if untagged ways corresponds to something clearly visible on aerial then deleting them is clearly harmful
can you link examples of bad edits and MR task inducing them? May 22, 2025, 16:29 by jwhelan0...@gmail.com: > 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 The other issue is the imagery they are working from might be out of date and 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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