[OSM-talk] OSM status POIs?

[Shaun McDonald]

Mappers have in the past put in stubs with a few nodes tailing off, to  
state that there is something here that needs to be surveyed further.

Shaun

On 14 Aug 2009, at 09:52, Mike Harris wrote:

> Good idea - but can we do it simply by adding the stub of a way at the
> relevant point?
>
> Mike Harris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Morten Kjeldgaard [mailto:mok at bioxray.au.dk]
> Sent: 13 August 2009 23:34
> To: Talk Openstreetmap
> Subject: [OSM-talk] OSM status POIs?
>
> I realized when mapping today that it would be very useful to have a  
> set of
> OSM status POIs that you could use to mark the status of the mapping  
> at
> certain places.
>
> I find I sometimes have to skip roads, tracks or paths, because I am  
> too
> tired, don't have time, or that I'm going at good speed downhill and  
> don't
> want to stop. I've tried to make mental notes to return and map those
> missing roads at a later time but as time goes by, you tend to forget.
>
> It would be very useful to have a POI saying for example "unmapped
> highway/path etc. starts here". Then you could check out and select  
> those
> points in your area, and they would serve as a reminder to you (or  
> others
> coming along) that there's something here not yet mapped.
>
> These POIs would also serve as "bite-size" mapping projects if you're
> looking for quick things to do in your area.
>
> I guess there are other instances where an OSM status POIs would be  
> useful.
>
> Cheers,
> Morten
>
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