Has anyone written a guide to validation? I dont recall seeing it. This might help in a few ways:
1. Documenting knowledge 2. Advancing process 3. Talking points for those running mapathons 4. Diagrams of a "validated edit" vs "needs rework" Heather On 10 Jul 2016 21:52, "Dan Joseph" <dan.b.jos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this in areas with dense structures and instead of trying to trace each > building the mapper has just traced around the entire group? Or the mapper > has just incorrectly used the building key when they should use the landuse > key? If the area is particularly large I would think the JOSM validation > process might flag the issue via a 'building inside building' error or some > sort of features overlapping/crossing error. > > If multiple mappers from the same mapathon make the mistake, it may be > productive to reach out to the mapathon organizer and ask them to spend a > little more time at their next event going over how to map buildings and > tag them correctly. > > While some mapathon mappers do only map once and never again. Mapathons > are a great way to introduce people to OSM and also result in long-term > contributors. > > All the best, > Dan > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 2:48 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> When validating I'm seeing number of cases when building=yes, residential >> or house is used to tag landuse=residential. >> >> Going through a to-do list and checking every building doesn't cut it for >> me. >> >> In general these are maperthon mappers of the type I call disposable >> mappers so leaving feedback really doesn't work. They map once and that's >> about it. >> >> Any suggestions on how to catch them. I have noticed that >> building=residential is often used in this way. Having smaller tiles helps >> as you get fewer mappers completing the tiles and once I spot one by a >> particular mapper then I can roll out the to-do list plugin. >> >> Thanks John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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