[Talk-GB] non-squared buildings

[Warin]

On 30/09/19 20:55, Andy Townsend wrote:
> On 30/09/2019 11:15, Jez Nicholson wrote:
>> Some people seem quite animated about non-squared buildings in 
>> OSM....can anyone tell me why it matters so much? because 'accuracy'?
>
> A possible (slightly contentious) view might be that:
>
>   * some people have been complaining about the quality of HOT
>     additions - sometimes unfounded, because it's more a "new user"
>     thing than  a "HOT" thing per se.
>   * one of the complaints - perhaps because it's an "easy to find"
>     problem - is unsquared (or unrounded) buildings
>   * HOT therefore make a big deal about squaring buildings
>
> I've never been hugely bothered by it personally - people can easily 
> square them up later if that's appropriate.
>
My 1970s home is not that square, very annoying doing home renovations. 
On the other hand the 1910 terrace house is dead square! (It is just the 
council there that is stupidly irregular.)

HOT can train there new mappers better... people who join OSM from the 
crowd are without that benefit.

Does it matter? It does make the map 'look' better, giving more 
confidence to the end user thus improving OSMs reputation so .. to me .. 
yes it matters.
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