[OSM-talk] OpenRailwayMap Electrification Status vs tag electrification=no

[john whelan]

So it comes down to who adds the tags.  Manually by local mappers is
acceptable but remote mappers from imagery is not?

I'm happy and content with local mappers adding anything but I'm not so
happy about things being added by remote mappers and basically cluttering
up the database.

Although I have my doubts about whether surface=asphalt which has been
added to most highways in Ottawa was added by a local mapper who surveyed
each individual highway before tagging it.  I'm really not certain how much
value it adds to the map.

Cheerio John

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 10:52 Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 23/02/2022 15:43, john whelan wrote:
> > So you would be happy to add a tag of lit=no to all highways in rural
> > Africa?
>
> Via mechanical edit, obviously not.
>
> But let's imagine that a local community is using StreetComplete, and
> there are relatively few lit highways where they are.  As they survey
> things, they'll mark lots of lit=no and a few lit=yes.  The unsurveyed
> values won't have a "lit" value.  Eventually almost all of the roads
> will be lit=no, and I'd say that's OK, because it helps to say that
> "those roads have already been surveyed as lit=no".
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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