[OSM-newbies] a plea to armchair mappers

[Richard Welty]

On 6/11/15 10:07 AM, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 09:42:29AM -0400, Richard Welty wrote:
>> please, please when doing the armchair mapping thing, be aware
>> that aerial imagery may be several years out of date.
>>
> In those cases i am typically quick in trying to revert the changesets
> in mind. And be shure to send emails to affected mappers and/or comment
> on the changesets.
i didn't catch the change set early enough, and much of what was
in it was non-controversial and worthwhile.

i did send a note, haven't gotten a reply to it yet. don't know if i will,
response rates for the OSM messaging system run below 50%
> And you could also set a note on that area mentioning the
> out-of-date'ness of sat images.
>
yeah, that was what the README tags were for. they sort to the top
in the tag lists in Potlatch and JOSM, which is why i use them in
preference to note or description, both of which are easily overlooked.

richard

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