Re: [HOT] Could we get more out of our mappers by asking for less?

2017-02-26 Thread Russell Deffner
On this topic, there has been concern over validators doing so much deletion of recently mapped objects. This triggers a few monitoring sites that watch for 'suspicious changesets'; it doesn't mean much in the immediate, but thinking longer term for the OSM project, those algorithms could be

Re: [HOT] Could we get more out of our mappers by asking for less?

2017-02-26 Thread Andrew Buck
> I think this is a different conversation, I would prefer mappers take a > little more time and care, some buildings I've seen mapped have little > relationship to the size or shape of the building. > > Cheerio John I agree on this. Especially with respect to buildings. Roads are fairly easy

Re: [HOT] Could we get more out of our mappers by asking for less?

2017-02-26 Thread john whelan
> I would switch it: Map buildings (and maybe residential areas) first and then roads. Buildings or residential areas help mapping roads (if a road is a track or unclassified) while roads are no help when mapping buildings. I would agree that mapping highways without settlements is more

Re: [HOT] Could we get more out of our mappers by asking for less?

2017-02-26 Thread john whelan
>The one caution I would suggest is that "If something is worth mapping it is worth mapping correctly". Here in Ethiopia I have spent a lot of time adding nodes to roads that were digitized at a coarse scale. Mapping quickly doesn't have to be done crudely. There is no troupe of magic mapping

Re: [HOT] Could we get more out of our mappers by asking for less?

2017-02-26 Thread Florian Niel
I would switch it: Map buildings (and maybe residential areas) first and then roads. Buildings or residential areas help mapping roads (if a road is a track or unclassified) while roads are no help when mapping buildings. Am 26.02.2017 um 03:36 schrieb Vao Matua: John, I think there is merit