[OSM-talk] Worldwide non-surveyed tag edits

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2014-06-17 17:45 GMT+02:00 moltonel 3x Combo <moltonel at gmail.com>:

>
> But. from the POV of the contributor in an already-mapped area, it's
> very time-consuming (and often ultimately impossible) to diagnose
> wether a particular bit of data was contributed by a local, an expert
> in the field, or even surveyed at all.



that's where changeset comments come into play



> It makes that "local mapper"
> quality pretty much irrelevant (despite being so valued) because we
> can't measure it.
>


if you are active in a certain area you will probably know the other
contributors in that area, especially the very active ones.



>
> To get back to the original topic, the scale of a changeset is often
> the best indicator that a changeset needs to be looked at carefully
> (ideally before upload) by the community.
>
>
yes, but if you are a hardcore gardener and you become aware of this, it is
very easy to overcome this kind of control by uploading your changes in
small chunks ;-)

cheers,
Martin
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