I have successfully reverted the changeset. Now dreaming up a suitable diplomatic explanation for the new mapper.
I am using JOSM, on Fedora 17. Phil (trigpoint) On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 19:03 +0000, SomeoneElse wrote: > The following changeset by a new mapper near Leyland appears problematical: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/14536266 > > It doesn't appear to be malicious - it looks like it's a case of "delete > everything and redraw it badly". > > An example is: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/199632688 > > It doesn't join at the north end, has an incorrect name, and misses the > speed limits that had been manually surveyed for the ways that it replaced. > > Three of the four pages of ways in the changeset contain similar deletions. > > I had intended to revert it* and then explain to the new mapper what the > problem was. Unfortunately JOSM with the reverter plugin falls over > with a null pointer exception. Plan B is probably "revert.pl" but I've > unfortunately run out of time tonight. > > Could some kind soul who's got revert.pl or some alternative installed, > tested and working revert changeset 14536266? > > Cheers, > > Andy > > * Yes, I know that this is a very drastic action - but in this case > (given the damage done) I think that it would be justified. I'm also > happy to discuss alternative approaches if anyone feels that there's a > better way of dealing with this particular issue. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
