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@BitSound @openstreetmap

There have been many disputes between the way the iD developers want to do things and the community over the years, to the point where they are now unique in having a dedicated page on the wiki documenting all their controversial decisions.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ID/Controversial_Decisions

I wouldn't pay much attention to it.

The main thing is to have highway=traffic\_signals either on the intersection node or on all the inbound ways. Any refinement beyond that is just a bit of a bonus.

@BitSound @openstreetmap

Breaking up roads for turn restrictions, changes in the number of lanes etc is perfectly fine.

I've always found it a bit silly to break up roundabouts for route relations, but not everything supports leaving them intact.

@abeorch @pietervdvn @openstreetmap

Chandlers added read only as there's no real consensus on the best tagging, no repair facilities on the map yet.

https://mapcomplete.org/theme.html?userlayout=https://studio.mapcomplete.org/89098/themes/narrowboat_amenities/narrowboat_amenities.json&test=true

@abeorch @pietervdvn @openstreetmap

I had a go but haven't finished it. The link should be kicking around in this thread somewhere.

The major thing I thought would be good but haven't included yet is chandlers because the tagging for that is a bit confused.

Also boatyards I guess.

@mischk @openstreetmap @[email protected] @osm_tech

I've just spent a couple of hours editing and haven't had any issues.

@BitSound @openstreetmap
Depends on the layer. Some of the ones described as ortho imagery are provided by government sources and are really closely aligned to very well known survey points. Others aren't.

Even if you do have a layer done to a very high standard it could be older than some of the lower accuracy ones so there will be individual buildings that have been replaced or remodelled and the later source should be used.

@ticho @hanke @openstreetmap

IIRC the photos stay hosted untill a week after the note is resolved. They are in the website if the developer

@Beaver @openstreetmap_ca

In terms of keeping track of which areas you have done and which you haven't I think SimpleTaskManager is really good for single person projects. Divide and Map Now looks like it should be good for more collaborative stuff but I haven't tried it in a while.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/SimpleTaskManager
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Divide_and_map._Now.

@Beaver @openstreetmap_ca

I think the quickest way is with JOSM + the Building Tools plugin. If the buildings are all rectangles or "L" shaped then the Mapathoner plugin is really quick too.

Building tools is quick enough that if I'm fixing an area that's been mapped wonky it's often a lot quicker to re-trace the skewed buildings in a fresh layer and use the Conflate plugin to merge them back into the main layer than it is to fix the geometry directly (and that include individual checks).

@Zwiebel @openstreetmap
I would expect ISO to be among the last organisations in the world to suggest that copyright should be waived for something or that there should be an open license.

Of course I'm not going to check in this instance because as a typical ISO standard it is obscenely expensive.

@Zwiebel @openstreetmap

Don't copy from maps you don't have permission to use.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Copyright#Proprietary_data