80n schrieb: > > The problem with GPS toting mappers is that they will often believe > their GPS tracks are at least as accurate as those used for all the > other data in OSM, so there's a strong temptation to move things around > a bit based on the information they have to hand - I know, I've done it.
;-) A bit of a skeptical view about your own GPS data accuracy is *always* a good idea, no doubt about that :-) > What's needed here is not an immutable=yes tag but rather a couple of > tags source=DEC and accuracy=definitive which will give GPS toting > mappers the information they need to know that the data in OSM is likely > to be more accurate that their GPS. They can then take an informed view > about whether or not to mess with it. Sounds like a good approach. Having something like "You are about to edit data that is probably more accurate (<Xm) than what you can achieve with common GPS equipment. Are you really sure you want to change this?" However, I don't know if the editors will implement something like this anytime soon ... Regards, ULFL _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk