<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 7:09 AM Aaron Forsythe <<a href="mailto:idnwys@gmail.com">idnwys@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-8557797990591818717WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">These are all just my opinions, so don't take as fact. I could be wrong.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">>> We were able to get a local GIS to release data to OSM. In analyzing </p><p class="MsoNormal">the data, I notice that address tags are much more carefully updated </p><p class="MsoNormal">than road names. So I could create a local project to correct some </p><p class="MsoNormal">local roads based on corrections from the address data. I hesitate </p><p class="MsoNormal">because then those changes will be reverted when they don't match TIGER.</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Having someone "fix" your edits using bad data is a problem. Two examples come to mind, the first is when someone uses older imagery to align a road. I've even done that to one of my own edits. The second is when a street name is added from local knowledge that is different from TIGER. In both cases, unless the editor is paying attention to the tags, they will likely just change your edit. What I recommend is to watch edits in your area. I recommend Simons's Who Did it. <a href="https://simon04.dev.openstreetmap.org/whodidit/">https://simon04.dev.openstreetmap.org/whodidit/</a> Use the RSS feed to watch edits in your area.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-8557797990591818717WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Usually, at least around here, addresses have the correct street names. Street signs are sometimes wrong, especially if it will save a few dollars. Quite common for older street signs to leave out spaces in the name, leave off the Dr/St/Ave, or leave off East/West/North/South just to save money with a shorter sign.</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>One caution - when doing a building/address import a few years ago, we discovered errors in the counties address database. They had different street names from address street names. The street names matched the street signs but the addresses had a different street name. These were reported to the county</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-8557797990591818717WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">It seems the whole issue stems from an automatic edit without proper integration.<br><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct</a></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think it's bigger than just automatic edits. People are trying to improve the map, but may be caught up by errors introduced from other systems. </div><div><br></div><div>FYI - here is my authority list, from best to worst. in numerical order.</div><div>1. Local, on the ground knowledge</div><div>2. City records</div><div>3. County records</div><div>4. State records. </div><div>99. TIGER</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Clifford</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">_______________________________________________<br>
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