Hi,
I “dogfood” OpenStreetMap and use it in my GPS for directions. I was a bit
surprised when I came across an almost two year old roundabout on a main road
that wasn’t mapped. I’ve mapped it now at
http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/48106706#map=15/-35.5205/138.6359
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/48106706#map=15/-35.5205/138.6359>
This seems to be a problem that, as editors were not picking and mapping up
this change. Maybe no editors travels this way, but still I was a bit
embarrassed by the non-editors in the car.
I found a number of data sources with no hint of it such as aerial imagery or
Strava cycling data. GPS tracks hints at it but I can’t be sure. I did find it
in the Roads data set on data.sa.gov.au <http://data.sa.gov.au/> but not on
“State Maintained Roads”.
As a suggestion, it looks as though we need some sort of comparison process for
generations of “State Maintained Roads” to identify and validate changes.
Another solution is to recruit more editors.
Your thoughts?
Alex
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