[OSM-talk] [tagging] noname streets

Alex Mauer hawke at hawkesnest.net
Mon Jun 9 19:22:22 BST 2008


Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> That statement is just... wrong. Really, really flabbergastingly wrong.

Well, it's my opinion.  You're going to have to revisit the route anyway
to find out the road names, so why not kill 2 birds with 1 stone?

And *of course* there are situations where you have to balance your
priorities.  If you're out for a bike ride first, and mapping is
secondary, then it's of course fine to prioritise the riding over the
mapping.  It is better to have some data than no data at all. But you
have to accept that in that case you're not doing everything you could
be.  I'm not going to lie and claim that I've always been completely
meticulous in that regard either.

> By your logic I should have either stopped at the bottom of every  
> hill to note down the street name, throwing away 30mph worth of  
> momentum (er, I don't think so), or not bothered mapping it at all.

I see a few alternatives to that:
1. Remember the last few road names, stop occasionally to note them
down. (when you're throwing away less momentum)
2. Bring a tape recorder, record the names of the streets as you travel
along them.  Stop occasionally if necessary to write them down. (e.g. if
you run out of tape.
3. Be satisfied that you're not doing everything you could be for the
map because your bike ride is more important to you than having the
names of roads on the first pass.  That's totally fine too, see above.

> Not everyone is the same type of mapper as you, and it doesn't help  
> to assume that they are. OSM is and should remain a broad church.

Agreed.  My opinion is not the only one, nor is it the canonically
correct one for everyone and in every situation.

-Alex Mauer "hawke"

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