[OSM-talk] Potlatch doing source=GPS in error?

[Apollinaris Schoell]

you might be shocked. I rarely add this info. many edits are a mix of  
gps, yahoo tracing, best guess, averaging and interpolation  with  
other existing data, topo maps if free version available, free shape  
files.
why would I add all this info? just a lot of work with no benefit. we  
are not in a constant lawsuit where we have to document each single  
node. let's spend more time on the map instead of defining the "rules"
if someone likes to add it so let them do it. osm  means open ....


On 24 Sep 2009, at 5:37 , John Smith wrote:

> 2009/9/24 Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com>:
>> What is a survey but observing your surroundings? (And recording  
>> them, which
>> is what a walking paper entails).
>
> Lets face it, most surveyed paths are made by consumer grade GPS
> receivers, and street names surveyed are by observation, so
> source=survey covers the majority of situations without needing
> multiple sets of tags
>
> do we really want to do this:
>
> source=gps
> source:name=observation
>
> whereas
>
> source=survey surfices just fine...
>
> ?
>
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