[OSM-talk] Half-mapping

[Andy Allan]

On 6/19/07, Andy Robinson <Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Richard Fairhurst wrote:

> >Could I ask people to think very, very carefully before half-mapping
> >places they've never been and have no knowledge of?

> I have to admit that sometimes when faced with the same dilemma I simply
> check that there is no useful information attached to the section of
> nodes/segments and then simply delete the lot and recreate them properly and
> the final way.

+5 (Am I allowed to express this level of agreement?)

I'm getting pretty fed up with deleting segments or "blank" ways in
areas that I'm mapping. It's really not as helpful as some people
think to find junk all over an area, doubly so when it's just plain
incorrect. Some roads don't join others. Some 'roads' on the imagery
actually aren't.

Scribbling over yahoo maps or GPS traces is not equivalent to actually
*mapping* an area, and I don't find it helpful when I'm try to map.

Andy