[Talk-GB] Toys R Us

Rob Nickerson rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com
Sun May 6 10:01:27 UTC 2018


>So we maintain the accurate mapping ... and map what is seen.

That's fine but (in my opinion) what I see is:

- A building, probably with a name like "Unit 2".

- No shop and therefore nothing to have a shop name.

- And an old sign.

This is therefore what I shall be mapping when I come across them.


Rob


On Sat, 5 May 2018, 23:41 Rob Nickerson, <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com> wrote:

> The reason I said "full removal preferred" was because on a shop=*
> feature, my understanding is that the name tag relates to the shop. So no
> shop equals no shop to have a name.
>
> If an old sign still exists then this should be mapped *as a sign* not as
> a shop.
>
> So perhaps we need to edit these to remove the shop tag and name tag and
> to add an advertising=sign tag and message=Toys R Us tag.
>
> To me this feels like the most appropriate OSM tags to use.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Rob
>
>
> On Sat, 5 May 2018, 11:57 Rob Nickerson, <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> And for the balance: I disagree with Frederik on this one.
>>
>> If we know the map is wrong we should fix it. We should not leave it just
>> because it may encourage others to fix it and then go on to do other local
>> edits.
>>
>> Frederik's view is that a crap map encourages more people to edit. I'm
>> not convinced. A crap map could also put people off - "why bother, OSM is
>> so far behind, I'll contribute to/just use Google maps instead"
>>
>> I agree that a *blank* map encourages new mappers, but that was 10 years
>> ago! Less convinced that an out of date map does. At least not with our
>> current homepage or if we do get a new mapper its most likely to be a
>> single edit (maybe with MapsMe) rather than a new prolific mapper.
>>
>> So I'm happy with this mechanical edit (full removal preferred, but
>> addition of disussed ok too).
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> P.s. Do we still have cases of Lloyds TSB in OSM?
>>
>
> On 5 May 2018 11:57 a.m., "Rob Nickerson" <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> And for the balance: I disagree with Frederik on this one.
>
> If we know the map is wrong we should fix it. We should not leave it just
> because it may encourage others to fix it and then go on to do other local
> edits.
>
> Frederik's view is that a crap map encourages more people to edit. I'm not
> convinced. A crap map could also put people off - "why bother, OSM is so
> far behind, I'll contribute to/just use Google maps instead"
>
> I agree that a *blank* map encourages new mappers, but that was 10 years
> ago! Less convinced that an out of date map does. At least not with our
> current homepage or if we do get a new mapper its most likely to be a
> single edit (maybe with MapsMe) rather than a new prolific mapper.
>
> So I'm happy with this mechanical edit (full removal preferred, but
> addition of disussed ok too).
>
> Rob
>
> P.s. Do we still have cases of Lloyds TSB in OSM?
>
>
>
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