[talk-au] User hardsoft's remapping attempts

[Ross Scanlon]

Maybe you need to send them a message directly and point them to these 
pages:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editing_Standards_and_Conventions

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice

Cheers
Ross


On 08/04/12 07:01, Michael James wrote:
> I would have introduced myself normally but ....
>
> It would seem that use http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/hardsoft is on
> a campaign to remap everything, this would be ok except that most of
> his/her remapping attempts will require repair as the new ways rarely
> connect to other ways.
>
> Some examples (this is certainly not a complete list)
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/156728997
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/156728991
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/156728986
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/40556031
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/156752098
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/154407242
>
> Now this is going to create just as much work reconnecting ways as what
> there would be if the ways were just deleted in the great purge.
>
> So my message to hardsoft and anyone else contemplating mass remapping
> efforts is, slow down and check your work otherwise some else is going
> to have to come along and fix it all *again*
>
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