[OSM-newbies] Editing a gps trace

[Steve Bennett]

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:

>
> I'm not sure about this, but does OSM benefit from having people upload
> inaccurate data & then not bothering to correct it?
>

Absolutely. Depending on what you mean by "inaccurate" of course. If someone
uploads a massive, long, detailed trace, sets "highway=cycleway" and names
it - yes, that's useful. Even without any junctions or other details.


>
> I realize that TIGER is mass automatic upload & therefore on a larger
> scale, but the main criticism of it, from what I'm aware of, was its
> inaccuracies & the time others had to spend manipulating it.
>

More time than entering the data from scratch?

Steve
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