[OSM-talk] Re-editing previously covered roads

[Andy Robinson]

The best advice I can give is plough away if the existing editing is poorer
than you propose and you know for sure that the other mapping is not related
to something else (eg a footpath close by). However it's a good idea to
check those segments you might delete (rather than insert new nodes into)
before you delete them. If you are using JOSM its easy to do all of this
without loosing any obvious content that may already be there.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Barnett, Phillip
>Sent: 30 June 2006 16:36
>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-talk] Re-editing previously covered roads
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>What are the ethics/considerations of editing previously done roads?
>I've recently generated some good quality traces on a visit to Wales and
>found that someone has already marked in a major road, but _very_
>roughly, so it needs redoing. (It's a dual carriageway, and so needs two
>one-way ways also - would that be right?)
>  Is it necessary to find who that person is, or should I just plough on
>regardless? Is there any way to find the 'author' as there is in a Wiki?
>Phillip
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