[Talk-GB] routing on the road network

[rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com]

As noted there are some tools available to help find potential errors that  
effect routing. Have a look on the QA page [1], specifically at keepright,  
OSM Inspector and MapDust. As for editing OSM and proposing new tags,  
OpenStreetMap works a bit like wikipedia - we have a very flat structure  
and work together as a community to tackle issues such as whether new tags  
are needed or not. Discussions can get a little bit lengthy, but I believe  
we end up with a better solution in the end.

Regards,
Rob

[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Quality_Assurance



On , Tim Pigden <tim.pigden at optrak.com> wrote:
> Error reporting would definitely be a challenge.Are there existing  
> facilities to add "suspect" type tags to enable OSM itself to be the  
> primary reporting medium? I haven't looked into the details of editing  
> OSM data but adding new tags seems to require a collective decision.



> (BTW don't get too excited anyone, this is definitely a long-term  
> project).


> Tim


> On 16 May 2012 11:41, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hi Tim,

> I expect that you would find a good appetitie to fix any problems if we  
> can see that this will be highly valued (ie used in a great tool), and  
> the bug reports are simple to understand. I'll leave comments about the  
> quality to others, suffice to say that in the Midlands the roads and  
> junctions are mapped well, however turn restrictions are the missing  
> component.



> Regards,
> Rob


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