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

[Philip Barnes]

On Tue, 2021-04-27 at 15:32 +0100, Oliver Simmons wrote:
> Mapping like this is 100% ok in urban spaces.
> Just don't do it in the middle of nowhere, chances of it getting
> updated are low and it'd get outdated.
> Personally I would only ever do it in parks and places where the
> trees
> are maintained on a one by one basis.
> 
> The was a case shared on the Discord a while ago where someone was
> mapping every tree in a forestry area (or something similar) over a
> *very* large area, all with a `name=` too!! That's not ok imo as they
> are likely to be cut down and replanted, so an area makes more sense.
> 
Mapping trees within a hedgerow in the countryside is useful as a
navigational aid, you can see them and therefore aim for a point long
before you can see a gate or a stile.

Phil (trigpoint)