Hi Martin Den Sat, 22 Aug 2020 19:30:23 +0200 Martin skrev Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !):
> sent from a phone > > > On 22. Aug 2020, at 10:15, pangoSE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Here is yet another example of bad data in our database: > > > fix it ;-) Yeah! But to fix "it" (it being the overall low or unknown quality of the map) we need good tools that encourage reviewing and fixing. We have a discoverability and usability problem IMO in this area. I fixed loads of errors during my time and I like it, but I have a poor grasp of the overall quality of the map in the area and OSM is not making it easy for me to find the less good quality spots with stale/old/non-reviewed data. > > Of course OpenStreetMap contains errors, just like any other source, > and probably more, given that most contributors are laymen and have > very few experience (few total edits, often just 1). > > On the other hand, we may be very fast when something changes, very > flexible in emergencies (think Haiti), and have interesting niche > data that commercial and public data providers don’t care for. Yes, that really nice. I would like to find a middle ground between fast and poor/unknown and slow and high degree of verification. > > It all depends on the local community in the end. If you have reached > a critical mass to have locals everywhere, it will work great and > bugs will wash out. Otherwise the data might get stale just like any > other data. Also using the data is essential to find the problems, > for example the 212 story garage is likely fixed now ;-) Yeah, I agree. Lets make it easy for a local community to keep the map verified and up to date. We could e.g. set a verification-needed flag on objects edited in a changeset with "please review". That would make it easy create an overview of all things todo in your local area based on the objects - not the changesets that touched them (they can easily be found in todays interface from the object). /pangoSE _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
