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

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Apr 29, 2021, 12:28 by dieterdreist at gmail.com:

> Am Do., 29. Apr. 2021 um 09:57 Uhr schrieb Mateusz Konieczny via talk <> talk at openstreetmap.org> >:
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>> Fact that someone mapped something in extreme detail should not mean that others 
>> are obligated to maintain it forever.
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>> Note that blocking deletion of completely outdated data would have two main effects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 - more outdated data known to be outdated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 it will become completely outdated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 It is fine to map bus lines, but it is also fine to delete utterly outdated relations.
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> hm, maybe I got your first message wrong. I agree that outdated (completely outdated, not referring to the current situation) data can be removed, e.g. a bus line that is not existing any more. If on the other hand, there were a few modifications to the bus line but it still represents more or less the current bus route, you would not remove the whole thing because there's a different route between two of its stops.
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Definitely! It is not

"this one easy to fix detail is wrong, so I can delete EVERYTHING"

it is rather "entire crossing geometry changed, everything is mismatching reality
and I am not interested in drawing new exact shape of roadway with area:highway"
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