arch_arch@... <arch_arch@...> writes: > I've detected a user who damages administrative boundaries around Rapid City. I've tried to contact the > user but I got no reaction. I've told the mapper that iD editor is inappropriate, as it has no built in > validator but he didn't stop the edits. > > I want to ask someone from the US to take care of the case and to involve the Data Working Group if necessary. > > This boundary got deleted: http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/194816 > invalid geometry: http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/195005 > invalid geometry: http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/194808 > deleted relation: http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/194807
It's clear that the user simply meant to remove the CDP boundaries (194816 and 194807), an action that many of us on this list (but maybe not all) would approve of. [1] Unfortunately, the user removed the CDP boundaries by deleting all the ways that belong to the CDP's relation, roping in members of neighboring non-CDP boundary relations. The good news is that Richard Fairhurst patched iD to prevent errors like this in the future. [2] The bad news is that the fix didn't make it into 1.7.0, the version currently on osm.org. So in the meantime we'll have to rely on user education. Echoing Greg's comments, even experienced mappers sometimes hop into iD or Potlatch to make quick edits. These editors may not be as mature as JOSM when it comes to relations, but it isn't necessary to dismiss them out of hand. When it comes to educating new mappers about data entry errors, I've found them to be more receptive to messages like "please be careful; here's what to watch out for". Thanks for bringing up this topic. It's an opportunity to remind mappers new and old to review their changesets before saving. iD's save panel lists changes along with validator warnings for some common errors. [3] If iD's validator is missing a check you consider useful, I'm sure the developers would appreciate a bug report. [4] [1] For example, see this thread: <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2015-January/014075.html> [2] https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/pull/2526 [3] https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/blob/master/js/id/validate.js [4] https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
