[OSM-talk] Detrimental to the OSM database

[SomeoneElse]

On 23/08/2014 02:03, Dave F. wrote:
> ... Of course you need local knowledge.  ...

I'm not convinced that that's always the case.  For example, "to-fix" 
has just taken me here:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/41203129#map=19/53.23534/-0.61945

Whilst I'm no fan of "armchair mapping", you don't even need any 
background imagery to see a couple of problems there (the "doubling back 
way" and the kink in the road at the right, which is what "to-fix" 
spotted).  In this case it looks like that road has been drawn by an 
inexperienced mapper, back when there were far fewer opportunities to 
spot new problems like this as they arose (and before any kind of decent 
background imagery was available).

Whilst it's certainly possible for people to get "overenthusiastic" with 
QA site results, like with the "imaginery footpath creator" in the UK 
recently, and often QA sites report errors because what's there is just 
wrong (as well as geometrically impossible) and a survey is needed to 
sort it out, in this case that simply isn't an issue.  That village 
probably has more than just a pub and a shop as POIs, and would 
certainly benefit from a survey (which it might get from me; I've done 
villages within a couple of miles of there), but would in the mean time 
benefit from the basic geometry fixes.

Cheers,

Andy

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