[OSM-talk] Too much detail, or: mapping every single tree in a park

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On 4/26/21 22:02, Skyler Hawthorne wrote:
> I came across this:
> 
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/42.71889/-73.78869
> 
> And can't help but think that this serves no utility to anyone
> whatsoever, and just takes up space and slows down map editors.
> 
> I hesitate to destroy the effort of someone who clearly spent a
> significant amount of time meticulously mapping each tree, but... at the
> same, does it really help anyone to know where each individual tree is
> in a park?
> 
> Maybe I'm too pessimistic. What does everyone else think? Is there such
> a thing as too much detail? Where do we draw the line?

The computer I normally run JOSM on right now is a very old Toshiba
laptop with a 2.2GHz Celeron processor and 8 gigabytes of RAM. The trees
do not noticeably slow down JOSM. If they slow down iD, that's an issue
with iD, not the map data; I've seen maps much more detailed than this.

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