[talk-au] Way has been simplified...

[David Wales]

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On 12 January 2020 1:18:42 pm AEDT, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 12/1/20 12:37 pm, Sebastian S. wrote:
>> When using OSMAnd for routing I came across the following note: "way 
>> has been simplified using a error criteria of 3m" it is usually in 
>> green text.
>> Does anyone know what this means, why do we need the note? What 
>> purpose does it serve?
>
>
>This is usually from an import of data. The data may have many points 
>(nodes in OSM) that lead to data bloat.
>
>JOSM has a tool that reduces the number of nodes such that any error 
>will be less than 3 meters from the original information, 'simplify
>way'.
>
>
>It may be better to have these as 'comment=*' rather than 'note=*'?
>They 
>should only be for other mappers to see if they have some concern with 
>the data.
>
>
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