Hi Marcs!

Welcome to OSM!

You've added a lot of features as parks here and then used the name tag to describe them.

You have access to a lot of presets that you can load up in the iD editor. Searching "swimming pool" will bring up the required tagging for marking a swimming pool as one example..

The name tag should be reserved for actual names, if the pool has a name you can use it, but it's also okay to leave name= blank. You could call it the George Washington Memorial Pool for example, if that fits.

Hi osm1923,
There is already a park located close to the where you added Peach Orchid Park - way/223583110 are they the same feature?

Hi Aidan,

Welcome back to OSM.

These paths are a little strange - for a "nature path", they just seem to circle around the house at this location. I can't find any reference to a nature preserve or similar feature here, and the paths don't appear in any imagery.

Do you know where I might be able to find more information to verify your changes?

No problem at all :)
I'll get in and try to look over the area this weekend.

Hi KyRenXIII

Welcome to OSM!

It's really amazing that you managed to do this all on a phone using iD, I'm impressed.

Just a bit of feedback for you - we try to avoid using the name tag to describe things. For example, you added a farm field and called it "Farm Field" - depending on the nature of it, either meadow or farmland tagging may be better.

landuse=farmland
landuse=meadow

I'd say you can also square buildings up, but that might be a little tricky from your phone.

I can take a look at the area and make some changes if you like?

Apologies for the multiple typos in the above comment. I just looked back at it and though... "bleh!"
Please let me know if I was completely incomprehensible.

Hi yayap18,
This is awfully small for a park... you hashtaggeds firehydrant here - is that possibly a more accurate description for what this is?
How we define parks on OSM: leisure=park

Hi octopuslove and welcome back to OSM!
These ponds seem a little odd - one is almost as big as the house it is next to and uses most of the yard, and the other seems like it might actually be a hedge?

Hiya lcd15000,

Welcome back to OSM and thanks for your recent contributions!

I'm not sure if leisure=park is the best tag for these reefs - leisure=park is generally used to mark "open space for recreational use, usually designed and in semi-natural state with grassy areas, trees and bushes" - the latter part might be a little difficult under water.

Depending on the nature of these locations, you might find natural=reef, leisure=swimming_area or possibly sport=scuba_diving (or a combination of tags) might be a better fit.

Hi dexterclark1998,

Firstly, thank you for all your contributions to the map!

I noticed that you tagged Walla Walla University as a school here, please keep in mind that there are different tags used for different levels of education institutions:

School (students between the ages of approx about 6 and 18): amenity=school
College: amenity=college
University: amenity=university?uselang=en

Hi jrengdahl,

You've got a typo in the name here "Wilfdlife"

Also, I would suggest that leisure=park might not be the best tag for this. There are a few options, but leisure=nature_reserve might be one of the better ones.

Park:
leisure=park

Nature Reserve: leisure=nature_reserve

Hello Almehza5499,

Almehza5499 مرحبًا

You do not need to place water beyond the coastline.

لا تحتاج إلى وضع المياه خارج الساحل

Grassland does not belong in the water

العشب لا تنتمي في الماء

The footpath you added does not match reality

ممر قمت بإضافتها لا يطابق الواقع

Please be more careful with what you add.

يرجى أن تكون أكثر حذرا مع ما تضيفه.

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Are you the person who posted on the OSM subreddit about Pokemon GO about a week ago?

Hi RichieRRR,

I'm not sure if you saw the earlier comment by aaronsta on one of your changesets, but your tagging is still a little off.

You're using the name= tag to describe things - this is generally not considered good practice as the name tag should be reserved for actual names of things - most footpaths for example simply don't have a name.

The page on the name key on the OSM wiki: name=*

Some of the features you're adding are a little strange as well - for example, you added a park and named it treeland - maybe natural=wood would be a better tag to use?

Natural=wood on the OSM wiki: natural=wood

Hello Almehza,

Thank you for your reply. It is good to hear from you! I am glad that it seems you are enthusiastic when it comes to adding to the map!

The water tagging you used (In English, it is natural=water) implies water at ground level such as a pond, lake or river. You can use man_made=pipeline for pipes, however you would need an OSM compatible source to add these features (see the legal page on the OSM wiki for more information: osm.wiki/Legal_FAQ)

If you want to tag how land is used, you can use landuse instead of building tags. For example, places people live can be landuse=residential (landuse=residential) and places where people do business can be landuse=commercial (landuse=commercial). Building tags can be added inside of those landuses if you know buildings are there or you can trace particular buildings using satellite imagery.

Here are some examples of strange paths you have added:
way/825423258
way/825423257
These do not appear to match any imagery - just because you can walk across a location does not mean that it is a footpath - if everywhere was a footpath we would make quite a mess out of the map.

Hello Almehza,

I am commenting on one of your more recent changesets in the hope that you see it.

I originally commented on the following changeset: changeset/87771685

You have made several strange changes across Bahrain. For example, the water you added in the above changeset makes no sense.

Additionally, you are marking entire blocks as single house buildings and adding footways in a haphazard manner that doesn't appear to match reality.

I am happy to help you, but if you do not respond, I will raise a report with the Data Working Group so that they can investigate your changes.

Hi cvb777,

Welcome to OSM and thanks so much for your recent additions to the map!

Just a quick note - you've added J. Vines Cobb Jr. Park as a node and also as an area. Typically you only need to add one or the other, as OSM normally works on the idea of "one feature, one OSM element".

Hi parkergn,

Welcome to OSM and thanks for your recent addition.

Please keep in mind that this is a public map. You should avoid adding personal details like who owns a house or backyard (you created a garden called "Tony's Backyard")

There are also limits on what you should add in regards to other private information and details as well.

You can read more on the OSM wiki, here:

osm.wiki/Limitations_on_mapping_private_information

And here:

osm.wiki/Good_practice

Why have you added so much water here?

Hi Ap_Titan!

Thanks for your recent contributions to the map!

Just for your info:
The correct way to map driveways is as highway=service + service=driveway (service=driveway)

highway=path tagging is more often used for generic paths not intended for motorised vehicles such as cars (highway=path)

Hi Armaan,
Welcome to OSM!
Are you sure you got these features in the correct location? You can clearly see the row houses/apartments in Maxar imagery at this location, however there *does* appear to be a park just East of here.
Your tagging was a little strange as well - is the park really called "park 1"? Is Crane Meadows Square really a Hindu place of worship?