[HOT] Improving the quality of OpenStreetMap Data

[Mateusz Konieczny]

I tested https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?editor=id#map=16/48.2698/10.8449

You cannot select buildings in presets if buildings are not shown on the map.

Mar 7, 2023, 22:34 by miketho16 at gmail.com:

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> On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 1:23 PM john whelan <> jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> > wrote:
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>> I'm not certain how iD works but one comment in the thread which I've heard before is iD doesn't display existing buildings at certain zoom levels hence they get remapped as the mapper doesn't know they are already mapped.
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> I just tested this, and as Rob said, the buildings do not show up until one is zoomed in.  Specifically, in my test I had to zoom into z level 18 before they showed up.  This probably explains why there are so many duplicates.  Although one should zoom in much further before mapping buildings to help ensure accuracy, this is a significant flaw in iD in my opinion.  
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