I tend to see an NPE tag as something that needs attention. A lot of the area, where I now live, North Shropshire, was armchair mapped using NPE maps. That includes a lot of roads, I am getting through resurveying them but even today I found one that according to my GPS was 50m from where it should be.
In the case of a road I see it as an indication that there is a road there (somewhere), or it may be a dirt track, NPE did not show the difference and I have re-tagged quite a few of these. Phil (trigpoint) On Sun, 2013-10-06 at 16:23 +0000, Barnett, Phillip wrote: > Paul, > > NPE maps were the first backgrounds for the editors other than some > quite low res Yahoo imagery of the UK, so people used them for mapping > streams/rivers/woods etc back in the day. As you have noticed, they > don’t necessarily relate to modern streams – they may have dried up or > been culverted/piped long since. They are all over 50 years old, (for > copyright reasons) after all. > > Yes, if the facts on the ground have changed, then the stream needs to > be moved, or removed. No process needed, just use an editor. > > > > Note – only remove NPE tagged items if you know they have changed – > don’t just do a mass-remove! (That’s in the unlikely event you were > planning to write a bot to remove them all!) > > Phil > > > > > > > > > PHILLIP BARNETT > SERVER MANAGER > > 200 GRAY'S INN ROAD > LONDON > WC1X 8XZ > UNITED KINGDOM > T +44 207 430 4474 > E [email protected] > WWW.ITN.CO.UK > P Please consider the environment. Do you really need to print this > email? > > > > From: Paul Churchley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 06 October 2013 16:57 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Talk-GB] NPE data > > > > > I have come across some data tagged as source=npe. I know what the NPE > maps are but my question is a bit of a newbies one... why is NPE data > mapped on OSM if it is so old? > > > I have just mapped an area for a customer of mine and there is a > stream mapped running right through the centre of his property. It is > tagged source=npe. The stream is no longer there and hasn't been for > the 20 or so years he has owned the property. > > > The old stream is showing up on OSM rendered tiles. His properly is a > caravan site and so it would be good if his property did not have a > stream that no longer exists running through it as it suggests that it > might flood... which it doesn't. > > > What is the situation regarding npe data? Can it be removed? Obviously > I would just remove it!!! But is there is a process to get it removed? > If it is to be kept, then how can we get the OSM tiles rendered > without it showing this old stream? I can see that some specialist > tiles might want to show old data like this but I wouldn't have > thought it appropriate that normal OSM tiles would need to show this > old data would it? > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > Paul > > > > > Please Note: > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily represent those of Independent Television News Limited > unless specifically stated. This email and any files attached are > confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or > entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in > error, please notify [email protected] > > Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the > protection of our clients and business, we may monitor and read > messages sent to and from our systems. > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
