[Tagging] Delete vs Removed LSP?

Dave F davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com
Thu Apr 28 12:26:43 UTC 2022


On 28/04/2022 12:38, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:
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> Apr 28, 2022, 13:14 by tagging at openstreetmap.org:
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>     On 26/04/2022 10:30, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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>         sent from a phone
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>             On 25 Apr 2022, at 15:55, Dave F via Tagging
>             <tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
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>             How far back should we go? i live in a Roman city. That's
>             a /lot/ of removed data.
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>         seems like a red herring to me, or do you have knowledge about
>         all this data back until ancient roman times?
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>     No. And /that's/ the point. As I don't have conclusive knowledge
>     about it, I don't add it.
>     Presuming is bad for the OSM database.
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>     The 'removed;' prefix is a sticking plaster to cover up the
>     symptoms of a problem, & doesn't prevent the cause.
>     I wouldn't want OSM to be full of Band-aids.
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> Note that you never can be 100% sure unless you map with Vespucci or 
> Go Map!! on site.

Eyes/Camera/Notebook

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> Even mapping just next to place where I live I sometimes would map no 
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> existing building if demolished:building=yes area would be not present.

Unsure why you think that validates the problem.

DaveF

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