> Developing an editor requires making decisions and having opinions on OSM tagging. This in turn means getting it wrong sometimes.
There is a concept of Threat Risk Assessment which more or less says to manage risk you take into account the impact if it goes wrong. If we have individual mappers making decisions on tags then if they get one wrong no big deal the impact on the overall map is small. With something like iD spoon feeding new mappers with suggested presets the impact is much greater if something isn't quite right or the "directions" are not crystal clear and let's face it not all mapper's first language is English and reading through instructions is not fashionable in some quarters. I have two thoughts one is simply we have discussed the matter and accepted that the TRA is acceptable, the other comes back to your point about decisions being made. Should there be a reviewing committee before implementation? This is a more formal approach than OSM has traditionally taken but we have grown in size and perhaps it is time to be more formal for somethings these days. Cheerio John On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 at 18:23, Paul Norman <penor...@mac.com> wrote: > JOSM has also done the same, and gone farther with creating new tags on > its issue tracker. > > Developing an editor requires making decisions and having opinions on OSM > tagging. This in turn means getting it wrong sometimes. > > On Apr 7, 2019 5:43 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. > > JOSM I think is much more open than iD but given the way OpenStreetMap > functions I suspect ID is a much more closed environment. > > For example JOSM has the buildings_tool plugin, Africa has a large number > of odd shaped buildings mapped in iD. > > Thoughts ladies and gentlemen? > > Thanks John > > > -- > Sent from Postbox > <https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campaign=reach> > > >
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