I've stumbled across a couple of mappers who have been deleting untagged
ways identified by map roulette.
Is there any guidance I can point them to?
They aren't easy to spot as the evidence disappears quite quickly but
I've seen a section of waterway quite visible on Bing or Mapbox mapped
but untagged that has been deleted, I've seen paths into villages
visible on Bing or Mapbox again deleted.
The other issue is the imagery they are working from might be out of
date and I don't like deleting things just because they aren't shown in
Bing.
Sometimes deletion of an untagged way is correct, I've done it myself
when the untagged way maps a waterway that is already mapped, or a
highway that is already mapped but this is deleting when there is
nothing underneath.
Sometimes I come across a settlement where there might be fifty
buildings mapped but not tagged. My thoughts are it really is better to
tag them than delete them.
Thoughts?
Thanks John
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