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Any way to contribute while learning to drive Car?

If you happen to remember things when out and about on driving lessons, then feel free to contribute those findings to OSM, but I wouldn’t focus on that over learning to drive. If you’re stopping and have a chance to write things down then go for it, but while you’re driving, focus on that first!

The GPX traces definitely can be useful, and those mostly just involve enabling it before driving and ending it afterwards, so that’s definitely going to be easy enough to do.

Once you’re comfortable enough driving and (assuming your country’s learner period is anything like mine) just trying to get enough experience and sit through any required time periods, you could (if it’s legal) have an OSM based map application running while you drive. If you do find any discrepancies between the two, you can note those down (if safe to do so) and fix those once you’re back home.

Junction Nodes - When can they be used - 10 year ban if used incorrectly

In which case, feel free to engage with the community through forums or mailing lists, as was suggested on the changeset originally. If I’m wrong in my understanding I’d happily revert my changes, as I’ve done previously when I’ve misunderstood or misread something.

Junction Nodes - When can they be used - 10 year ban if used incorrectly

If you have issues with edits, leave comments on those changesets, mistakes can happen and those changes were reverted following that realisation.

I’ve never said SA has a unique rule regarding this type of node, and nobody doing anything about those nodes means that nobody has an issue with them, it might just be that nobody’s seen them.

The DWG doesn’t set any kind of policy, the community does, so if you want to discuss this, the forums are open for polite discussions regarding these topics, where you can get feedback from the wider community and actions can be taken to ensure people don’t get confused in future if there is a misunderstanding.

Junction Nodes - When can they be used - 10 year ban if used incorrectly

They’re used when there’s extra information on a node to provide information about what the node actually is, similar to osm.wiki/Tag:building=.

Like I said before, I removed the ones in the area I edit in, being SA. If they’re all added by you and nobody else has any issues, I’d suggest confirming if your understanding of them is correct.

Junction Nodes - When can they be used - 10 year ban if used incorrectly

That’s not how I understood it, and there’s nothing that setting junction=yes gives any data consumer that anyone has seen. The reason why the tag exists is to explain what that node is when you add other tags to it, so that someone can see what a name tag is actually for, for example.

A Y intersection is still a common intersection too, there’s nothing special about it.

If you still disagree, there’s plenty of places to discuss it including the Wiki page’s talk page, the forums, and if the wording needs to be cleared up, then I’m sure those places will agree and help work on it.

Junction Nodes - When can they be used - 10 year ban if used incorrectly

I deleted those ones and not others because I looked in the areas I map in.

And if you look at the page https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:Tag:junction=yes you’ll see the following:

Do not use junction=yes for:

  • junction nodes being shared by roads, without further properties
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Why can blocked users make diary posts?

I think user blocks only cover the API, can’t see it being checked in the diary_entries controller.

The OSM Iceberg

I know about PTv2, if you’ve got any links you can send my way I’d definitely appreciate any extra info! I’ve got the AU tagging info for public transport already at least.

The OSM Iceberg

Considering I’ve added some bus routes in my state and am wanting to add them all, I’ve clearly dived straight to the bottom!