[OSM-talk] Odd mapping in Atar Mauritania

[Andy Townsend]

On 08/11/2017 12:51, john whelan wrote:
>
> One mapper has a thousand untagged ways in Mauritania most of which 
> are of this type.  I have sent a note to them but not yet heard 
> anything back.

You may have already also done some of these, for completeness and for 
the benefit of anyone unfamiliar with these options:

o One or more changeset discussion comments, including in a language 
that they actually speak (in this case, based on the locale in the 
changeset tags, French).  A bad online translation will likely have some 
words they recognise in it, even if the overall translation quality is 
up there with "English As She Is Spoke".  Don't expect a response 
immediately though, if someone is trekking in the Sahara it may be some 
time before they read it.

o Try and contact other mappers in the same country and talk to them 
about it.  Maybe someone knows someone who can talk to the mapper?

o If they're still actively doing it and seem not to be getting any 
messages have a look at the "I've seen a problem; what should I do?" 
section of http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Data_Working_Group - we 
can send them a message that they need to read before continuing (and 
hopefully fix their email).

Also, and most obviously, if you fancy having a go at fixing some of 
these "giant buildings" then of course you can!

Best Regards,
Andy (DWG member)

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