Re: [OSM-talk] Old phone line or old power line?

2020-06-28 Thread steve . barkto
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:04:46 -0600, Mike Thompson wrote: >Any idea whether this is an old powerline or an old phone line? Photo is >geotagged, so if you download it and drop it into JOSM you can see the >larger context. > >https://photos.app.goo.gl/6cMueDbGJPdz8Es77 That is standard constructi

Re: [OSM-talk] Could/should editors detect/disallow huge changeset bboxes?

2020-06-14 Thread steve . barkto
On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 21:36:37 +0100, Alan Mackie wrote: >I have no problem with big bounding boxes that result from editing large >objects. I get annoyed by the ones where somebody added twontiny houses on >opposite sides of the world. And those with a normal work method of editing random items

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we map things that do not exist?

2020-05-25 Thread steve . barkto
On Mon, 25 May 2020 08:20:03 -0600 (GMT-06:00), Jack Armstrong wrote: >Why are railways given a special status? One possible view is that railways were an early OSM data consumer. In many cases, OSM became the best resource to know current and previous rail lines, and useful for cases to tra

Re: [OSM-talk] Taking a break and a call for help

2020-03-26 Thread steve . barkto
Paul, I hope your truck is recovered in good condition. My perception of Amazon edits is overwhelmingly positive. I see the same types of mistakes, but those mistakes are one the same level or less than traditional craft mappers. On the plus side, they are neatly solving the last mile mappi