[Potlatch-dev] [OpenStreetMap] #4265: Unconnected roads

Steve Bennett stevagewp at gmail.com
Sat Mar 10 02:18:21 GMT 2012


On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 7:08 AM, SomeoneElse
<lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk> wrote:
> Yes, new users sometimes add roads and paths that don't connect to other
> roads and paths.  The tricky bit is how any editor (which by definition,
> they've never seen before) can persuade them not to without scaring them
> off.  It's easy to say "X is wrong" without suggesting an alternative -
> often "X" was was chosen as the least bad option of several others that
> would have been worse.

Well, from the perspective of UI design, instead of telling the user
they've done something wrong, you suggest a "right" alternative.

So, if the user draws a road that is not connected to any others, we
could look for the nearest road (within reason) and say "Connect Foo
St to Bar Rd?"

Steve



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