Changeset: 37671024
West Lothian + Edinburgh
Closed by smeòrach
Tags
created_by | iD 1.9.1 |
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host | https://www.openstreetmap.org/id |
imagery_used | Bing |
locale | en-US |
Discussion
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Comment from eric_
In this edit, you deleted 4 polygons which represented 4 different neighbourhoods -- Ravelston (way 256067287), Drum Brae (way 256067261), Clerwood (way 256067252) and Carrick Knowe (way 256067249) -- and decided to keep and to update the 4 nodes representing these places. Even if the polygons weren't mapped perfectly (each mapper has its own conception of the limits of a neighbourhood), they were at least giving a spatial idea of the extent of these neighbourhoods (which nodes can't give), which is quite useful. You may also consider here that some OSM contributors spent some time in the past mapping them. So in this context, why did you decide to delete them on your own? As Andy Townsend (SomeoneElse), on behalf of OpenStreetMap's Data Working Group, mentioned to you the other day, "OSM is a collaborative community, and we have to work together to create the best map. Sometimes there's no problem - we can just add unmapped stuff. However, when changing the status of something existing it can be tricky - different points of view may need to be discussed". So please really consider discussing further changes of this kind on the talk-scotland (https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-scotland/) or talk-gb OSM mailing lists. Otherwise, other OSM contributors can be discouraged to see that all their efforts have been reduced to nothing by another person who just deleted their edits. By the way, you're more than welcome to the next OSM pub meeting in Edinburgh which will be next Tuesday at 7pm as indicated here (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Edinburgh#Upcoming_Pub_Meetings).
But in any case, thanks a lot for your contributions and edits, and please be in touch.
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Comment from smeòrach
Hi - I didn't even realise I'd deleted them! Is it possible to recover them from a previous edit? :/
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Comment from eric_
Hi, thanks for your answer. Rather than reverting your entire edit, I retrieved these neighbourhoods from the OSM history using the overpass turbo api and re-added them to the map (http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/37704841).
A revert process would have been easier here and clearer as well as it would have kept the history (versioning) of these objects. But because most of the time, your edits are made on a very large area, a revert can't be achieved. To help the local OSM community, would you mind in your future edits, to focus on small areas (even if you have to do more edits/uploads) and use comments which describe more precisely what your edits are about.
But once again, thanks very much for your contributions and hope to see you next Tuesday at the pub meeting at 7pm at the Guildford Arms.
Best. Eric -
Comment from SomeoneElse
As an aside, as well as being useful to humans having places defined as areas makes it much easier for anything else processing the data too. Here's an enhancement request that I logged with Nominatim about the issue there:
- Ravelston Woods (107324190), v7
- Meadow Place Road (25623091), v6
- Meadow Place Road (4526626), v5
- 4886487, v2
- Corstorphine (256067255), v3
- Broomhouse (256067245), v2
- Sighthill (256067293), v8
- Saughton (256067290), v2
- 394399687, v2
- 221638308, v2
- Corstorphine Branch Railway Route (245332252), v6
- Corstorphine Road (391280439), v2
- Pinkhill (23425461), v5
- Corstorphine Branch Railway Route (270384669), v3
- Corstorphine Branch Railway Route (41396400), v7
- 5045285, v12
- 330183354, v2
- Corstorphine Branch Railway Route (41396399), v10
- Corstorphine Branch Railway Route (86127696), v10
- Corstorphine Branch Railway Route (86127697), v5
- Redhall (4046134328), v1
- 4046134329, v1
- 4046134330, v1
- 4046134331, v1
- 4046134332, v1
- 4046134333, v1
- 4046134334, v1
- 4046134335, v1
- 4046134336, v1
- 4046134337, v1
- 4046134338, v1
- 4046134339, v1
- 4046134340, v1
- 4046134341, v1
- 4046134342, v1
- 4046134343, v1
- 4046134344, v1
- 4046134345, v1
- 4046134346, v1
- 4046134347, v1
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