[josm-dev] validator question, multipolygons

[hbogner]

On 03/05/2011 09:27 PM, Dirk Stöcker wrote:
> The time for basic mapping is over (at least in Germany and central
> europe) and tools like the validator are more and more important to get
> a useable database.

Germany is NOT the rest of the world, we still have a lot of basic 
maping to do.

Primary roads are almost finished mapping, secondary are at 95% but 
tertiary are at 35%, and there are other roads, and extra tags for every 
road, max speed, width, lanes, surface... :D
Basic mapping will continue for years, Bing is not present evereywhere, 
gpx logs do not cover everything, there are empty places 10's of 
kilometers accros, populated places have only a few main roads, ...

We (group of long time users) need the beginners to map their locations 
as best as they know, adn fill those empty places. Even if it's not 
valid 100%. We have our own scripts that find errors, and there is 
openstreetbugs, keepright, and other tools. We teach new users on the way.

Validator is nice tool, but we have new users who know only basics of 
JOSM. One of them is 60 yeared monutain biker, 56 yeard mountain 
climber, ... :D
I spend hours and hours explaining it to them that roads don't have to 
have a name if they don tknow it and that they can ignore that warning ...