[OSM-talk] Visually detect missing roads

[Stephan Knauss]

Hello Dave,

On 14.09.2014 12:27, Dave F. wrote:
> Apart from being confusing to understand & use, you're making the false
> assumption that it's the Google data which is correct. In my area the
> only red lines are either where Google maps are inaccurate or there's an
> error in your algorithm as there's no difference between OSM & Google.

sorry for causing confusion. What would be your idea of making it more 
clear on how to use it?

Should I change the order of topics on the explanation page to have it 
closer to the beginning of the page?

http://www.osm-tools.org/compare.html

I could also display a pop-up similar to the one at the osm.org main 
page. But I found these a bit annoying as you have to always close them 
before being able to use the map.

I'm not a native speaker. Could you suggest a better way of explaining 
this? I tried but maybe it's not as clear as I hoped it would be.

It's this section:

Things to consider
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There are a few things to consider when using this tool.

First and most important: It can't tell you which data is better. It 
just shows the differences. It's up to the user to decide what to do. It 
could be that OSM is not tagging a major highway as such, it could be a 
problem with Google as well. Use common sense to judge or try contacting 
mappers on the ground.


Stephan