[Talk-GB] iD and accidental landuse deletions

[Tom Chance]

Here's another one, this editor really ought to be fixed or removed:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17655245

I tried using the JOSM Revert plugin, but it just downloaded the nodes
without the way.

Tom


On 8 September 2013 07:02, Paul Churchley <paul at churchley.org> wrote:

> I am very new to OSM (2 weeks!) and I have now switched to JOSM and I use
> that exclusively now as it is SOOO much better. Having said that, deleting
> stuff by accident is not particular to iD. I have deleted by accident with
> JOSM by having something selected which I am not aware of. Fortunately I
> didn't upload the changeset but it was a big heads up for me and now I am
> in the habit of selecting an empty area before I do anything just to be
> sure I don't have something selected unexpectedly.
>
> iD is a nice way to get more people involved perhaps as it is easy to use
> and requires no set up but perhaps it is a little too easy encouraging
> people to edit before they are actually aware of the impact they can have?
> Just a thought...
>
> -
> Paul Churchley
> http://about.me/paulchurchley
>
> On 7 September 2013 23:09, Tom Chance <tom at acrewoods.net> wrote:
>
>> I've seen two new users accidentally delete residential landuse areas
>> near me in the past fortnight:
>>
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17695130
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17505646
>>
>> Could this be a problem with the iD editor? Has anyone else noticed it?
>>
>> Tom
>>
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