[OSM-talk] "NRCS basic OSM training" - low quality changesets in Nepal

Andy Mabbett andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk
Wed Jun 21 22:20:00 UTC 2017


On 21 June 2017 at 22:48, Dan Joseph <dan.b.joseph at gmail.com> wrote:

> NRCS stands for Nepal Red Cross Society, so the people behind the edits are
> part of the local community. The mappers would be local volunteers and may
> not be comfortable responding to changeset comments that are written in
> English

Thank you, Dan, for making these and your other points so cogently.

Comments like:

    Stop destroying detailed map using generalization tools. In
developing countries like Nepal eactly map can save human life.

beggar belief. Perhaps whoever left that should themselves be warned to desist.

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk



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