[OSM-talk] to all potlatch and JOSM users - automatic simplification of geometry

[Tobias Knerr]

Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> _That_ is why this function is here: to simplify the work of one of the most
> tedious parts of TIGER fixup. As always, "it's of no use for my mapping"
> should not be extrapolated to "it's of no use and should be banned".

But maybe "in those parts of the world where streets are not perfectly
straight, it is of no use and even dangerous in the hands of newbies"
should be extrapolated to "it should not be included by default but
provided by a plugin/option"?

Tobias Knerr