Hi Andrew, I used Potlatch 1 to retrieve your work. (edit with Potlatch, then remove the 2 from the url) Then advanced/undelete select the way and unlock. Don't forget to save.
It would indeed be better to map the road as a dual carriageway as well. Polyglot 2015-11-07 11:36 GMT+01:00 Andrew Errington <erringt...@gmail.com>: > Hi all, > > Here is a link to a random point on a light rail system: > http://osm.org/go/546Jvddtd--?m= > > Soon after it opened I travelled on it from end to end, collecting gps > data and photos of all the station signs. There are two railway > lines, one in each direction, and I mapped them both carefully. > > Recently I discovered that someone had helpfully deleted one of the > lines and tagged the other with tracks=2. I really don't think this > is acceptable. > > I found the changeset and asked the user who did it why they destroyed > my work. They replied: > "The OSM wiki implies that a single way with tracks=2 is the preferred > way of showing rail lines with two tracks. This was the method used > most in S. Korea, I was attempting to create consistency." > > This is not actually true (and I double-checked the wiki, just in > case). I pointed this out but the user did not acknowledge this was a > mistake, or offer an apology. > > So, my question is, am I being unreasonable, or am I right to think > this is unacceptable? How can I guard against this? I have no > problem with people improving the map by improving the data, but I am > starting to see a lot of deletions, incorrect tagging, and generally > shoddy work appearing, especially in Korea where I have done a lot of > original work. Do I have to set up some kind of watch on all of my > contributions and check them if someone edits them? > > Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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