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Have you added the names of people you contacted to the wiki page?

osm.wiki/Asking_users_to_accept_the_ODbL

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The tag historic=memorial with memorial=grave was discussed, but not widely used. If you add a lot of graves this would render with a lot of memorials so maybe a different render needs to be applied too.

You're not a vandal, just the opposite, but watch out for one of the armchair mob putting it back to the way their old aerial imagery looks :-)

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I like your optimism. If such a licence is forthcoming please tell everyone else the secret to getting it. :-)

The web page (once the missing '.uk' of the url is added) is copyright. In the UK, government and council web pages all carry copyright and you should only use the data on them if you get written permission to use the data. You can add the permission to a wiki page so people know you have it. Is any of this verifiable on the ground, such as with a sign?

If you do feel the need to add the addressing to the buildings, there is a UK post code layer you can use to add to each address. Read more here: http://codepoint.raggedred.net/

The part of the programme I saw before I turned it off in disgust, was pretty rubbish. Why would incompetent people blundering about be interesting? The thing I really disliked was the idea that people can wander the hills without a map or compass. That leads to fatalities every year.

Every OSMer should contact the authors of the free-loading apps and tell them to stop causing a problem.

Any OSMer who has one these apps should give it a huge negative feedback on the App store or Market until they stop free-loading from OSM tiles.

NaPTAN imported bus stops were surveyed by a human, who may have done a great job or a very poor job or anywhere in between. If it's in the wrong place move it. Imports are not special, they are just part of the database like everything else and therefore subject to improvement when that is possible.

If there are no one-way signs then the no-entry is possibly being used to prevent a rat-run. The no-entry can be represented with a turn restriction, which are not not needed on normal one-way streets.

As you say, contentious. Some of us want the very best map possible, just copying other people's stuff, errors and all, doesn't give us that. Adding OS:locator names to country roads, when there is no sign is not good. When the Sat-Nav says 'turn left into Bluestone Bottoms' but the road has no sign it can be confusing. I think aerial imagery, imports and ooc maps help a lot with alignment, give us access to awkward places and boundaries but do not replace the huge value of a survey on the ground, which is the best way to collect names imho. OS Locator does provide a great way to find things that have not been surveyed - when a new version comes out OS have helpfully added new stuff that ITO World and Musical Chairs then highlight so we can then visit and survey. Chasing the completeness lists might be fun, but it shouldn't be at the expense of accuracy or quality. Lint tools are not pointing out errors, just anomalies which are usually best resolved by a visit. "20 years to complete the map"? It will never be complete, but it will be very, very useful in much, much less time than that.

Welcome to OSM.

Tracing from aerial imagery is useful, but surveying on the ground is even more useful. Try a walk around your local area you will find all sorts to add that you would never get from an aerial photo.

If you want to check a GB postcode, or add en-masse take a look at http://codepoint.raggedred.net

Talking to your local TV and newspaper is a good idea. Always carrying some info about OSM is good too and some ID.

I also carry a printed statement explaining that there is no law against taking photos in a public place in the UK and that police officers cannot delete or destroy them without a court order.

I think chriscf's point is that someone (an armchair mapper) has added the road details based on OS data without surveying it and has ignored the deliberate comments that show it doesn't exist. I agree that that is how not to use OS data. The chase to 100% completeness of agreement with OS Locator data might tempt some to cut corners.