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

While editing using the OSM Task Manager, should I stop mapping highways at the square border? I mean if everyone does that who will connect all the dangling ends in the end?

I have not found this in the documentation (1), so please clarify.

asked 07 Jun '14, 14:51

rwst's gravatar image

rwst
160369
accept rate: 0%

edited 07 Jun '14, 16:06

The same question with areas going over task borders, which will be mapped twice if different people edit the two squares (I cannot see what my neighbor edited, can I?).

(07 Jun '14, 14:56) rwst

Would it be possible to link to the documentation that you're talking about to clarify which task manager you're talking about?

(07 Jun '14, 15:46) SomeoneElse ♦
1

OK, I added the following to the documentation: Please link your features that cross the area border to features in neighboring tiles. Note that you can load task data of neighboring areas into some editors by selecting that area in the OSM Tasking Manager and, in its Task tab, clicking at the respective button.

(08 Jun '14, 10:34) rwst

Without wanting to set HOT policy, and given that there is likely no real guranteed to work solution, I would suggest to try avoid working on tiles which have active neighbours.

If you do that you can simply extend the road/area you are tracing in to the neighbouring tiles and then work on them. If you see a conflict in the making (aka somebody takes a neighbouring tile), I suspect the best thing to do is simply coordinate with the mapper in question (use the OSM message system, IRC etc).

permanent link

answered 08 Jun '14, 08:35

SimonPoole's gravatar image

SimonPoole ♦
44.7k13326701
accept rate: 18%

This assumes that my edits can be seen after uploading by later editors working at neighboring tiles. But for me that was not immediately the case, until I found out that by selecting a different tile in the task manager, and clicking JOSM, only then was the data for the other tile loaded. Thanks.

(08 Jun '14, 10:00) rwst

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
×14
×3
×1

question asked: 07 Jun '14, 14:51

question was seen: 3,277 times

last updated: 08 Jun '14, 10:34

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