area around Derbyshire has been cunningly disguising their
ability to connect ways together. I've not come across
such a consistently bad area before (naive I know).
http://keepright.ipax.at/report_map.php?zoom=14&lat=48.20808&lon=16.37221
Might give you an idea of the scale of the issue. While
normally a local survey would be suggested, there are no
sources quoted on the ways typically, and a very high
number of ways simply do not join although keepright spots
that they are very close.
Anyone fancy checking through the area using an
appropriate resource (he says, reluctant to suggest Open
Street View for those who are OSV sensitive!). I've made a
start.
Spenny
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