>So we maintain the accurate mapping ... and map what is seen. That's fine but (in my opinion) what I see is:
- A building, probably with a name like "Unit 2". - No shop and therefore nothing to have a shop name. - And an old sign. This is therefore what I shall be mapping when I come across them. Rob On Sat, 5 May 2018, 23:41 Rob Nickerson, <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > The reason I said "full removal preferred" was because on a shop=* > feature, my understanding is that the name tag relates to the shop. So no > shop equals no shop to have a name. > > If an old sign still exists then this should be mapped *as a sign* not as > a shop. > > So perhaps we need to edit these to remove the shop tag and name tag and > to add an advertising=sign tag and message=Toys R Us tag. > > To me this feels like the most appropriate OSM tags to use. > > What do you think? > > Rob > > > On Sat, 5 May 2018, 11:57 Rob Nickerson, <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> And for the balance: I disagree with Frederik on this one. >> >> If we know the map is wrong we should fix it. We should not leave it just >> because it may encourage others to fix it and then go on to do other local >> edits. >> >> Frederik's view is that a crap map encourages more people to edit. I'm >> not convinced. A crap map could also put people off - "why bother, OSM is >> so far behind, I'll contribute to/just use Google maps instead" >> >> I agree that a *blank* map encourages new mappers, but that was 10 years >> ago! Less convinced that an out of date map does. At least not with our >> current homepage or if we do get a new mapper its most likely to be a >> single edit (maybe with MapsMe) rather than a new prolific mapper. >> >> So I'm happy with this mechanical edit (full removal preferred, but >> addition of disussed ok too). >> >> Rob >> >> P.s. Do we still have cases of Lloyds TSB in OSM? >> > > On 5 May 2018 11:57 a.m., "Rob Nickerson" <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > And for the balance: I disagree with Frederik on this one. > > If we know the map is wrong we should fix it. We should not leave it just > because it may encourage others to fix it and then go on to do other local > edits. > > Frederik's view is that a crap map encourages more people to edit. I'm not > convinced. A crap map could also put people off - "why bother, OSM is so > far behind, I'll contribute to/just use Google maps instead" > > I agree that a *blank* map encourages new mappers, but that was 10 years > ago! Less convinced that an out of date map does. At least not with our > current homepage or if we do get a new mapper its most likely to be a > single edit (maybe with MapsMe) rather than a new prolific mapper. > > So I'm happy with this mechanical edit (full removal preferred, but > addition of disussed ok too). > > Rob > > P.s. Do we still have cases of Lloyds TSB in OSM? > > >
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