Hi Lester Thanks for your reply.
On 12/08/11 09:32, Lester Caine wrote: > Steve Dobson wrote: >>> I think it would be much better if he didn't keep deleting ways when >>> > he wants to alter them and instead altered the existing way, to avoid >>> > creating all these unconnected roads (and also make it easier to see >>> > the history of the way). >> Even though I'm a relative newbie to OSM (& and very much to this list) >> I think that this kind of activity needs to be discouraged. > > I think this is highlighting the need for an improvement being discussed > on the main talk list ... > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/new_id] > > It is interesting looking at the history for some changes and seeing > what 'collateral damage' is being done to additional information by > people who have yet to fully get up to speed with all the finer points > of editing. Playing devils advocate here - one man's 'collateral damage' is another man's improvements. As a newbie how do I know that my edits are `good'? One joins OSM and gets full edit rights to the database. I didn't have to pass any tests to show that I know what I'm doing. I've just looked at what has been none in other areas of the map and aped it. > At least the addition of a tag which links the deleted or > earlier related material would allow others to backtrack and 'repair the > damage', perhaps we need a merge tool so that tags from the older id's > can be restored to the new one? Whilst scanning history I've noticed > many places where items HAVE been deleted and replaced with in essence > the same item, but with things like disability access lost. > > Personally I would prefer to see 'delete' removed altogether, and > replaced with 'end_date', since in many cases the historic information > IS as important as the current view. Current map rendering simply > ignores anything with an end_date older than today, but we can still > render maps for previous time frames :) >From a tracking point of view I completely agree with you here. The new_id proposal will only work if people know about it and use it - which will not happen universally. Steve -- Steve Dobson _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb