[Talk-GB] Somerset Levels Flooding

[Dan S]

Hi -

I do add temporary things such as road closures, construction sites.
Generally only if it will be there "for a while", e.g. a month or
more. I agree with Brian's perspective.

Dan


2014-02-06 Brian Savidge <a_snail at hotmail.com>:
> I thought temporary information like closures of paths and roads were good
> to put on the map, if nothing else to allow routing to avoid them.
>
> The water I agree is likely to be a bit inaccurate and isn't going to help
> with the routing, but like a road, those areas will be wet for quite some
> time (weeks to months), so as long as the person doing it keeps it
> relatively up to date, I guess there is no real problem.  The real problem
> comes when its not maintained.
>
>> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 00:24:31 +0000
>> From: davefox at madasafish.com
>> To: talk-GB at openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: [Talk-GB] Somerset Levels Flooding
>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> About a week ago user Jestr88 added large areas tagged natural=water;
>> name=flooding. to indicate the flooded areas on the Somerset levels.
>>
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/258412163
>>
>> Apart from the inaccuracy of these (water levels vary hourly) I thought
>> temporary information was frowned upon. I think they should be removed
>> or am I missing something?
>>
>> Dave F.
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