[Talk-GB] Implicit speed limits: What to tag in built-up areas?

[Andy Townsend]

On 01/05/2018 12:43, David Woolley wrote:
> On 01/05/18 12:23, David Woolley wrote:
>> I don't know about your tool, but it is essential that every user has 
>> an explicit personal account with OSM, and that they are set up to 
>> receive emails if people add changeset comments, or post messages to 
>> their OSM account. maps.me has a high incidence of people who seem 
>> not to notice changeset comments.
>
> In particular, apps need to be able to recognize that there is a 0 
> hour block on a user and allow them to access the changeset comments 
> to see the reason, and remove the block.  I don't know how the API 
> distinguishes administrative blocks from other failures. 

 From a DWG perspective, I don't think we're ever been asked to or 
needed to "0-hour block" a Street Complete user.  They know what OSM is, 
know what they signed up for and are aware that it's a community and 
that people might contact them about their edits.

We have had to block users of other problem apps - in one notable case 
because a "surveying" app added the same data, many times, at the same 
(incorrect) latitude each time (forming a nice ring just south of the 
equator).  Other users of "map" apps sometimes don't understand what OSM 
is at all; they don't realise that when they "add a note" they're adding 
a note to OSM, not just to their personal map.  That's an issue with the 
apps concerned though, and doesn't apply to Street Complete.

Best Regards,

Andy