Changeset: 36503610
centered suburb point
Closed by crossmyloof
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Discussion
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Comment from Richard
Hi,
Is there a reason you're moving place nodes to arbitrary locations like this?
OSM guidance is that nodes should be sited "in the perceived centre of the place, for example the town or village square to the central in terms of facilities and/or transport routes or next any appropriate central monument". (See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Places .)
This is particularly important for routing - e.g. if someone asks for a route from Canning Town to Ipswich, they will expect to start in the centre of the area, not on a road adjacent to a primary school.
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Comment from crossmyloof
Hi there,
Sorry, I missed that in the guidance.
I had moved the place nodes to the centre of the area based on a triangulation of boundaries.
Some of the more suburban districts obviously have no central point but I see the argument with places like Canning Town.
I will review the changes I have made and sort the appropriate nodes.
Apologies again, CML
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Comment from trigpoint
Also bear in mind that placing the node too far away from a routable way will break routing.
The centres may not be obvious to a remote mapper, but I tend to assume local mappers had placed the nodes where they were for a reason
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