Interesting point about the wiki. I do think you need to be brave to update.
Sent from my iPad On 7 Jan 2013, at 19:17, "Jeff Meyer" <j...@gwhat.org> wrote: > Hi Dudley - > > Welcome to OSM! I think you've done great work & done everything you're > supposed to do. Then again, I'm pretty much a newcomer, too. > > One warning: the whole topic of the wiki / tagging / etc. is a little more > chaotic than you might expect kas a newcomer. > > For whatever reason, some people believe the wiki is out of date, or not > relevant. I and many others believe this is a silly perspective & that the > wiki is correct and up to date until it is changed. > > Stay tuned, hang in there, and keep mapping! > > Thanks, Jeff > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Dudley Ibbett <dudleyibb...@hotmail.com> > wrote: >> As a relatively new mapper I am rather confused about this discussion about >> source. To quote the wiki for the tag, source: >> >> "The source tag is a meta-tag, used for categorising the source of >> information added to the database. It is not usually used for rendering, but >> it assists with the verification of data, and informs future editors about >> the origins of the data they are modifying." >> >> In term of the changeset this is what you find for the change set under >> "proposed features/changeset" >> >> "This tag is to be used the same way as source=* on objects and may be a >> future replacement to object level source tagging, when using it, it is >> highly recommended that your edit should only contain data from that source." >> >> The former is quite well documented and readily seen by newbies under the >> properties window in JOSM. I've no idea how to find the latter within JOSM >> for a particular object. >> >> I can be a pain to add source tags to each object but I just hacked the >> presets and added a drop down box for these. I though it was good mapping >> practice as per the wiki. >> >> I would be tempted to just to tag the changeset but I would have to change >> the way I edit and use many more changesets during a typical session. >> Perhaps I should and this is why my stats are so bad in this respect!!! >> >> If putting source on the changeset is to be the way forward then it should >> be better documented for Newbies and also the changeset tag needs to be >> readily viewable for an object in editors. i.e. there when you select it in >> the editor. If it already is and I'm missing this, it would be good to know >> how you can view this information as I tend to be more likely to change an >> object where there is no object source tag. >> >> Dudley >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > -- > Jeff Meyer > Global World History Atlas > www.gwhat.org > j...@gwhat.org > 206-676-2347 > www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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