>it was one person in CA adding 400 unverified tags to rail service in chicago. > >one just 818 m, away from my home. > >>Saturday, August 22, 2020 12:32 PM -05:00 from Martin Koppenhoefer < >>dieterdre...@gmail.com >: >> >>sent from a phone >> >>> On 22. Aug 2020, at 10:15, pangoSE < pang...@riseup.net > wrote: >>> >>> Here is yet another example of bad data in our database: >>fix it ;-) >> >>Of course OpenStreetMap contains errors, just like any other source, and >>probably more, given that most contributors are laymen and have very few >>experience (few total edits, often just 1). >> >>On the other hand, we may be very fast when something changes, very flexible >>in emergencies (think Haiti), and have interesting niche data that commercial >>and public data providers don’t care for. >> >>It all depends on the local community in the end. If you have reached a >>critical mass to have locals everywhere, it will work great and bugs will >>wash out. Otherwise the data might get stale just like any other data. Also >>using the data is essential to find the problems, for example the 212 story >>garage is likely fixed now ;-) >> >>I tend to agree with Steve A. >> >>Cheers Martin >>_______________________________________________ >>talk mailing list >>talk@openstreetmap.org >>https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > >
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