[OSM-talk] Worldwide non-surveyed tag edits

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 06/11/2014 10:03 PM, Marc Gemis wrote:
> Why aren't we imposing the same requirements for people that just trace
> from aerial images? What if such a person connect two roads while in
> reality they are not connected ? Or when 2 intersecting buildings are
> separated ? Does (s)he risks to have his/her changesets reverted or
> eventually get blocked as well ?

Eventually, yes. If someone edits in an area they're not familiar with,
and the local mappers complain, and the person doesn't stop, then they
might be more forcefully asked to reconsider.

The difference is that in mapping from aerial imagery, people often
choose a spot and work on that for a longer period, and if there are
local mappers then there's likely to be contact. Someone who
criss-crosses the planet on the hunt for misspelled tags doesn't usually
have any investment in the local area. It's mapping by helicopter - dive
in, make some noise, fly away. If they do something that's totally
uncontroversial, fine, but if they do something that local mappers have
an issue with, they sometimes won't even remember the name of the city
where they made an edit.

> Can anybody tell me why a surveyor or tracer is free to keep adding
> restuarants without punishment, but a gardener should follow a long
> procedure to fix that ?

Surveyors have a very high standing in OSM. They are what differentiates
us from the the rest. A project with just surveyors and no gardeners can
work; a project with just gardeners and no surveyors cannot.

Bye
Frederik

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