Hi orbitc,
I was just expressing my feelings as I suddenly found that a lot of segments got massively locked. Therefore, no I have not talked to Leo before hand, and I am not aware that you have discussed with him before deciding the lock standards. I am happy to talk to any/both of you about my thoughts. I have also written a new post on the Hong Kong local forum. I know Leo check that forum frequently so he’ll see my post.
I mean, Mapraid is good stuff as it improves the map, locks are somehow necessary too in the sense that they prevent bad people from making harmful edits to the map.
Yet, are editors still following the “Best Map Editing Practice” as I quoted above before putting a lock on a segment?
My standpoint is, I am fine with locks (at any level), but please, please make 100% sure the map (junctions/turn restrictions/segment connections/etc) is correct before putting a lock on it. Locks are the last thing you put on the map after you have done all the edits and checks. Merely adding locks (without verifying all these) does no improvements to the map at all. The MapRaid has only started two days and people are already putting massive locks on segments. This is not something I expect to see.
Anyway, I’m happy to talk to you. Let’s discuss and see what we can do. The locks are already in place within minutes, so it’s probably too late for me to make this post and hope for a revert.