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87243345 over 5 years ago

Then they should navigate to the address as they would for any other domestic dwelling.

We should in these cases map what is verifiable and that is likely to be only the housenumbers.

If I am a map user who is looking for the footpath at the end of the road and they expect to pass Cosmetology Hub then they will be disappointed.

Notes like this should not be acted upon until they have been verified.

Cheers Phil

87243345 over 5 years ago

The key to adding things to OSM is that they are verifiable. I seriously doubt that there is a sign that someone passing would see.

Also the area covered indicates that this is a visiting service, if it was a shop why would they care? What have people from Mountsorrel, Groby or Glenfield done not to be welcome.

I see this as a work from home business, which we have never mapped in OSM. Google maps is full of such unverifiable POIs, we should not be copying that, OSM is a map not a business directory.

Cheers Phil

87337660 over 5 years ago

We are aware of the rules followed by highway engineers however OSM is an international project and in the UK we map roads according to osm.wiki/Roads_in_the_United_Kingdom

Hence all A roads with green signs are trunk, other A roads primary and (most) B roads are secondary.

This scheme has worked very well for the 13 or so year OSM has been going.

Please review your changes as they have broken OSM data.

Cheers Phil

87243345 over 5 years ago

Hi, this is a residential area. It seems unlikely that there is a verifiable business here.
If I was a neighbour I would be very cross indeed if my quiet close was full of customers cars.
These businesses tend to be phone/internet and do not belong in OSM.

Cheers Phil

87403168 over 5 years ago

Thank you

87358187 over 5 years ago

Hi Jonathon
The customer comment makes far more sense. "Its completely closed from Thurcaston road side. This corner should be closed" in no way suggests this road is oneway, it suggests that the connection to Thurcaston Road does not exist, for motor vehicles at least, which matches available imagery.

I have removed the oneway and changed the connect to Thurcaston Road to footway as the pavement is clearly not obstructed which is backed up by strava heatmap usage.

HTH Phil

87358187 over 5 years ago

Hi Jonathon, welcome to OSM. This edit just doesn't ring true at all.

It would be kind of odd for this road to be oneway for its entire length because..

1. Imagery shows it as two lane, and typical industrial area construction.

2. It would force traffic onto Thurcaston Lane, which has not been a primary traffic route for decades and would route heavy vehicles down Mowmacre Hill and through a residential area which would be stupid in the extreme. Such planning permission would be unlikely.

Do you have any photographic evidence? Have you been here and surveyed it.

You say 'customer has advised'. This suggests that you user page should say who you are working for.

Please see https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/6/62/Organised_Editing_Guidelines.pdf

Cheers Phil

87403168 over 5 years ago

Hi, this edit has some errors.

This is clearly a supermarket car park yet you have added what should be tagged as service=parking_aisle as service=driveway. This is very clearly an error that should be obvious from aerial imagery.

Also please improve the map in these cases and add the car park as that is what a map user is likely to want to find.

Cheers Phil

87187851 over 5 years ago

Interesting, to my knowledge the only access to Pool House is from Newtown Linford Lane where there are some quite impressive security gates and intercom.

This gate has to my knowledge not been opened in a very long time and I find it difficult to believe that they would have gone to that expense of extra gates to enter/exit to what would be a dangerous place on the A50.

Do you have GPS traces of this section being used?

Unfortunately I do not have any usable imagery of the gate that I can use to illustrate it.

Cheers Phil

87245363 over 5 years ago

Unfortunately maps.me cannot be relied upon when it comes to hotels as it replaces them with objects from booking.com which are often in the wrong place.

This hotel is mapped on the grounds, rather than the building which probably confused maps.me.

You should always review your edits on osm.org through a browser.

Cheers Phil

87208315 over 5 years ago

No problem, it did look a bit odd.

Cheers Phil

87245363 over 5 years ago

Please keep your changes to smaller area, large areas such as this make it very difficult for local mappers to review the changes in their areas.
Also please carefully review your edits before uploading, in this changeset you have duplicated the Holiday Inn Lancaster tags for a second time. Please be more careful.

Cheers Phil

87208315 over 5 years ago

Kebab House sounds like a description rather than an actual name.

87187851 over 5 years ago

Hi
You have got this edit very very wrong. The section which was previously mapped as a track is very much a track. From the A50 is not in any way a a means to reach the house as the gate hasn't been openable in decades and typically for the area will have a very large lump of granite behind it.

Please revert this edit.

Cheers Phil

87135582 over 5 years ago

Thank you for fixing these. If you need any help or advice I or the rest of the community are always happy to help.

Cheers Phil

87135582 over 5 years ago

Hi John
Welcome to OSM and thank you for your edit.

In OSM we map school object details on the campus, rather than the building. In this case the school was already mapped and you have duplicated the name on the building.

Is The Chapel no longer a place of worship? If it is now a private dwelling, then addr:housename may be more appropriate than the name tag.

Has the phonebox been removed? Many red phone boxes remain long after the phone has gone and find other uses. If this is the case it is better to replace the tags with building=phonebox.

Feel free to ask any questions.
HTH Phil

87071981 over 5 years ago

Please keep your changes to sensible areas. If you are making small changes in Europe please save and start a new changeset before you move on to the USA.

Cheers Phil

86433775 over 5 years ago

15 days and you have not responded so I will be reverting this edit soon.

Cheers Phil

85690417 over 5 years ago

The existing tag designation=public_footpath indicates that this is a right of way on foot only. The complainant is correct and bicycle=yes should be removed.

Cheers Phil

86910890 over 5 years ago

Thank you Gaz