[josm-dev] Validator

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2012/7/13 Dirk Stöcker <openstreetmap at dstoecker.de>:
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2012, Paul Hartmann wrote:
> But I still would not reduce the displayed validator warnings. Maybe we
> could add a "this one is new by you", e.g. by different color, but overall I
> don't want to reduce the impact of the validator.


+1, I also believe in both: that it is helpful to display errors
before upload also for problems created by "others" and second that
the latter should be separated from those involving objects touched by
the mapper.

Btw.: What could be improved is the stuff validator knows. The more it
doesn't know, the less useful it becomes, because with lots of
warnings you will not look at the single problem anymore. E.g.
validator complains about tags on nodes (that "it" thinks are for ways
only) also in conjunction with traffic_sign tags. When mapping
maxspeeds some mappers store the position of the sign (tags:
traffic_sign=maxspeed, maxspeed=60) and not just the speed limit
implications on the way.

Cheers,
Martin