[HOT] Improving the quality of OpenStreetMap Data

[Mike Thompson]

On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 1:44 PM John Whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are two issues the first is an exact duplicate I think these could
> be handled by a bot, if the way and tags are the same at the same position.
>
Agree, if the community consensus supports a bot, it should be created and
ran, but it needs to be discussed.  There might be some pitfalls.

>
> The second is pure bad mapping where a building can be mapped two or three
> times.
>
We should determine the root cause.  I suspect the task in the tasking
manager has expired and has been assigned to a second mapper.  That coupled
with people not saving their work on a frequent basis.


> It's rare that these buildings are squarely mapped.  Some mappers are
> given the advice ignore what is there and just map.
>
This has been my experience.  Not sure how to solve it.

Mike

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