Speed limits even n4 On August 17, 2014 7:43:03 AM CDT, Philip Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 2014-08-17 at 02:22 +0200, Andreas Vilén wrote: > > The user in question now told me he's been using the Wisepilot > > app: http://www.appello.com/apps/wisepilot/ and seemed totally > > oblivious to it being a mystery, and that it creates strange and > > unhelpful notes in most cases. > > > > > > I'm guessing Wisepilot doesn't make it very clear what happens when > > someone reports an error in the app. > > Thanks Andreas > > I have just downloaded wisepilot and have been having a play. > > The first issue I can see is that it defaults to km and to change this > relies on the user digging into the settings. This should be a startup > question, or just use the GPs to work it out would be even better. > > The proliferation of these notes using km in the UK does suggest users > are not bothering to set it up properly. The km display will obviously > proliferate erroneous reports for an unaware user. > > The speed limit report starts at zero, which is a ridiculous number. I > guess many do not bother to select the correct limit, but just hit > report. selecting the speed then replies on the user scrolling through > a > list, there are too many options including 5's. All UK limits are > multiples of 10, have never seen a km speed limit ending in 5 whilst > driving in Europe either. > > Phil (trigpoint) > > > > > > > /Andreas > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Andreas Vilén > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Uhm, no, that's not it... Look at > > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/57.9221/12.5033&layers=N > > for example. Also, at least 40-50 notes have been created on > > this exact location: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/215471 > > That leads me to believe that that position is the "zero > > position" of the app used to create these notes. > > > > > > It would be really great if the person who managed to figure > > out what app creates these notes could speak out. The guy I > > contacted about this also doesn't seem to want to answer > > questions... Why is everything so cryptic? > > > > > > /Andreas > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 8:36 PM, John F. Eldredge > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 08/16/2014 01:34 AM, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > > > > 2014-08-16 8:28 GMT+02:00 Maarten Deen > > > <[email protected]>: > > > On 2014-08-16 01:48, Andreas Vilén wrote: > > > This continues to be really > > > annoying, and the obvious spam > seems > > > to > > > cluster at a few locations, where > > > 10-20 notes can be created with > the > > > same information. The maker of > this > > > app must be made clear that notes > > > can't work like this, and users > > > would at least be required to give > > > some contact information. Most of > > > the notes that come from this app > > > are useless and will probably stay > > > in the database forever. > > > > > > > > > And the notes may be anonymous, but IMHO > it > > > is prudent to put in the message or the > > > metadata which app reported it. That way > you > > > don't have to go on a wild goose chase to > > > see where it is coming from. > > > > > > Maarten > > > > > > If the useless notes are concentrated at a few > points, > > it may mean that someone who lives there or passes > > through on a regular basis is alpha-testing or > > beta-testing an app. I agree that both a user > contact > > and the identify of the app are needed. > > -- > > John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] > > "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can > do that. > > Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." > > Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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