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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14-Sep-16 09:53 PM, Dave F wrote:<br>
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The only conclusion to fear of adding data, by any means, due to
it going out of date, is to not add any data at all, and I'm
pretty sure no of us want that.
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Dave F.
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Yep. If a pub has no beer then people won't use it, a pub with beer
that has gone off will get complaints ... and given time may be of
use again.<br>
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Reliance on a 'maintainer' will fail eventually when the person
moves on (other activities, other places). <br>
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In cities it is not unusual for a shop to close, but the city would
still have similar shops and the vacant space would be taken by
another shop... possibly selling similar things. Humm sounds a bit
'Hitch-hiker Guide to the Galaxy' with the lemon<span class="st">-soaked
paper napkins</span>? Where it is a single remote service .. say
Betty Hill store.. then there is a much greater need to keep it 'up
to date' and yet there would be less total passing people .. but
they would be more motivated. <br>
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As for Lloyds and TSB ... the function still remains in the same
location? So the service in fact remains but the name has
changed... not a great problem? Certainly the majority of people are
not motivated enough to do anything about it. <br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:57D93A4B.7030505@btinternet.com" type="cite">On
14/09/2016 10:27, Ed Loach wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Dan wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Town-centre blitzes can lead to
out-of-date data very quickly. Town
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centre data is better to have in OSM if it has maintainer(s).
Jerry
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acknowledged this, but I still would like to register a
concern about
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that!
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I'll agree that it is better to have a maintained set of data,
but once it is mapped it is easier to maintain. Locally I added
Clacton town centre and while I know there are some shops I
currently need to resurvey I did do three the other lunchtime
when I went to collect my new pair of glasses. With Vespucci on
my phone I was just able to tap each building in turn to check
whether it was correct or not, and if not update it there and
then (a couple of instances where it needed more complicated
editing I added a note and fixed those when I got back). It is
the initial survey and mapping which takes the time.
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But out-of-date data remains a problem - after all look how many
Lloyds TSB's remain
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=Lloyds+TSB#values">http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=Lloyds+TSB#values</a>
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and the Lloyds and TSB names split in September 2013.
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Ed
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