Hello, I just wanted to let you know that when you added the steps (Way: 1018910715), you placed them on top of the path (Way: 1018910714) thus making a duplication of highways. What you ought to do is section off the piece of the path where the steps are to go, remove that section of path and insert the steps. Or if easier map/draw the three sections separately.

I've corrected the duplication by removing the path section where the steps are.

Regards Bernard.

Hi, Welcome to OpenStreetMap.

As there was a gate barring the way through you shouldn't have been routed through here. Your cycling routing app is probably at fault and will mislead you in similar circumstances. You ought to inform the cycle app compliers.

Anyway, your tagging was OK but there is obviously private access here so a better tag is access=private. I've amended the tags to suit this. I also added the second gate, tagging them both access=private.

Regards Bernard.

Hi, Welcome to OpenStreetMap.

Your changes resulted in a couple of footpaths being removed and your new way duplicating part of an existing way. No problem now though as I've reverted your changes. I then tidied up the features in the area, removing overlaps and squaring things up.

Need any help please just ask, Regards Bernard.

Hi, I can assure you that this issue is always considered and when it happens it is inadvertent. The link you point to is a "General recommendation" only, not an obligation.

In actual fact, this changeset is not big at all definitely not to be considered huge, as it only contains 8 edited nodes. I think you are are confusing the changeset with the bounding box. This one is large but it only contains changes in a couple of very small areas of the overall bounding box.

Lastly, it is very easy to track the edits contained in a changeset no matter the size of the bounding box. The real issue is the number of individual edits in the changeset, it has nothing to do with the bounding box size. It just now took me less than a minute to check up on the 8 nodes edited in this changeset.

I suppose my only question is why do you want to track the edits in any changeset.? What makes you think there may be something that needs checking/tracking?
If you need help or advice on how to check up on edits in a changeset please just ask. I've done this many thousands of times and feel quite confident finding and correcting mistakes.

Regards Bernard.

No response but anyway I'd like to say thank you for removing these features. I still don't think they were footpaths.

What about the second problem, the ways tagged unclassified highway, that look like they are on a canal course? If you zoom in you can see the canal line with a trackway on either side. You can even make out bridges.

I await your response, Regards Bernard.

Thank you for making the corrections. It would have been polite to respond to comments.

Hi, You placed several service roads on top of existing footpaths making duplication of highways thus disrupting routing. I've removed your duplications and amended the existing highways.

Please bear in mind these problems for your future mapping.

Regards Bernard.

Hello Guy,
I noticed the nodes as I regularly look at OSM Inspector to make lots of corrections in the UK and other places I'm interested in around the world. It's addictive, I like doing it (puzzle solving), I have lots of time and I think it helps out.

Anyway, the ones I corrected yesterday are now not showing on OSM Inspector but a new one shows up this morning. Here's a link to it:- https://tinyurl.com/2p84jbhj

I'll leave it alone for you to look at/correct. Need any help please just ask, fixing these with JOSM is fairly easy.

Regards Bernard.

Hi, You've made a lot of mistakes in several of your changesets.

There are warnings listed above, (and in the other changesets), 24 instances here of highways crossing buildings, highways crossing railways with no join, Highway crossing highway with no join, and highway crossing water with no bridge.

A lot of these mistakes will mean disruption of routing software that uses OSM data.

Could you please go back over all your mapping and correct these numerous mistakes? Please learn from these mistakes before making more changes. Need any help please just ask.

Regards Bernard.

Hi, Just wanted to let you know that you are occasionally making duplicate nodes, (maybe double clicking).

Regards Bernard.

Hello,
Please be aware that the tag highway=road will be ignored by applications directed at end-users.

Do not expect highway=road to be rendered.
Do not expect highway=road to be routable.

Could you please also look at the comment on your previous changeset and make corrections.

Regards Bernard.

Hi, I've now been through all your changes, quite a lot of problems mainly due to being new at OSM contributing. Not a problem now though. The problems were not all your own doing, there were many instances of poorly mapped areas and highways before you started. But once you've got problems on top of problems it becomes very difficult to unpick things.

I'll try to explain the main things to be aware of. Highways should not be joined to anything except another highway, they should not be placed on top of area outlines. Further, area outlines do not usually extend to the centerline of a highway anyway. It took a long tedious time to make lots of corrections here I'll not try to explain everything.

I hope you don't mind me butting in like this but like you, I want a really good OpenStreetMap. Please have a look at the way your paths are now mapped. Bear in mind that there's lots of info online about OSM mapping. Have another go, if you wish give me a comment/nudge here and I could have a look at it. If you need any help at any time please just ask.

Regards Bernard.

Hello, It's actually a very simple task to figure out what has happened in a changeset, no matter the size of the bounding box. It only took a minute, but I accept it is experience that allows one to do this. Using a powerful editor also makes it easy, you should find JOSM is good for this work. It's actually the number of edits in a changeset that can make checking difficult not the size of the bounding box. You should try checking a changeset of a small area that has a few hundred separate edits, (which I frequently do), that is a headache!

Anyway, I checked every change and there was nothing incorrect so please rest assured of this.

Actually, the large bounding box was not intentional, and I am mindful of this. But I do make mistakes as I would think most folk do. So your concern with this could be eternal.

Best Regards Bernard.

Hi, You've probably inadvertently removed the tag highway=path from Way: Sarasota Trail (479327896), Way: Sarasota Trail (1016959035) and Way: Explorer Trail (321031844).

Could you please add back the highway tags, need any help please just ask.

Regards Bernard.

Hi, Absolutely no trouble at all, in fact, I'm pleased to have been able to help. You've learned so you've done nothing wrong.

All the Best, Bernard.

All looks OK now. Cheers!

Hi, You've got a section of the power line duplicated. If there are two overhead power lines out of the substation they should be shown separately. Please see here:- https://tinyurl.com/mr4ywdxm

Regards Bernard.

Hi, There's no need to create a multipolygon here nor to add a POI to a single-use building. It only bloats the database with duplicated/triplicated information. Please see one feature tagging information here:- osm.wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element.

I've amended the church feature adding a few more details.

Regards Bernard.

Hi, Welcome to OpenStreetMap.

I've amended the tags of both sections of Rookery Chase and the crossfield bridleway. This is to meet OSM practice.

Regards Bernard.

Hi, Welcome to OpenStreetMap.

Looks like you've made quite a few inadvertent mistakes. Please read up on OSM practices and maybe look at how other instances of what you're adding have been mapped.

There's a lot of edits you've made with lots of impact on adjoining features. I'll go over all your changesets in due course. Please hang back while I do this. I'll let you know when I've gone over everything.

Regards Bernard.