[OSM-talk] Planned revert of added surface and tracktype tags without local knowledge in various countries

[Michael Reichert]

Hi Mateusz,

Am 18/07/2020 um 19.29 schrieb Mateusz Konieczny:
> Can you link affected data in Poland? 
> 
> In Poland you actually can reliably estimate real tracktype based solely
> on high quality aerial images (not satellite imagery that is unlikely to be 
> sufficient), typically Geoportal 2 aerial and LIDAR data available in ISOK Cień dataset.
> 
> Note that your planned automatic revert likely counts as automatic 
> edits and needs to fullfill
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct
> requirements, including support from other editors.

I do not think that my revert is an automated edit as intended by the
Automated Edits Code of Conduct. I am reaching out to the community in
advance because different people might have a different opinion on how
reliable tracktype=* needs to be and how reliable surveying from
satellite imagery is.

I think that the description "all objects modified by Modest7 since 1
January 2020" is sufficient. You can use OSMcha, can't you? Or would you
like to have a large .osc files of his changes?

Currently, the revert is disputed. That's not a condition I would like
to have for a mass edit. If people in favour of a revert will not voice
their opinion in this discussion, it is very likely that I will not do
the revert on international level.

The Polish community is free to object as it is their data (quality),
not mine. I asked the German community today because I suspect that
Germans are quite sensible when it comes to one of our key assets of OSM
in Germany: surveyed highway=track. If people on the German forum agree
with a revert, the revert will be limited to Germany. If other local
communities ask me to perform the revert in their country, I will do it
there.
https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=70056

Best regards

Michael

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