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<div dir="auto">if untagged ways corresponds to something clearly visible on aerial then deleting them is clearly harmful<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">can you link examples of bad edits and MR task inducing them?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">May 22, 2025, 16:29 by jwhelan0112@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="auto">I've stumbled across a couple of mappers who have been deleting untagged ways identified by map roulette.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Is there any guidance I can point them to?<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The other issue is the imagery they are working from might be out of date and I don't like deleting things just because they aren't shown in Bing.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thoughts?<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks John<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="auto">talk mailing list<br></div><div dir="auto">talk@openstreetmap.org<br></div><div dir="auto">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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