On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Richard Welty <[email protected]> wrote: > if you see a discrepancy between aerial imagery and OSM, before you > go adding/changing stuff, check on the history of the stuff that's there > and see if another mapper has worked on things recently (for some > value of recently.)
[ ... ] > imagery goes out of date. armchair mappers must never forget > that. if the imagery doesn't match the map, contact a local mapper > if you can identify one. you could be fixing something that wasn't > actually broken. Indeed. New construction vs. old imagery isn't the only problem here. New, enthusiastic mappers are great; they are why the project keeps growing. Technology is not the complete answer. We might implement something new that coordinates with some sub-set of editor software, but we have to educate the mappers as part of the solution. We have to or we are dead. Untempered enthusiasm is a runaway train. It's low grade heat rather than directed energy. It's inefficient and harmful to surrounding systems. Every One Of Our Resources Is Lying To Us. We mappers have to learn which resources lie to us and in which ways. Then we can map with all of the resources at our disposal and a heaped serving of experience. We have to get armchair mappers to do actual foot surveys as part of their education. The context gained by mapping and remapping your neighbourhood cannot be overstated. As a new, armchair mapper, you cannot appreciate the whoppers that aerial imagery might lead you to publish until you catch yourself making a bone-headed error at home. And you can't catch yourself making that error thousands of miles from home. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
