NOTICE: help.openstreetmap.org is no longer in use from 1st March 2024. Please use the OpenStreetMap Community Forum

Hi, I've been adding stuff for several years now, and often dip in if I find something missing. While I'm in there, I often fix obviously bad roads if it's in the area I'm editing, by following the satellite view more correctly. Often country roads with very jagged routes. Am I wasting my time? does some auto robot come along and undo my fix every now and then?

Thanks J

asked 13 Jan '14, 13:44

Jethro10's gravatar image

Jethro10
21111
accept rate: 0%

edited 13 Jan '14, 16:03

aseerel4c26's gravatar image

aseerel4c26 ♦
32.6k18248554


That should be fine. Openstreetmap has lots of such incremental improvements. You might want to check where possible that the satellite imagery aligns with any available GPS traces, but if there aren't any then at some point in the future when there is the mapping can be refined again.

permanent link

answered 13 Jan '14, 14:15

EdLoach's gravatar image

EdLoach ♦
19.5k16156280
accept rate: 22%

Ok thanks. I often find remote roads where I go fellwalking very rough, so I fix em a bit. Happy someone fixes them better someday, but was bothered some auto update undone it all.

J

(13 Jan '14, 14:18) Jethro10
1

Be careful to not blindly trust satellite views. Bing can be shifted to the real position. It can also vary with zoom levels.

(13 Jan '14, 14:20) Pieren

Yeah, i do see zoom levels changing, and it can mess stuff up. However my roads are often zig zags and not curves. I'm sure it's closer when I finish.

(13 Jan '14, 15:03) Jethro10
1

My rule of thumb is to add enough nodes to get the road to stay within its outline on the imagery - so if it's taking shortcuts then add a few more nodes, but don't worry about adding hundreds of nodes on each corner.

(14 Jan '14, 17:26) Andy Allan
Your answer
toggle preview

Follow this question

By Email:

Once you sign in you will be able to subscribe for any updates here

By RSS:

Answers

Answers and Comments

Markdown Basics

  • *italic* or _italic_
  • **bold** or __bold__
  • link:[text](http://url.com/ "title")
  • image?![alt text](/path/img.jpg "title")
  • numbered list: 1. Foo 2. Bar
  • to add a line break simply add two spaces to where you would like the new line to be.
  • basic HTML tags are also supported

Question tags:

×352
×223
×25

question asked: 13 Jan '14, 13:44

question was seen: 2,517 times

last updated: 14 Jan '14, 17:26

NOTICE: help.openstreetmap.org is no longer in use from 1st March 2024. Please use the OpenStreetMap Community Forum