Aug 14, 2020, 15:53 by for...@david-woolley.me.uk: > On 14/08/2020 12:46, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-GB wrote: > >> If signage on the ground is gone or never existed then route relation should >> not be mapped in OSM*. >> > > In the long term, this could make OSM useless for motor traffic as there is a > general policy of decluttering signs. One of the arguments for that is that > everyone uses satellite navigators, so they don't need the signs. I think is > also used as an argument for why it can take councils years to fix missing > street name signs. > > If OSM relies on on the ground signage, when the authorities rely on virtual > signage in online maps, it could lose a lot of roads! > At least in Poland it is purely theoretical issue while problem of nonexisting/proposed/gone route relations cluttering map is real (local governments and organizations keep creating various routes and later fail to maintain them).
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