In this case and others, we should keep in mind whether P2 or JOSM have safer or smarter behavior. Would they 'notice' that this new road segment has meaning? Put another way: iD will never prevent all mistakes, but does it prevent less than P2 and co? (in this case, I think the answer is "no")
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org>wrote: > >> It has been claimed often that "iD damages relations". Can we somehow >> substantiate that claim? >> >> Could anyone provide a detailed description of a non-esoteric use case >> that involves >> * a kind (and structure) of relation that is very common and thus likely >> to be encountered by a new contributor; >> * a simple-looking edit that is likely to be made by a new contributor >> and that results in a broken relation in iD? >> In what way will the relation be broken, and what indication (if any) >> does iD display about the problem? >> >> This is a honest question because I haven't researched the claims in >> depth ... > > > Here's a way I once damaged a relation, and could do it again with iD: > > There was a section of messed up road. In order to keep the context on > screen, I drew the "correct" road, tagged it as a road, then deleted the > squiggle. > iD could improve on this by noting I've drawn a line between two ways > within the same relation, and asking me what I meant. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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