[OSM-talk] What would make MapRoulette better?

[Martijn van Exel]

I’d appreciate you back that statement up with some data that goes beyond some isolated examples, Dave.

> On Nov 24, 2017, at 2:18 PM, Dave F <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> On 24/11/2017 07:59, joost schouppe wrote:
>> For example, "Skipped" to me means "meh, didn't feel like doing this task".
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> No! it's an option to ignore the task if the user doesn't think there's anything wrong. Maproulette is based on guesswork. A task doesn't mean there's an error that definitely needs fixing
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> There appears to be a compulsion by users to complete tasks in Maproulette even when they have no *accurate* knowledge. This is wrong. It adds *erroneous* data to OSM.
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> There's a clue to Maproulette's randomness & uncertainty in its name.
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> I believe a good way to improve OSM data is to ban Maproulette.
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> DaveF
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