Robin Paulson wrote:
there's a mapper near me, who's very active adding data.
the problem is, he's making a lot of mistakes, such as roads not
joining correctly at junctions, bridges drawn as a separate parallel
line to the highway they should relate to, and other fairly
unambiguous errors.
up till now, i've corrected mistakes as i've seen them, but he does so
much it's become a hell of a job, and feels like pointless duplication
of effort
Firstly, contact him. I contact people in my area who have made three or
four edits - that way I know they are not just correcting a single
error. I say 'Hi, if you need any help let me know', and nothing more at
first.
i would like to point out what he's doing, but am concerned i'll piss
him off and/or discourage him from mapping at all. the area we're in
doesn't have a huge number of mappers, so osm really needs his
enthusiasm and knowledge
Be encouraging, say how great it is that he is adding some stuff, which
the area really needs. Then point out that the routing software needs
roads to join up and explain how it's easier to join them up when they
are first added than doing it later. Introducing the routing software
hints that there are other uses than just a pretty map which he might
not be aware of.
Sadly you might scare him off, but if he has already added lots of stuff
then probably not.
any suggestions on how to approach this?
i guess this is more of a training/diplomacy issue than mapping per
se, but i was never great at either of those
cheers
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Cheers, Chris
user: chillly
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