[OSM-talk] "Incorrect speed limit" anonymous notes - who is behind that?

[SomeoneElse]

On 10/08/2014 11:50, JB wrote:
> Hello,
> I think I will reopen the debate here, by asking a simple question: 
> how many of those saying "hey, let this note open, it does no harm to 
> anybody" have actually browsed a country for its opened notes and 
> tried to close them? 

Yes, I do this all the time, in the sense that if I'm going to be 
mapping somewhere I'll extract notes for that area and stick them on the 
Garmin, and if I'm near one I'll go and have a look and see if I can 
resolve it, or perhaps even just add a bit more information to it.

> How many have done the same with openstreetbugs during its last year 
> of life?

No, but that's to do with never having extracted OSB bugs from the dump 
and converted to something that a Garmin can understand, rather than 
what's in there being old and out of date (though I'd agree with you 
that in OSB's case it was).

Some notes will need an on-the-ground survey, and some of those notes 
will be in places where there currently aren't active on-the-ground 
mappers.  Surely the solution here is not to close the notes but to try 
and engage more new local mappers who can then supply the missing 
information?

Cheers,

Andy