Re: [OSM-talk] Attributing others' errors to OSM data and what to do about it. Was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue

2015-05-31 Thread Janko Mihelić
OSM should act as a consultant to data consumers. Whenever a mistake like this is spotted, we should try to contact the data consumer and help repair the misinterpretation. I think nothing more is needed. We should also make it easier for data consumers to interpret data correctly. I think we shou

Re: [OSM-talk] Attributing others' errors to OSM data and what to do about it. Was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue

2015-05-31 Thread Michał Brzozowski
100% true. Consumers don't respect (Polish word "szanować" beside "to respect" means something like taking care of a thing, especially if you got it from someone) our data. Most implementations are mediocre to horrible. Main offenses are displaying irrelevant things, very scarce tags support, parti

Re: [OSM-talk] Attributing others' errors to OSM data and what to do about it. Was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue

2015-05-31 Thread pmailkeey .
Totally agree - the oneway(=no) is being misinterpreted. OSM's BIG ISSUE is what to do about others misinterpreting OSM data and attributing the error to OSM. -- Mike. @millomweb - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *th