[OSM-newbies] removing existing ways & editing in Potlatch

[Richard Weait]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Alexandros Papadopoulos
<alexandros.papadopoulos at gmail.com> wrote:
> So when I ask "how do I do X?" I am also silently asking "is it OK to
> do X?" and hoping someone more experienced might have a look at my
> edits and sound the alarm if I'm jeopardizing the quality of the data
> in any way.
>
> I'm still not sure how much confidence one needs to have before
> editing OSM and how peer review, versioning, roll-backs etc work. I
> don't know if it's worth erring on the side of caution and NOT editing
> a way if I'm not 100% sure how to do it. Newbieness illnesses that I
> hope will be sorted out soon. :-)

Hi Alex,

Welcome to OpenStreetMap.

I see that the Yahoo! imagery in this area is pretty good.  Based on
the imagery, your points of interest seem reasonable.

In general, I need to feel more confident when I am changing the work
of another editor, than when I am adding data in an area with limited
data.  Since you have visited this area, and the imagery is good you
should add to the map.

You can make a difference by adding roads and roundabouts.  Just leave
the road names blank if you don't remember them.  Adding the points of
interest that you recall will help the map in this area as well.