Hello RomanoLinguine,

I see you have a lot of enthusiasm for mapping your city well, and I appreciate that!

However it seems that in some places you are overdoing it, and there have been complaints by other mappers about some aspects of your work. Little grass strips along a footpath are not a park; parks are subject to landscaping and maintenance. At best these grass strips are landcover=grass but most people really wouldn’t map them at all. Similarly, if there’s a vacant area between two houses in a built-up area, that would only in the rarest cases qualify as natural=heath!

I also noticed that you are using a lot of descriptive names, like “name=Housing” or “name=1234 Alba Road” on buildings; this is not recommended, instead use proper buildings tags and house numbers.

Also, a footpath in a park is not everywhere that people can walk; it is those parts of the park that are specifically prepared for people walking there. In one park in your city you drew so many footpaths that there was hardly any park left.

If you specify the source of something to be Bing imagery, please ensure that what you draw is actually visible on Bing imagery or people will think you made it up!

If other mappers delete things that you have mapped and you think that was wrong, do NOT simply re-create your work. Try to engage them in changeset comments and find out what their issues were, and if you cannot resolve the matter amicably, contact data@osmfoundation.org to mediate.

I hope you’ll have a good time in OSM even if the start was a bit rough.

Best wishes
Frederik Ramm
OSMF Data Working Group