[HOT] Can we extend the time a tile is locked please?

[Ralf Stephan]

I have seen this too recently, and I also always thought the time too short
in general.

On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 1:39 PM john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> When validating I'm seeing buildings double mapped.  I've seen fifty on a
> tile.  They are both a pain to clean up and a waste of mapper resources.
>
> What I think is happening is maperthon mappers going off for lunch or a
> coffee break and leaving the tile locked.  The time lock expires, someone
> else grabs the tile but the first mapper continues to map.  Now we have two
> mappers mapping at the same time on the same tile.
>
> I've also seen highways double mapped etc.
>
> Ideally a six hour time lock would save a lot of this double mapping but
> there are trade offs.
>
> Could six hours be made the default but for a particular urgent project
> the project manager could set a lower value?
>
> Thanks John
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