[OSM-talk] Betr.: Re: Retaggin of ways

[Jo]

mallok wrote:
> I have the same problem in my neighbourhood. I  did a lot of gps tracing, created the  roads, etc.
> Some time ago a user 'touched' these roads,  in one case even changed one...
> Checking for users nearby this particular user does not  belong to them. This user is also not responding  to my messages.
>
> Please do not misunderstand me, but  why are using yahoo imagery to line up roads, where most likely a local person created these using a gps, thus being more acurate?
>
> I actually, having started just  a few months ago, am  not particularly motivated to continue if this standardly happen with 'my work'. After all there is a bit of pride seeing the stuff you did appear in the map. Nothing to complain, if edits afterwards increase quality; in my case it did not and I now have to rework the section in question instead of taking care of other white areas...
>   
See my answer to Jon. I have no reason to believe the Yahoo! imagery to 
be off a lot. The biggest problem with it is that it is fairly old, so 
more recent developments don't show up. My problem is in reverse. I 
cannot contact the original contributor (Cimm) to ask his opinion. He 
doesn't seem to be very active anymore and he doesn't respond to my 
messages.

Polyglot