Hi marc,
I am one that checks both the source and the history of changes to understand
why a features was created and from where.
JOSM does already have a history and can be accessed by selecting the feature
then holding down the Ctrl key and pressing h. The history comes up in a
separate wind
Hi Ralph,
in which cases do you check the history ? If I have a photo (or any
other survey material) that show a different reality than what is
mapped, why would I then check the source ?
It's only when I have no survey material (and I'm armchair mapping
from e.g. aerial imagery ) that a source mi
Hello Ralph,
I also use josm and his history/changeset/diff function, is's nice.
But as you said yourself, all info you put at the chansetset level are
easy to read... if other mapper want it !
So if comment/source/date is in changeset tag, why duplicate it on every
object ? just in case that a
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> On 25. Jul 2017, at 08:41, Colin Smale wrote:
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> Unless the word is "St." for Saint in English where there is no evidence that
> the full spelling is ever, ever used.
rarely, there are some examples though, like Saint Petersburg or Saint Peter's
tomb:
https://en.m.wik
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> On 25. Jul 2017, at 10:17, Marc Gemis wrote:
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> in which cases do you check the history ? If I have a photo (or any
> other survey material) that show a different reality than what is
> mapped, why would I then check the source ?
+1, I also see no point in these source t
Saint Paul - but that certainly is an exception.
I was using a garmin gps device to navigate about 4 years ago. As I entered
Mount Vernon, WA the voice called it Mountain Vernon.
Albert Pundt suggestion to use offical_name or name_official would help.
But keeping with OSM ground truth, we could u
