<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 3:38 PM Mateusz Konieczny via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</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">
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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jul 23, 2021, 22:40 by <a href="mailto:miketho16@gmail.com" target="_blank">miketho16@gmail.com</a>:<br></div><blockquote style="border-left:1px solid rgb(147,163,184);padding-left:10px;margin-left:5px"><div dir="ltr"><div>I recently started using OSMCHA to monitor changesets in my local area. There have been a number of cases where a changeset from Streetcomplete has shown up in my feed, not because an edit was actually made in my local area, but because the changeset spanned a large area (.e.g. half the US). When I have commented on these changesets and I get a reply, the mapper has informed me that this is an issue with Streetcomplete and they (the mapper) cannot do anything about it. <br></div><div><br></div><div>1) Is this really a characteristic of Streetcomplete, or are people just misusing it? <br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">StreetComplete is supposed to be used while surveying - not for guessing.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The only case where valid editing would produce such situation are cases where<br></div><div dir="auto">(A)<br></div><div dir="auto">- someone disabled automatic uploads, switched to manual trigger<br></div><div dir="auto">- and solved tasks while traveling across continent<br></div><div dir="auto">- uploaded solutions from entire trip<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">solution: switch to automatic uploads (default) or trigger upload at reasonable intervals<br></div><div dir="auto">of distance at long travels<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(B)<br></div><div dir="auto">- someone manually prefetched quests across continent<br></div><div dir="auto">- had no internet connection while traveling<br></div><div dir="auto">- once connected answers were uploaded in one go<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">solution: connect to wifi at reasonable intervals (or mobile internet)<br></div></div></blockquote><div>Above is very helpful, thanks!</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"><div><br><div dir="ltr"><div>4) Does anyone really believe the mappers using Streetcomplete are "surveying" the changes as the changesets state? That would mean that (in the examples I saw today) they made some edits in one part of the country, drove for ~13 hours to another location (ok, they could have taken a flight, but we are still talking many hours if one includes the drive to the airport, security, the flight, and getting some sort of ground transportation on the other end), made some more edits, and only then did Streetcomplete decide to upload their changes (actually making several changesets but grouping by type of change rather than the time they were made or the geographic area in which they were made)? <br></div></div><div dir="auto">Sadly, some mappers ignore clear requests to actually survey. <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>I recommend contacting user for explanation and to consider reverting their edits. <br></div></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I reverted some StreetComplete edits where user was clearly guessing.<br></div></div></blockquote><div>I think the edits in question are correct, it just maybe they were using imagery as opposed to surveying? Or perhaps they just did a good job of guessing correctly.</div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Mike<br></div></div>