[OSM-talk] How *NOT* to map
David Paleino
d.paleino at gmail.com
Tue Sep 29 09:02:38 BST 2009
Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote:
>>David Paleino wrote:
>>
>>> http://osm.org/go/xZaERTJSm--
>>
>>Ah, I forgot also this one:
>>
>>http://osm.org/go/xZYvzIcHP--
>>
>>NOT THE WAY TO DO IT!
>
> There isn't a lot of point shouting at the mailing list about this.
Needed to rant somewhere :)
(and, most importantly, give an example of how a bad map looks like)
> Looking at the area I see quite a number of different editors, most of
> which appear to have done only a few edits or indeed are new (the first
> example you gave is from a mapper who only signed up to the project in the
> last few weeks). Since there are so many mappers, have you considered
> contacting them all for a social meet-up? Usually issues of editing,
> especially for new contributors, are easily fixed by offering a bit of
> assistance.
I already contacted the 4-5 mappers who made the most edits, but no one ever
replied.
Also, I'm going to give a talk about OSM in Palermo soon I hope (October -
November), and I already planned to contact them for this :)
> If a meet-up isn't on, then at least drop these new folks an email and
> offer some help.
Surely will do ;)
David
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