James Derrick (2019-07-10 16:52:28+00:00): Hi jmeikle,

Welcome to the OSM community, and thanks for taking the time and effort to contribute to the map!

Can I check the status of this phase of St. Nicholas Manor please? 

When I last surveyed in June (GPS trace uploaded to OSM), the area around Normanby Gardens was an active building site, with harris fencing preventing any access, homes without roofs, footways without tarmac, and no units occupied.
On this basis I tagged the closed roads as highway=construction; construction=residential, and moved the edge of the landuse=construction to match the fencing boundary.

I notice in Changeset #72068030 you have changed several roads to highway=residential, but left construction=residential.

Can I ask you to review your edits and the OSM Wiki for the definition of these tags please?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=construction
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=residential

My understanding of tagging best practice is only completed and open roads should be set as residential, with those barred off and incomplete set as construction. This prevents map users being routed through closed roads or footways (such as the W-E closed Public Footpath and N-S new footways).

When highways and footways are complete and open to the public, the construction=* tags should also be removed.

I'd also suggest if it is finished, Saxilby Close is unlikely to be a living_street (Home Zone in the UK), and more like Oasby Close which is usually mapped as residential with private service driveway areas at the end:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/686494290
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=living_street

You have also added a new area way covering part of the estate, which is a duplicate of two already on the map, so I'd suggest deleting it:
Your new area...
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/687762552/
...duplicates existing area ways for the 'occupied' and 'building site' parts of the estate:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/659064528
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/26535547

Also, you seem to have copied the node place=town tag for Cramlington for name='Bellway Homes - St Nicholas Manor'.
Can you again review the OSM Wiki for guidance please?:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dtown
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6600892571

Cramlington is a town, but I'd say St Nicholas Manor is a neighbourhood, or suburb (albeit a nice shiny new one). :-)

The estate name is also already tagged on the overall area ways, which are better than a node tag as it allows systems using our data to work out that other features are within the area (e.g. no need to add extra tags to say Manby Court is_in St. Nicholas Manor - software can work that out itself).

I well understand that some editing tools can cause confusion as they suggest common tag combinations, which are easy to say Yes to, especially when you're finding your way around for the first time. 

Thanks again for taking the time to improve the map - and please message me back with your thoughts. I'll try hard to answer your questions.

BTW - did you know that Amazon Logistics also edit and use OSM, so getting new streets right can help deliveries!

Happy Mapping,


James