[Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot

[Derick Rethans]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, Jerry Clough wrote:

> Generally, I am still opposed to a bot. There is a substantial body of
> evidence that automated imports damage the ability to recruit and nuture new
> mappers. 

I agree. Even without doing it automatically, just blindly copying from 
SV causes degraded data.

With the new OSSV update 3 new roads showed up in Camden. I'd drawn in 
the buildings and made a guess of where there roads where yesterday and 
tagged with "FIXME: Out to survey this later today". This morning, when 
applying my notes, I found that all three ways were tagged with a name. 
One with a wrong name (there was no ' in Tolmers Square), and one on a 
road that looks different than what was on the map with *no* sign 
visible showing the name at all. A survey took me 30 
mins (including looking at a lot more stuff than those three names).

When there are no names on a street, it gives a good incentive to go 
survey them, and it shows which things *need* to be surveyed. Take for 
example St Ives (http://osm.org/go/erUWwYGN). I'd traced them from Bing 
to have an idea where I needed to go check. I didn't manage to survey 
everything but at least now you can see what needs to be done there.

> A bot is putting short-term gain ahead of our long-term interests.

hear hear.

Derick