[OSM-talk] Quality FTW

[stevea]

In the USA, I'm not surprised that both roads and rail are "showing the same" with this tool, as our TIGER import (circa 2006-7) included both.  There were and are many problems with these data.  I have spent significant time doing TIGER Review of both road and especially rail data and it is a great deal of work, with slow (but steady) progress.

Though, TIGER Review and correction of these data's many sorts of problems has been an ongoing effort by many in OSM; I've seen estimates that it will take until the 2040s before this Review is completed (and all of the noise eventually resolved).  Unfortunately, many of the excellent tools that allowed for comprehensive review of the data have sadly passed away, even as significant TIGER Review remains necessary in a great many areas of the USA.  (My favorite was the ITO map tool, discontinued in mid-2019).  Our wiki [1] offers several current strategies to fix these data.

Based on my initial though cursory review of the TomTom tool, it will only help this effort — really, multiple efforts to data garden and improve map data quality.  I agree the tool "shows a lot of promise."  Please, Steve, keep up the good work.

SteveA

[1] https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/TIGER_fixup

> On Aug 11, 2021, at 10:04 AM, Ed Loach <edloach at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Zooming in on an area I knew in Georgia, near Savannah, it looks like railway lines are showing the same as missing roads.
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> Ed
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> From: Clifford Snow 
> Sent: 09 August 2021 17:23
> To: Steve Coast <steve at stevecoast.com>
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> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Quality FTW
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> Steve,
> Looks like a great tool that's been missing since TeleNav lost interest in a tool that is similar to this one. I already fixed two roads!
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> For those interested in using the tool, it looks like there is coverage of the Eastern US, from the middle of Ohio down to the middle of Florida. I can't wait to see Washington State results.
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> Best,
> Clifford
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> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 9:03 AM Steve Coast <steve at stevecoast.com> wrote:
>> https://www.tomtom.com/blog/maps/tomtom-openstreetmaps-mapmetrics-map-editing/
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>> We shipped an OSM quality tool today that’s a work in progress. It shows a lot of promise, happy to answer questions and take any feedback. Especially if there’s areas you want done next, we’re pushing through the US right now if you select 2021 06 in the layer panel…
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>> Best
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>> Steve
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