In this edit you have deleted way/995035713 and way/974937750. These segments included useful details such as turn:lanes, destination:lanes and change:lanes, which is used by routing software ti provide better navigation instructions.

There is no reason to have removed these correct details, and there is no benefit to removing valid, useful information.
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A couple of this here.

Firstly, Overton Road doesn't suddenly turn into a trunk road between the carriageways of Nepean Highway. It should keep its highway designation, and certainly its name throughto the northbound carriageway; no different that if it was a through road.

Secondly This change is a really good example as to why extending the roads beyond the point of physical separation causes problems. By extending the point where Overton Road splits so far north, you've had to add a new intersection for Overton Lane. But, because you've smoothed the Overton Road slip lane as well, it's now impossible for routing software to travel south on Nepean Highway, turn left on Overton Road and then turn right onto Overton Lane.

These changes are functionally worse, and serve only to make the map less useful. Aesthetic considerations should not ever override accurate network mapping.
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Hey HighRouleur.

Thanks for these edits to motorway_links across Melbourne.

I think Batman Avenue is a bit different from the some of your other changes, and best left as a trunk road. It's not really a "link" road in the traditional sense, and it is used as a service entrance to Olympic Park, etc. The "Tollway entrance" sign is about at the point where the carriageway splits as well. Thoughts?

Hello,

Thanks for the contribution. :)

As the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit is a temporary feature, it's best if it is not mapped as though it is a permanent raceway. For the rest of the year, it's a carpark. I've adjusted the tagging slightly accordingly.

Readded the military base tags: 122139858

Hi Supt;

Roundabout flares shouldn't intersect, even if they are close together.

Here, you have flares for Market St intersecting with Doveton St N, and Webster intersecting Creswick.

junction=roundabout#The_roundabout_itself

Dian
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Hey John.

Updates to the map can sometimes take a bit of time to flow through and it varies a bit due to caching and other technical quirks.

Try clearing your browser's cache, and see if that helps: osm.wiki/Browser_cache.

To add to Nevw's comments, here is an example of a complete retirement village with unit numbers and building outlines: way/370132468

Thanks Vadmium. Makes complete sense. I must have been a bit tired and missedthat the chemist didn't have a street number, but you explained it perfectly. :)

Sometimes I find the individual numbering of addresses tedious as well... have to be in the right mood for it!

Keep up the good work - Dian

Hey Vadmium,

What are you using the interpolation for in these sitatuions in which each address is already mapped? My understanding of the interpolation tag is that it's only really used when there isn't any addresses in between.
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Hey melb_guy,

I don't believe the changes you have made to the former General Motors station are correct.

osm.wiki/Railway_stations#Stations_and_sites_which_are_not_currently_in_operation

It's not a building, and since its not in operation the railway=station tags are not appropriate.

Dian
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No problem at all.

The name Poo Farm Track comes from the Vicmap datasets (osm.wiki/Australian_Data_Sources#Victoria).

Funnily enough, the Brabralung Trail doesn't seem to be gazetted particilarly well either; it apparently "ends" at Whisky Flat. Given the signage you've seen, I think Brabalung Trail may be applied to a number of differently named roads (and indeed, you can see the relation relation/12714312 also includes Ash Drive and Davenport Drive.

Given you were there, you're probably best placed to decide which one is the "real" name on the ground, but I'd suggest at the very least Poo Farm Track be kept in the official_name field. :)

Dian.

Hey TreeTracks,

Funnily enough, Poo Farm Track is actually the gazetted name of this road. (No doubt from the clarifiers at the end of the road).

Where was the signposted trail name from? It may be better mapped as a route than a road name?
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Hello;

Did you intend to remove the military base tag from HMAS Cerberus? Those tags appear to have been accurate

Hi Scott.

There are quite a few issues that I'd like to bring to your attention; I can see from your edit history that you are clearly a committed and passionate contributor. Unfortunately, this edit, along with a considerable amount of your previous edits, doesn't align with good mapping practice and makes routing data less accurate.

