[OSM-dev] EDIT-Button on osm-website

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/3/29 Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net>:
> Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>> ... I find double (and more) nodes on a regular basis while editing...
>
> If they are recent edits please file a trac ticket. If they are several
> months ago, don't bother as it may well be a bug that has been fixed now.
>
OK, I'll take care of this in the future.

>> Insufficient zoom-capabilities might be the reason for some
>> edits, where I noticed that details I inserted were "generalized"
>> (erased) by other users (with potlatch). This might as well be a
>> result of different ideology (like "we don't get more than 5 m
>> precision with our GPS-Devices, why should there be details?").
>> Another issue in this context is, that most potlatch users seem
>> to don't even zoom in to the highest level, because then the
>> WMS-Layer disappears ("Grey Yahoo-tiles: no data for this
>> zoomlevel), so they might stick to even greater distances, where
>> the aerials are still visible.
>
> IMX quite the opposite. My perennial bugbear with OSM edits - tracing at
> very low resolutions - is almost exclusively JOSM users. ...
> (Of course, Potlatch is a lot more than just Yahoo - I almost never do any
> editing with Yahoo imagery (it's just not there in the UK countryside) yet,
> needless to say, use Potlatch for everything.)

Yes, your post made me aware how much of the "editor-feel" depends on
the region, in which you are mapping. Here in Rome the yahoo-pictures
are sufficient for mapping (just the two highest zoomlevels are
missing), and as there are already most streets, you are also in JOSM
aware about the scale, but when you go to the countryside, I can
easily imagine JOSM-Users who draw in large scales.

cheers,
Martin