Re: [Talk-GB] “Correcting” existing data wi th OS Opendata

2010-07-19 Thread Jerry Clough - OSM
This was me, but I know that Paul Sladen, Simon Halsey, and probably others, were also affected. Has anyone has sent the offending user a message? He/she is a relative newcomer, and has edited in Trowbridge as well as Carlton/Gedling. They have also edited in Germany, but no indication of

Re: [Talk-GB] “Correcting” existing data wi th OS Opendata

2010-07-19 Thread Dave F.
On 19/07/2010 11:40, Jerry Clough - OSM wrote: This was me, but I know that Paul Sladen, Simon Halsey, and probably others, were also affected. Has anyone has sent the offending user a message? He/she is a relative newcomer, and has edited in Trowbridge as well as Carlton/Gedling. I've been

Re: [Talk-GB] “Correcting” existing data wi th OS Opendata

2010-07-19 Thread Simon Ward
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:18:45PM +0100, Dave F. wrote: In principle I understand what your saying agree to some extent; except that I think it's incorrect to assume that on ground surveying is necessarily more accurate. GPS tracks are prone to being sent off course by the surroundings such

[Talk-GB] “Correcting” existing data wi th OS Opendata

2010-07-18 Thread Simon Ward
I just added a comment to the talk page about OS Opendata[1]: It seems that some people have been using OS Opendata to “correct” existing data, moving ways to match OS Opendata, and in some cases removing attributes (such as surface=paved). Please, please, please, pretty please don’t just assume