[Talk-GB] National Cycle Network removal/reclassification

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Aug 14, 2020, 15:53 by forums at david-woolley.me.uk:

> On 14/08/2020 12:46, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-GB wrote:
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>> If signage on the ground is gone or never existed then route relation should not be mapped in OSM*.
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> In the long term, this could make OSM useless for motor traffic as there is a general policy of decluttering signs.  One of the arguments for that is that everyone uses satellite navigators, so they don't need the signs.  I think is also used as an argument for why it can take councils years to fix missing street name signs.
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> If OSM relies on on the ground signage, when the authorities rely on virtual signage in online maps, it could lose a lot of roads!
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At least in Poland it is purely theoretical issue while problem of nonexisting/proposed/gone
route relations cluttering map is real (local governments and organizations keep creating various
routes and later fail to maintain them).
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