[talk-au] New User Surge.

[Warin]

Well ... give then a gold star! Make your comment on their change set 
where they might see it ...

I'd add the comment that the LPI Base Map has better boundaries for the 
park - using both the Imagery and the Base Map would be good thing.

And try to let them make changes .. ok they might make some mistakes .. 
but that is a good learning experience for them.


On 28-Jan-17 11:14 AM, Andrew Davidson wrote:
> This user should get a gold star with bar for good changeset comment 
> practice:
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/45578563
>
> On 28/01/17 10:20, Andrew Harvey wrote:
>>> https://mic.com/articles/166654/pokemon-go-hack-altering-openstreetmap-data-may-create-new-spawn-points-in-the-game 
>>>
>>
>> Certainly seems like a lot of these new contributors could be doing it
>> for this reason.
>>
>> On 28 January 2017 at 09:00, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have examined the change sets in NSW.
>>>
>>>
>>> One of the new mappers is 'good', others .. 'could do better'.
>>> Mostly harmless .. would be a good summary ... a couple of basic 
>>> mistakes
>>> and some basic improvements.
>>> I have left most of the edits alone to see if they will make changes to
>>> improve things.
>>>
>>> One I have edited out as it removed a road, replacing it with a foot 
>>> path.
>>>
>>> I have left comments for most new users ... giving information, and
>>> questioning a few things ... like a house (possibly their home) 
>>> being made
>>> into a park
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28-Jan-17 08:03 AM, Warin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The cycleway routing should take note of footways that have the tag
>>>> bicycle=yes ...
>>>> Most people don't notice the bicycle signs as they are not using a
>>>> bicycle.
>>>> So adding the bicycle=yes tag is simple and does not cause 
>>>> conflict/edit
>>>> wars.
>>>>
>>>> To me a cycle way should be principally used by cyclists, most of 
>>>> these
>>>> are shared paths and the majority might be pedestrians.
>>>>
>>>> As for the new mappers .. welcome, provided these things are real, 
>>>> very
>>>> welcome.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 27-Jan-17 10:45 PM, nwastra wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Apart from the addition of numerous poorly edited parks, numerous
>>>>> footways (even with no construction or visible path on the 
>>>>> ground), water
>>>>> features, etc by the followers of this children's game, I am also 
>>>>> dismayed
>>>>> to see that wide shared cement ways that most would have 
>>>>> previously marked
>>>>> as cycleways to aid cycle routing are now being changed to 
>>>>> footways. Most of
>>>>> my osm editing time is taken up trying to fix all these poor edits.
>>>>> Hopefully all these new editors gain experience and become a valued
>>>>> editing force.
>>>>> Nev
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 27 Jan 2017, at 8:52 PM, Andrew Davidson <theswavu at gmail.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good news people. There seems to have been a surge in the number 
>>>>>> of new
>>>>>> mappers in Australia:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-suspicious?country=3&hours=96&mappingdays=10&tsearch=&anyobj=t&comp=%3E&value=1000&action=c&obj=n#5/-30.600/148.425 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and they all seem to be *very* interested in making sure every 
>>>>>> park is
>>>>>> on the map. Rivers and meadows are quite popular too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In other news:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://mic.com/articles/166654/pokemon-go-hack-altering-openstreetmap-data-may-create-new-spawn-points-in-the-game 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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