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

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Apr 29, 2021, 09:39 by dieterdreist at gmail.com:

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>> On 29 Apr 2021, at 09:34, Mateusz Konieczny via talk <talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
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>> It is fine to map area:highway, it is fine to delete area:highway
>> if you are updating crossing geometry and you are not interested
>> in fiddling with areas of roads and footways.
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> I dissent, if you are updating a place where area:highway is mapped you don’t have the right to delete it if you are not interested in highway areas.
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Fact that someone mapped something in extreme detail should not mean that others 
are obligated to maintain it forever.

Note that blocking deletion of completely outdated data would have two main effects
- larger opposition to micromapping (as it may get stuck forever)
- more outdated data known to be outdated

Personally, as author of some area:highway areas (and even actual data consumer of that,
though just in few locations for one-off projects): it is fine to delete my area:highway once 
it will become completely outdated

And the same applies also for bus lines, turn lane tagging, lane tagging...

It is fine to map bus lines, but it is also fine to delete utterly outdated relations.
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