The problem is consistancy, http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features
and the internal tags differ from what one has to enter in iD. Not
everyone has their own personal trainer at a mapperthon, not everyone uses
English. It's not just a matter of updating in one place but many many
places. Changing the iD tag to "Minor Rd (unclassified)" would keep the
connections and mean the existing documentation could be left as it is.
Perhaps the answer is to mechanically go through OSM and change every
single tag that says unclassified to minor road that would at least keep it
all consistant and use the same terms.
Cheerio John
On 7 March 2016 at 09:19, Vao Matua <vaoma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Dale & Mikel,
>
> JOSM and iD are just tools, each with their strengths and weaknesses.
>
> I have made thousands of edits with both and demonstrate both when I lead
> mapathons, most people choose to edit tasks with JOSM, but many like iD,
> the important thing is to coach them to create good data.
>
> If the HOT community can't handle a simple change of moving an ambiguous
> term that describes what something is not ("Unclassified") to a term that
> better describes what a feature represents on the ground ("Minor road")
> then maybe the "Open" in OSM and HOT should be replaced with "Closed"?
>
> It will take a long time to map the third planet from the sun, but we've
> made a good start.
>
> Emmor
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:45 AM, Dale Kunce <dale.ku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm totally against HOT maintaining a fork of ID. It sounds simple enough
>> in the beginning but will be more difficult as time goes on.
>>
>> Updating training materials is a pretty simple thing to do as we should
>> try and refresh them regularly anyway.
>> On Mar 6, 2016 10:55 PM, "Mikel Maron" <mikel.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> People, get a grip.
>>>
>>> There are a lot of cool ideas that have risen and re-risen in this
>>> thread. Custom iD presets for HOT tasks, tighter coordination between
>>> training guides and software release cycles, better management of tags
>>> across OSM.
>>>
>>> HOT excels in emergencies, but this isn't one. The label "unclassified
>>> road" has changed to "minor road". This is a good thing (
>>> https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2916) and something we can
>>> easily get our minds around.
>>>
>>> -Mikel
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