* USRNs, not UPRNs!

Thanks for updating this. Just one thing, please retain crossing_ref=zebra where it's on zebra crossings of public highways in the UK as it conveys additional information to data consumers.

Have all of those trees actually been cut down?

Hi,

Don't worry about the dragged nodes, a lot of people do that while they're getting used to the web-based iD editor. It's usually easy to spot and fix.

Adding the roads from the developer's map is a problem, because it's subject to copyright. There's more information on the OSM wiki at osm.wiki/Don%27t_copy_from_other_maps

There is some aerial imagery available which is more recent than the editor's default "Bing Aerial Imagery". If you click on the map layers selector on the right side of the iD editor's screen, you can change the background to "ESRI World Imagery". This gives you some building/foundation outlines and roads under construction (some of which may be temporary). I've added some of these.

Until the available aerial imagery catches up, there are limited information sources which are covered by the Open Government License (OGLv3). I've added what little was available from the September 2025 releases of Land Registry INSPIRE Polygons and OS Open USRN and will take a look for any changes in the October release. There isn't anything in the April 2025 release of OS Open Roads, but this should also be updated later this month.

I realise that this sounds a little pessimistic, but there are a few things which you can do to get the new streets (and houses) onto the map quickly.

1) Walk the new streets with a GPS tracker like a sport/fitness watch or mobile app like OSMTracker or StreetComplete, then upload the GPX file(s) to OSM. If you click on the map layers selector on the right side of the iD editor's screen, you can select "OpenStreetMap GPS traces" as an overlay and then trace roads from them.

2) When streets have been added, you can use the StreetComplete mobile app (currently Android only) to survey and add details like pavements, surface, street lighting, etc.
https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete

3) If you want to collect some street level imagery which has a compatible license with OSM (we can't use Google Street View), you could consider using the Mapillary mobile phone app.
https://www.mapillary.com/

I hope that helps, but feel free to ask any more questions. Happy mapping!

Apparently we also delete the correct building=yes tag of Chilton House and replace it with landuse=residential. Fixed in changeset/173027549

Has 99 Bikes moved or closed? Your changeset deleted it, but the comment makes no reference to this.

node/12878802190/history

By deleting the highway=* tag, unfortunately you have effectively made this path invisible to data consumers, including renderers and routing software. The footway=* tag only really makes sense when combined with highway=footway (or similar), see the "requires" section of the infobox at footway=*

Gates and other barrier nodes shouldn't generally be mapped at intersection nodes. Although the sidewalk way is badly aligned, I doubt that anyone walking along the pavement of Harlington Road West between Clymping Dene and Hounslow Road has to pass through it.
barrier=*#How_to_map_barrier_nodes

Would service=alley also apply to these roads?

service=alley

Has the business moved to 176 Westbourne Grove and if so, is Martin Moore still at that address?

Welcome to OpenStreetMap.

Unfortunately, your edit dragged part of Crown Avenue to the far side of Clarke Crescent, which I have reverted.

If you could explain what you were trying to do, I'd be more than happy to help.

Please could you explain why you deleted the short footway link (way/172888893) between Savage Gardens and the footway in Beckton Park?

Connecting it only to a short section of decorative sidewalk, which is not itself connected to any other highway made that entrance to the park unreachable for pedestrian navigation.

Link undeleted in changeset/172944855

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There doesn't seem to be much consistency for tagging arches in the wiki (see osm.wiki/Arch ).

It might be worth asking in the OSM Community Forums for tagging suggestions ( https://community.openstreetmap.org/ ).

* this is actually Banbury Park (BP) CPZ

You accidentally dragged the north side of the roundabout across Trafalgar House. It's quite easy to do this without realising in web-based editors like iD and Rapid. However, the editor would have warned you about highways crossing buildings and other highways before you saved your edit.

Hopefully fixed in changeset/172457979

Many thanks for checking this and resolving my note. Could I just check which sign is in use here?

maxweight=*#United_Kingdom

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If a business has closed, simply deleting the name tag will not convey this information to data consumers.

In this case, it will still appear on maps as a caravan site, but with its name missing.

One way to achieve this is to move the name to old_name and use a lifecycle prefix on the "main" tag. In this case, you could change tourism=caravan_site to disused:tourism=caravan_site

osm.wiki/Lifecycle_prefix

Also, your changeset comment is REPORTED CLOSED, but you haven't given a source. Where was the closure reported?

Sorry for my slow response. You could always add the tagging for an artwork and leave the memorial tagging in place, if that would allow you to describe it in more detail.

Access changed to access=private in way/837344032

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Welcome to OpenStreetMap and thanks for your edit.

Rather than deleting the name tag here, it might be better to use a lifecycle tag and change tourism=caravan_site to disused:tourism=caravan site. That way, data consumers will not treat it as if it were still open, but will be able to see what it was.

Assuming that you surveyed this yourself, you could also add a check_date tag.

osm.wiki/Lifecycle_prefix
check_date=*