[OSM-talk] Don't you just hate it when part 2...

[Shaun McDonald]

On 8 Jun 2008, at 23:35, Nick Whitelegg wrote:

> On Sunday 08 Jun 2008 22:35, you wrote:
>> yes! I do hate it,. but not because I don't regret walking or being
>> outside,
>
> Same with me too, though I might have gone somewhere else if I'd  
> known! Guess
> the lesson is to make sure you know what the others in your area are  
> doing...
>
> I think I may have met the guy out mapping today actually. About  
> 17.30 I
> passed someone with a yellow Etrex but thought nothing of it, but it  
> was in
> the common area. Good side of the coincident mapping isthat it looks  
> like
> that area is pretty well covered now...
>

The way I look at it, is that you will often find that if two people  
survey an area, they will both think different things are more  
important, or one will miss something. You can also use it as a way to  
check what is already there, as there may be something missing or wrong.

It has happened to me before many times, but as I've been able to add  
to the data, and verify that what I have is the same as what is there  
(or discover that there is a discrepancy and either change or resurvey  
depending on my certainty).

Shaun