[OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

Robert Kaiser kairo at kairo.at
Sat May 19 20:07:14 BST 2012


Maarten Deen schrieb:
> I have looked at some examples, and while some are just caused
> by the nature of our (armchair) mapping (non-existing roadnames in
> Brazil) and some seem to be correct (the street-like boundaries on a
> mountain on Java), some really need discussing and fixing

I think the only thing I saw so far that can be correct is the minecraft 
stuff in the US. Anything else needs fixing, including the borders on 
that mountain, I'm pretty sure that admin_level=4 is not the right one 
to use there, even though levels >2 are somewhat fuzzy.
Also, it's pretty telling to click on the pictures and look at the data 
we have there now - looks like the community is working in many cases 
and fixing at least some of the problems! :)
Of course, where we have less community and fewer people looking at 
sites like that, there's no change (yet).

In any case, I think the name is demotivating, but having something like 
that showing where work is needed is very good, and when you're able to 
view it with humor, it works out well.

Robert Kaiser




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