[Talk-GB] OS StreetView accuracy: caution!

[Tim François]

Is using the source:OS_OpenData_{Product} tag good enough as a caveat? Or should we also add FIXMEs? When I started I used both, but now as the tag structures for the OS OpenData seems pretty solid I removed the FIXMEs and no longer add them.

The one time I can think of using a FIXME in addition to the OS tags is for roads which look like service roads in the OSSV data, but there's no indication of their surface type. I add a FIXME if I don't know the surface type myself. Or do we just assume that the OS tags are sufficient ad that people will know that these should all be surveyed/checked on the ground?

Cheers
Tim

--- On Sun, 11/4/10, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:

> From: Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com>
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OS StreetView accuracy: caution!
> To: "Tim François" <sk1ppy14 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Cc: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
> Date: Sunday, 11 April, 2010, 2:39
> Tim François wrote:
> > I think OS *is* more accurate on the whole, 
> I think you're probably correct, but the problem arises
> when we *assume* that it's more accurate in areas where
> we're not  knowledgeable of what's on the ground.
> 
> That's not to say we shouldn't map, but I think we should,
> as we've been doing before, tag in caveats using the fixme
> or notes tag to say we're uncertain of certain areas.
> 
> Cheers
> Dave F.
>