Hello Dave,
This is
amazing to see the vast number of invalid tags. This really calls
into question the integrity of the database. Do you have much luck
getting people to run the validator?
I am
baffled that the data validation does not take place right at the data
entry stage. This is very
On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 12:57:06AM -0700, Springfield Harrison wrote:
Hello Dave,
This is amazing to see the vast number of invalid tags. This really
calls into question the integrity of the database. Do you have much luck
getting people to run the validator?
In OSM there is no
There are a number of issues and trade offs. First JOSM actually does do
validation but many new mappers use id which apparently does not. If you
look at the numbers about half of the mappers are new mappers to OSM on
this project so we get a great deal of mapping from them. Some know very
Hi all,
Just to clarify, josm id both now validate but it's possible newbies
don't know how to handle the returned errors and just ignore them.
The untagged link in my original email was given as a sample only. There
are also many, many issues with routing, boundaries, waterways, etc etc
etc.
An interesting thread - I work for a national mapping agency and we collate
vector data from all over the world. My personal view is that a vector
database can either be consistent or complete and, when over certain size,
is rarely both. We run complex validation post-compilation across millions
This is especially applicable for the second pass tasks that are going on
right now but should be considered for anyone doing any Nepal tasks using
JOSM.
When you are mapping / validating a tile, please run the validator before
you mark the tile as complete. I can promise you, you will find
