The problem is that someone actively mapping in a given area would be irritated 
by completely
pointless checks and repeated checks of the same objects.


Jul 29, 2020, 12:34 by luke.mar...@viacesi.fr:

> Due to some concerns expressed in here (bloatness, discrepancies), I've been 
> wondering...
> Wouldn't it be enough to ask randomly about some properties to be checked?
>
> For example, let's say I'm using SC to do some mapping, and from a 100 
> quests, I get whatever proportions of maintenance quests selected randomly.
> While this wouldn't provide information that I did check to OSM database (if 
> data is accurate), it still ensures that the DB is correct.
>
> As someone stated, with a proper number of users, the concepts of having a 
> last date of check might be obsolete, so having people do random checks 
> (could still be prioritized based on actual element) on top of filling new 
> stuff might be enough in the long run.
>
>
>
> De :>  ael <witwa...@disroot.org>
>  > Envoyé :>  dimanche 26 juillet 2020 23:56
>  > À :>  tagging@openstreetmap.org <tagging@openstreetmap.org>
>  > Objet :>  Re: [Tagging] Map maintenance with StreetComplete - Preferred 
> tagging>  >  
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 10:03:17PM +0100, Cj Malone wrote:
>  > On Sat, 2020-07-25 at 16:42 +0200, Tobias Zwick wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > So in a nutshell, the topic of how to find things based on old
>  > > sources is also very relevant for remote mappers.
>  > 
>  > Technically there is survey:date and source:date that may be on the
>  > object, or (preferred now?) the changeset. So a quality assurance tool
>  
>  Adding such source tags to a changeset seldom makes sense.
>  Most of my changesets are a mixture of local knowledge, surveys, gps,
>  photographic and video. I even occasionally use satellite imagery...
>  So the source data needs to be fine grained on the elements themselves.
>  
>  Furthermore, when updating an element, I can see any source tags right
>  there. I am not normally going to all the faff of looking up the
>  history, finding the changesets and consulting those except for unusual
>  cases.
>  
>  Of course, changesets need to have some overall source infomation, but
>  that is necessarily coarse except for small cahnges perhaps.
>  
>  ael
>  
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