[OSM-talk] Deleting Sections of AND data for India

[Shalabh]

Hi All,

This is Shalabh, one of the 'cheap Indians', as Stefan referred to us in the
license change talk.

Now, I have been mapping parts of a mountain state called HP (Himachal
Pradesh) in India for the last 2 months. Google's data for the state is
barely basic, OSM's is not even that.

Most of the OSM tracks I see here are AND imports. So, we have National
Highways (NHs henceforth), 550 km in length mapped as a single line with no
breaks. There are absolutely no attributes give e.g. speed limits. Of the
few NHs in Himachal, I have travelled on almost all but in sections. So, I
took down data on speed limits, bridges, no of lanes and so on. Now when I
want to put this onto OSM, I have 2 options.

1. I delete the entire 500 km highway and just put my 10-20 (or whatever) km
segment on

2. I map the entire 500 km highway before I can do anything

Neither of the 2 above is practical. I am sure there are others who have
mapped other sections of these highways and have not added anything for the
same reason.

Is there anyway the AND data can be segmented such that it can be deleted in
sections and a new track with correct attributes put in as and when a mapper
gets the correct data? Now I am a BIG 0 as a programmer, so if this is a no
go, what else can be done? Any suggestions/thoughts are welcome. And
remember, please point me to the guy who can do this as well, just in case
something can be done. :)

Regards,
Shalabh
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