[Tagging] Basic philosophy of OSM tagging

[Michał Brzozowski]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Maybe it's way too easy to start mapping. Maybe you should first follow a
> course on how to map before making your first edit. During this course you
> can learn about the good mapping habits in your country. But this is
> probably also not a popular measure.

Some time ago I thought "let's be realistic" and that iD, our go-to
editor for newbie mappers, could show some task-oriented
mini-tutorials. Like "I want to map a / change..." so it would show
relevant remarks (that is, like "When drawing buildings, do not place
the outline on the roof, move it to the base. Remember to rectify
corners if the building if applicable" and so on). A large quantity of
mappers are, as the HDYC site ranks them, "hit-and-run mappers" that
only map 5 or 20 edits and get bored - or just OSM is superbly mapped
in their area (:

If you can't beat them (iD), join them...

Michał