[OSM-talk] On the ground rule on the wiki

[Andrew]

Liz <edodd <at> billiau.net> writes:

> 
> On Mon, 31 May 2010, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> > Anthony wrote:
> > > I guess the suggestion to "map what's on the ground" is good advice as 
> > > long as it's not exclusionary.  But my beef is with people who tell us 
> > > to "map what's on the ground" to the exclusion of everything that isn't 
> > > on the ground.
> > 
> > Problem is that whatever is not on the ground is not verifiable; I'd 
> > have to take the mapper's word for it. And this opens the door to people 
> > inventing stuff.
> 
> Specific problem
> Bicentennial National Trail 
> http://www.nationaltrail.com.au/
> can be followed from maps but not signed much on the ground
> (one of the Au mappers has been marking this)
> 


If anything is unclear on the ground the mapper needs to provide a source. That
way other mappers can judge whether the source is legitimate.

--
Andrew