[OSM-talk] Quality of OSM Notes

Bryce Nesbitt bryce2 at obviously.com
Tue Mar 10 05:38:39 UTC 2015


On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Alex Barth <alex at mapbox.com> wrote:

> Less notes should not be an objective, smarter ways to look at them and
>> process them should.
>> I agree, simplicity rules.
>>
> Some ideas to manage the overkill.
>

While we can build better tools to process large numbers of notes, the one
thing we can't
do under the current system is ask the person who wrote the note for more
information.  There's (usually)
just one chance to collect that information.  And when the map is updated,
is an excellent time to draw
people back to OSM for a second look (so they can take pride in having
contributed).

For both reasons I think that getting more contact information outweighs
simplicity.
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