On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 5:44 AM John Whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I note that the matter has been raised in talk-de and mentioned in osm > weekly. > > Tagging is not always easy, but I do have concerns when iD is so commonly > used but the recommended tags do not align with OpenStreetMap I'll say > normals. > > Specifically one of my concerns is a semi-detached house is not recognised > in iD only the more general tag house. > > John - did you look at Github issue 2776 [1] that discussed Semi-Detached? I've never tagged a semi-detached house, but iD offers it as a preset. JOSM I think is much more open than iD but given the way OpenStreetMap > functions I suspect ID is a much more closed environment. > Can you help me understand what you mean by iD is a much more closed environment? Are you saying because it is a browser based application it is more closed or??? When I look at the number of people that have created issues and the current pull requests it seems like a number of people are involved. > > For example JOSM has the buildings_tool plugin, Africa has a large number > of odd shaped buildings mapped in iD. > It seems to me that building shapes are more of a newbie issue than editor issue. I look at each new editor in my state. Squaring buildings is one of the most common tips I give new mappers. Had they started out in JOSM, I suspect I'd still be giving the same tip. Not because of the editor but they wouldn't know to install and use the building tool. > Thoughts ladies and gentlemen? > I believe iD has come a long way. I'm using it more and more instead of JOSM. I applaud the speed at which Bryan and others respond to issues and have improved it. The original post on talk-de really seemed to be complaining that the development staff is paid. Maybe what we should be asking is "Should OSMF fund development of tools?" [1] https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2776 Best, Clifford -- @osm_washington osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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