1 - Roads and Highways should not be split if there is no physical separation. Instead, the lanes:, change: and turn: tags should be used to describe roads of different width and legal description.

In this edit, the correctly mapped intersection from Matthew has been lost.

2 - Preserve the history.
A lot of your edits involve deleting roads or features and then redrawing them in a different shape. Please, do not do this. (osm.wiki/Keep_the_history).

Aside from removing the history trail of these features, in many cases you have not added all the tags from the deleted object, essentially removing valid mapping data. changeset/120499047.

changeset/120285705.

changeset/120284903.

The scale of these errors makes it almost impossible to easily restore this data.

3 - Roundabout modelling - Rather than creating multiple segments of "oneway" roads, you should follow the mapping advice documented at junction=roundabout. In particular, note that nodes within a roundabout should not be shared, and that ways should not intersect.

The road flares leading to a roundabout should keep the name: tag of the street they split from, rather than being unnamed ways. The same applies for when you split a carriageway for a traffic island at an intersection.

changeset/118314136
changeset/119187682
changeset/120167949

4 - There are some features that you have deleted or removed without really explaining why. The Grassy Woodlands Conservation Habitat Link Project, which was added by a user who surveyed the area, was deleted in changeset/118301160 which simply had the changeset comment "added park". By using good changset comments (osm.wiki/Good_changeset_comments), it will help engage with other editors in your area and make collaboration a lot easier.

I've spent several hours trying to resolve some of the issues that varies edits have introduced, but there is still more work that needs to be resolved. Many of the bus relations need remedial work to reorder road segments (which is a very common issue when editing with iD, but is still time consuming!). Although this is a lot of words in one comment, I really want to encourage you to keep editing. Active contributors help keep everything up to date, and your time commitment is impressive. Mapping can be a difficult activity to complete individually, so I'd encourage you to also join the community at the talk-au mailing list or on discord (if you haven't already!).

If you have any questions or concerns about what I've raised here, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Dian

Hello,

Thanks for your contribution.

This edit changed a service road into a fence, which doesn't appear to be correct. I've resolved it now.

Thanks for the reply breno. The existing uses are pretty interesting and it does seem like there is a precedent to follow!

I agree with your assessment of protected_areas not being suitable. In lieu of a more substantive answer from others, I'm happy with the way you've mapped this. I might do some research internationally on this and revisit it in the future through the mailing list/discord, but it's good for now. :)

Take care,
Dian

Hey Breno,

I'm not 100% sure that these unincorporated areas should be mapped in this way. By keeping the admin level and boundary=administrative, these are esentially mapped the "same" as those with real LGAs. These areas are "technically" managed directly by the state, which has been delegated to individual resort management boards

I'd be inclined to use a different boundary value: maybe protected_area (or even local authority). What do you think?
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Hey Miki,

Thanks for your updates to the St Kilda area. It's great to see some more changes being made to improve the area!

I've just made a few very small adjustments to what you've added: I've straightened the u turn ways at Jacka Boulevard as it's generally better not to split ways unless there is physical separation; much in the same way intersections are shaped like boxes. :)

Dian
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Hey Phil!

Hope you are well :).

I didn't rely on any official source for this changing of classification, I ultimately relied on local knowledge. I made the change to align the clasisfication of Southern Road/Murray Road and Waterdale Road. Southern Road is busier than Waterdale Road as both a through way (to get to Albert) and a destination (Northland).

I updated Chifley in turn, but looking at it again with fresh eyes I probably would say I've over-egged the importance of that road, at the very least; Tertiary is probably more appropriate for that road.

Spending quite a bit of time over the last few months cleaning the wiki guidelines pages has helped me gain a better understanding of the subtleties in highway classification. I'm much more on the fence about the grading of Southern Road than I was, and if you are strongly in favour of changing it back to secondary I wouldn't object.