[Talk-us] Road name update challenges

[Mike N]

On 3/1/2019 10:09 AM, Aaron Forsythe wrote:
>  >> 1. Original TIGER had Ruppe Dr at a nearby but incorrect location.
> 
> This seems a common enough occurrence that a TIGER data should not be 
> used as permanent source.  It's only there to get the map started and 
> adjustments from TIGER are required.

   The "TIGER challenges" began as a way to fill in all the new 
subdivisions in areas with no other public data.  It has been very 
effective for those areas.   TIGER continues to evolve and improve in 
its own way, and is suitable as a reference when there is no better 
public data.


>  >> The wrong Tuppe Drive still has a "source" tag which is now misleading.
> 
> It's not really misleading, as that is still where it came from.

    Does 'it' refer to the geometry, the current or former name, the 
classification as residential (current) or service (previous)?   What if 
the road has to be split in the future?

> Use the source tag and include a date of the survey.  This won’t 
> directly stop an overwrite, but will at least give a date to compare 
> against.
> 
> It seems the whole issue stems from an automatic edit without proper 
> integration.
> 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct

   I don't see these as automated edits; they are automated detection of 
possible places to improve the map.  If the challenges are built with 
the latest data, the problem of disagreeing challenges goes away.