[Talk-GB] Is slightly hacky data better than no data?

[Andy Robinson]

Jonathan Bennett wrote:
>Sent: 24 April 2007 8:47 AM
>To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [Talk-GB] Is slightly hacky data better than no data?
>
>In Guildford, there's a small gap in one of the railway lines running
>through the town:
>
>http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?lat=51.234683&lon=-0.577344&zoom=14
>
>If I use the NPE maps to trace the route, the GPX I get is 20 or so
>metres out compared with the existing OSM data, even with calibration,
>but the shape of the way is spot on. Is using JOSM to shift the way into
>the "right" place better than leaving the gap? Getting a GPS trace is
>going to be difficult, since that section of the line is in a cutting.
>

Go for it, even if it was 100m out it's still worth going ahead and joining
up.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk


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