[OSM-talk] RR8 - Possible International Vandal

[Richard Bullock]

>I'll go over what the mapper did in Ireland, which to me is the
>clearest case of (at least) reckless incompetence (an ill that can be
>cured through communication, but only with two-way communication):
>
>* All motorway under construction marked complete. Including adding
>amateurish (wrong way, driving on right) stubs to make the pieces
>connect.
>
>* Most long-distance dual-carriageways up-tagged to motorways,
>including the changing of refs (e.g. N7-M7)
>
>* Slip roads on the up-classified sections retagged to motorway (not
>motorway_link)
>
>In all, about 2-200km of road were retagged with no basis whatsoever


But some dual carriageway *has* been upgraded to motorway recently  - August 
28th - 294km worth - (including some sections under construction)

See http://www.transport.ie/upload/general/10193-PRESS_RELEASE1_-0.DOC

Having said that, I reviewed some changes done in Derbyshire in the UK and 
they looked horribly wrong. Didn't seem to move any nodes, but road numbers 
were changed, road classifications changed without any clear indication as 
to why. Some highway=primary reclassified as highway=secondary with 
fabricated B-road numbers. Some fairly minor roads upgraded to 
highway=secondary or highway=primary, again with fabricated route numbers. 
I'll be happy to revert these particular edits.

Most of the edits are not in areas I know well enough. Most seem to be in 
Iceland.

Richard