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IGN Ranting

Post by TruckOttr
Pardon the rant but...

Do people who work for IGN get any training at all? Do they know how to edit maps? Do they know the difference between states and cities in the United States? Are they told aerial photos can be out of date and if the edits are less than say 2 months that they shouldn't DELETE them without checking? Do they realize that turn lanes between streets labelled "Main Street" and "5th Street" should in 99.999% of the cases NOT be labeled as ramps? That in 99.999999% of the cases in the United States, a dirt road does NOT intersect with an interstate with a 4 way junction?

That the Nevada desert is not their personal play space to create extra roads? I'm guessing that they are paid "per edit" hence all the random weirdnesses out there.

These aren't old edits that I'm ranting about.They were all done sometime in December 2012 by IGN.

Grumble... :x
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Re: IGN Ranting

Post by andrewkjs
skbun wrote:Do countries that have AM/CM self-management still have IGN?
We have AM/CM self-management and I remember seeing some IGN edits that were done here in the past year, but I'm straining to recall if this was before or after we implemented self-management. My own hunch is that whether an IGN editor will edit in a country isn't directly related to self-management.
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Re: IGN Ranting

Post by Daknife
Thanks for the link computing, I went looking for it when I saw this thread, but my search-fu was lacking.
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Re: IGN Ranting

Post by james_8970
rottielover wrote:I know the feeling, I posted a thread a while back about it because I have been finding cul-da-sac's with roundabouts at the ends of them (IGN editors) along with other stuff I won't specifically "call out".

I've taken to just correcting that stuff like always...
Had this happen to me early in my editing days. Since it was an IGN editor I assumed what they were doing was right and starting implementing their "solution". One week later I realized I had a lot of cul-de-sacs to fix once I read that this was wrong..... :evil: Was not impressed. Oh well, good learning experience. Now I know to never trust IGN editors.
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Re: Re: IGN Ranting

Post by mssusa
yippeekyaa wrote:Few weeks ago one trolled through my area. Dead end residential streets marked as major highway with every driveway mapped as a one way street. Since it was the street I live on and one of the driveways they mapped was my very own it felt like I was being stalked.
:lol:

Maybe you are? :eek:
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IGN Ranting

Post by pjlasl
I just fix there "errors" and move on. What I saw one day cracked me up....a IGN editor created a bunch of private roads (drive ways) and locked them LOL.


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Re: IGN Ranting

Post by rottielover
I know the feeling, I posted a thread a while back about it because I have been finding cul-da-sac's with roundabouts at the ends of them (IGN editors) along with other stuff I won't specifically "call out".

I've taken to just correcting that stuff like always...
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Re: IGN Ranting

Post by rottielover
crazycomputingdotnet wrote:Please please please next time be sure to fill out this form before fixing their mistakes:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/vie ... GQ0Yzk&ifq

Thanks!
Wait, so they want a permalink, and a screen shot, and fill out your info, plus the info of the PAID editor who made the mistake, and then describe for them what the mistake was and how they should be doing it?

....

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Re: IGN Ranting

Post by skbun
If level 2 editors get what I think they do, (the equivalent of countrywide editing area) maybe it's time to just start restricting where they can edit; that is, allow CMs to ask Waze to deny access by IGN on a per-country basis, thus IGN will continue editing in countries where editor saturation and organization is poor and basemaps need basic help...aiding the goal of adoption of Waze in new areas.

Do countries that have AM/CM self-management still have IGN?
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Re: IGN Ranting

Post by thefatveganchef
Please please please next time be sure to fill out this form before fixing their mistakes:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/vie ... GQ0Yzk&ifq

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