[OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

[Ed Avis]

A common way to adjust a node position is to move it halfway between
the old one and the new one.  For example, if there is already a way
on the map traced from GPS but you have a new GPS trace for it which
is a bit different, it would be unwise to adjust it to exactly fit
your new trace.  But you may expect to improve accuracy a bit if you
adjust it to about halfway between the old and new positions.
Similarly a node such as a bus stop may have its position tweaked to
somewhere in between where it was and the new observed position.

So I don't think you can assume that when a node is moved its position
information is 'cleaned' somehow.  The new position as often as not is
derived from the old position.

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Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>