Hi Crazixs,
ich hab eine Note zur Pipeline aufgemacht:
osm.org/note/2884656
Kennst du dich in der Gegend gut genug aus um zu wissen, ob da wirklich eine Pipeline die ganze alte Stromtrasse entlang verbuddelt wurde? Wahrscheinlich nicht, oder?

Hi, du hattest in diesem Changeset aus Versehen den Siebenbrunner Bach osm.org/way/49225264 mit Fahrrad- und Fußweg-Infos getaggt. Das hab ich wieder entfernt, aber ich weiß nicht, wo diese Infos richtig wären (es gibt ja mehrere Wege in der Nähe). Schau dir das vielleicht noch mal an, vielleicht kannst du das noch ergänzen.

Using a closed way to indicate the size of the shop is indeed possible, and is the way it's done with indoor mapping. I think it's not very popular yet, but it shouldn't do any harm either. As long as level=* is set, the QA tools should also not complain about overlapping geometries.

Address tags are meant for postal addresses, so things that can't receive mail usually don't get any addr:* But as always, there may be differences in local tagging practice...
As far as I know, the location of features in countries and districts is not very hard to find through software queries. There are shapefiles for all borders available, and they are used for things like that.

Thank you for all your thoughts in all the replies, this has been very interesting for me. I see that you have very good reasoning behind what you do! Also, I'm getting a glimpse into local culture and attitude ;-)

One nice thing about OSM is that it's very open for all interests and very much a "do-ocracy". This can be a bit confusing for data users and for new mappers, who both may wish for clearer and more consistent rules everywhere. But I think the openness and flexibility is a big part of the success and fun of OSM.

About citing notes in changeset comments, yeah, I try to do that, too, but it's a bit complicated to do manually. I just found out there's a plugin for JOSM that should automate this: https://github.com/kmpoppe/noteSolver

About the notes, it's completely OK to use them as a "note for my future self". If the local mapping community doesn't like seeing a lot of open notes, then you'll find an agreement someway.

Hehe... you are going through all the stages of any serious mapping afficionado :)

Aerial imagery usefulness varies very much, depending on where you are. As you have noticed, the images can be quite old, distorted, misaligned, with bad resolution and too much shadows or tree cover etc. So it takes a lot of comparing to find out which is the newest, and which is the most detailed for an area.

To get the alignment right, you can try to use existing gps tracks and your own tracks. The more tracks there are, the smaller the average error will be.
I've looked at the Bing images alignment with JOSM, it is actually reasonably good for the island, no need to offset. Only problem is that the images are taken from an angle, so you don't see straight down in the city streets. You will have to trace the rooftops and then move the outline to where the ground level is.
Bing metadata says the images were taken between 2010 and 2016 :-(
Esri "Clarity" is even older if I look at some construction sites. Standard Esri is newer, Mapbox and Maxar have the same images but processed a little differently. The editors also offer the French BDOrtho, which is sadly not extending to Jersey.

Well done, crazy details! Though some people might consider the list of not-supported payment modes excessive (except maybe the more common ones like american express).
I wouldn't add microbrewery=no, since having a microbrewery is something special (still ;-), but not having one is to be expected.

Also, you don't need to add a source for every tag, one source=survey would be clear enough.

The detailed infos for wheelchair users are very useful. Great that you remember to look for this!
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Yes, you're right, things that don't concern the whole building should ideally not be tagged on the building outline. So I would turn the supermarket into an POI node and place it somewhere sensible. There's also some people who like to do detailed indoor mapping but that's really a niche for now...
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OSMCha says "Irrelevant tags on highway", I suspect it's triggered by the addr:country which is really not necessary.
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Cool idea! I think Osmand may actually give a warning when encountering a "hazard".
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If possible, choose a more detailed value from osm.wiki/Key:barrier
You could map who / what can still pass the barrier with access tags like "foot/bicycle=yes".
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Maybe it would make sense to connect the parking entrance to the road using a short "highway=service"?
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Looks good to me!
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All's OK, but maybe the building outline could be squared. In ID and JOSM the key Q does this, in Vespucci it's a button with a right angle that looks a bit like an arrow.

I haven't tried Vespucci yet, it's definitely on my to-do list ;-) But for editing and QA of bigger areas, using a computer with keyboard may be more comfortable. JOSM and ID also have a lot of validation / QA checks included. E.g., I opened this area in ID and it complained about the driveway crossing the building (which was not changed in your edit). So it helps in finding such errors.
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Hi again Lee,
one tiny hint: you can make a way square with a button in Vespucci (and in the other editors). This is helpful mostly for buildings.

Crazy detailed mapping! Very cool!
But the website says "Havre de Pas" as addr:street? That's a bit strange, for routing I would also guess "Greve d'Azette" should be the address.
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Hi Lee, I'm following up on your request for reviews :-)

I'm impressed at the detailed tagging of those substations. Well done!
Since I'm not an expert on power mapping, I was looking at the wiki osm.wiki/Tag:power=substation and maybe a "substation=*" tag could be added if you find out what kind of substation these are (minor_distribution?). Or might power=transformer fit even better for small installations?

Maybe for economy, you could just use one "source=survey", since all the facts come from your survey. Only if some tag has another source, that could be indicated with a separate source:x=y
Also, I think official_name is not needed since it's the same as the main "name".
But these things are a matter of taste (like much OSM tagging...)
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Sometimes, like it was here, I'm panning across the map looking for open notes with simple enough issues to be closed without checking locally. I wouldn't look for fixme-tags this way, because I would need to download the data first (or use some QA tool like Osmose). Fixme's are maybe more useful for yourself and locals that way.

Photos are very helpful in many cases! I've looked at mapillary when available, and StreetComplete is also great with this option. Of course, often text is clear enough.

One-word notes mostly aren't very helpful... I like when notes give a bit more info than just "this POI doesn't exist", e.g., if there was a shop, what is in there now?

I also like to add infos like websites to POIs, but I don't like to google too much for such stuff.

"Review requested" is a great idea, which works best when there are other local mappers who can help the newbies. When I have time, I'll look into some of your "review_requested" changesets. But I'm sure you're doing fine :-)