I never use them, I have haven't seen a lot of vandalism of my work. This doesn't prove anything at all :-)
On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 12:01 PM, ael <law_ence....@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 09:09:10AM +0200, Marc Gemis wrote: >> As if a lazy mapper ever looks at the other tags before imposing their >> "I know it better practice" (or in case they do not know any better). >> For anyone doing a decent survey, the source tags are useless as they >> have found the truth on the ground. > > Yes there are such vandals, and they will ignore everything. > But since i have used source tags, my work gets vandalised much less. > > Furthermore, the changeset comments are pretty useless in this area. > When I am mapping in an unfamiliar area, I try to assess whether my > information is better than the current mapping. I use a rather accurate > gps unit, photography and gps tagged video as my primary data, usually > also checking on imagery, and the public gps traces. Obviously I check > on the source tags, and sometimes check the changeset comments if in > doubt. However, mapping already takes far too much time, and there is no > way that I am going to consult every changeset for each object I modify. > But I can't help seeing any source tag. They are needed! > >> IMHO source tags are only useful for armchair mappers that want to >> check other peoples work without going out and checking the reality. > > As above, I need then to avoid trampling on other people's > work. > > ael > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
