[talk-au] source tags

[Ross Scanlon]

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:36:23 +1000
Andy Owen <andy-osm at ultra-premium.com> wrote:

> I tend to be quite lazy in tagging the source for the changes I make.
> How bad a person am I? :)
> 
> When I add streets, I do it from gps traces so there is that evidence in
> the database that the data was original.

But it does not let others know that it is from a gps trace when they are editing.
 
> Also, when there are streets that already exist, with a source tag and
> I'm editing them, what should happen? e.g. lots of streets have the
> source as the yahoo imagery, should I be 'upgrading' them to 'survey' or
> 'local knowledge' (as appropriate) when I'm modifying them? 

Yes as it was my understanding that if you improve the data with gps data then you should update the source to "survey".

Both of these let others know that the information is as accurate as it can get (gps trace and or data) so that they will not spend time upgrading or modifying unnecessarily.

Regards
Ross

 
> Andy
> 
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