However, it's not approximately correct, it's just one geometry copied onto every building. It's like if you would copy a rectangle tagged landuse=farmland onto every field you see disregarding its actual shape. I would say better no data than false data. The suggestion to change them into nodes is the best option here imo.
Regards Andreas On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 11:09 PM John Whelan <[email protected]> wrote: > Different people have different standards. Normally in OpenStreetMap we > don't consider data consumers but they do exist. > > In Canada for example there are different levels of government and > government agencies who would like to see buildings in Canada. They are > available in different formats from a number of sources in Open Data format > with the correct licensing. However combining them with other sources > means it is more convenient for many to use OSM. > > We have had people complain that buildings have been mapped with too much > detail. I'm probably guilty of using the JOSM buildings_tool to simplify > buildings and not include the bumps for garages when mapping in Canada. > Talking to the government agencies and most would be delighted with the > level of detail and accuracy you've identified rather than have nothing. > > In Africa where I also map these would be considered to be more than > acceptable compared to many buildings that are mapped there. > > If you zap them what's left and is it better to have nothing than building > outline that is approximately correct? > > Cheerio John > > > > hbogner wrote on 2019-07-08 3:53 PM: > > My comment was not nice because I snapped after seeing what he/she did. > > As a schooled surveyor that kind of neglect and false data is hurting me > and I have the right to be angry. Maybe to harsh language but that data is > false data. > > Only one building on this map is not the same as the others: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/r3u6tow5qbc7jna/osm-Venko.png > They are copy/pasted all over the map. > > This is not the first complaint I got about him/her from Croatian > community. > > Croatian community does not like false data being entered just to fill the > map. > > > On 08. 07. 2019. 21:36, Bryan Housel wrote: > > hbonger, your comment here is not very nice. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/56552674 > > Reviewing their edits on OSMCha, most of their edits don’t look too bad > > https://osmcha.mapbox.com/changesets/69561377?filters=%7B%22users%22%3A%5B%7B%22label%22%3A%22Venko%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22Venko%22%7D%5D%2C%22date__gte%22%3A%5B%7B%22label%22%3A%22%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22%22%7D%5D%7D > <https://osmcha.mapbox.com/changesets/69561377?filters={"users":[{"label":"Venko","value":"Venko"}],"date__gte":[{"label":"","value":""}]}> > > > Maybe you should try being nicer to them and they might care about the map > more. Comments like yours ripple outwards and affect the rest of the OSM > project negatively.. Calling some’s edit “bullshit” is not going to get > them to draw better buildings. > > Just saying - be nicer, thanks. > Bryan > > > > > On Jul 8, 2019, at 2:57 PM, hbogner <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi all > > Is there a way to delete buildings created by specific user? > > Some users already complained about > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Venko to me for inaccurate mapping and > imaginary mapping. They wrote to him, but he didn't reply or stop. > > Here is an example on which I just stumbled: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/45.52874/15.48285&layers=N > > He copy/pasted one building all over the place. > > I tried to revert the changeset, but there are too many conflicts. > > Any suggestions how to fix this mess? > > regards, Hrvoje > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > -- > Sent from Postbox <https://www.postbox-inc.com> > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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