[OSM-talk] Potlatch again

Thomas Wood grand.edgemaster at gmail.com
Sun Jan 11 21:09:06 GMT 2009


2009/1/11 Gert Gremmen <g.gremmen at cetest.nl>:
> OSM fellows and friends,
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> Sorry for bringing this up again….
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> We have been discussing Potlatch lately.
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> Take a look at this:
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> http://tile.openstreetmap.nl/?zoom=18&lat=52.05674&lon=4.33844&layers=B0000000F
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> and at this :
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> http://geo.topf.org/comparison/index.html?mt0=googlehybrid&mt1=mapnik&lon=4.3380949&lat=52.0566501&z=18
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> You may notice some anomalies in the way roads and tramway are (not)
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> I won't blame the guy who did this!
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> I am sure that the OSM-er who edited this was in good faith, BUT he used
> Potlatch. :<((((
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> Now charge the same view (copy URL) in JOSM and zoom in.
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> You will see the mess, caused by potlatch being so inaccurate at high zoom
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> levels (or in fact the lack of a good deep zoom level) that users are
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> unable to decently connect roads, and creating a mess by "click and error".
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> Go to http://openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=52.05599&lon=4.34094&zoom=17
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> And enter Potlatch editor  (IN PLAY MODE) and try to fix the mess: You can't
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I just have. In potlatch, in play mode. It took me about 5 minutes.

And here is my proof - http://flickr.com/photos/grandedgemaster/3188359905/

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> All nodes are overlapping and you need a great deal of experience not to
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> worsen this crossing.  No problem in JOSM though.
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> Please do not change (repair) anything for a few days so anyone
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> can have a look for it and judge for himself.
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> POTLATCH NEEDS IMPROVEMENT it's not an exception, I see these things
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> every week.
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> Gert
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Regards,
Thomas Wood
(Edgemaster)




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