[Talk-us] Fwd: USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

[Simon Poole]

Am 02.06.2014 06:28, schrieb Russ Nelson:
> ..................................... Let's say that I follow this
> route on my bicycle using a cue sheet and keep a GPS track. Then I load
> my GPS track into JOSM and create a relation and call it USBRS #47 (or
> whatever). How is this an import??
>
While not quite what you intended, I believe you do illustrate a major
sore point with building the routes simply from whatever documentation
will/is supplied. It skips actually verifying the individual segments on
the ground which is part of providing a high quality route (signed or
not) in OSM.  It is something that I would be very wary of doing in
areas where we have a consistent road network and definitely will lead
to GIGO in the states.

To put it differently: if the import was combined with systematic
surveying of the routes by OSM contributors instead of them just sitting
at their desk then it would be a lot more palatable.

SImon