Hi Ahasan, Mapping the buildings as points is not problem. Often I think we are mapping the building outlines because it looks more visually appealing on a map than anything else.
Best, -Kate On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Ahasanul Hoque <hoque.aha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello dear Mappers, > Hope you all are doing great. I need a kind suggestion from you guyz. > > Last week I facilitated a OSM training at Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics > (BBS) which is the is the only national Statistical institution responsible > for collecting, compiling and disseminating statistical data of all the > sectors of the Bangladesh economy to meet and provide the data-needs of the > users and other stake holders like national level planners and other > agencies of the Govt. Under the auspices of the computer wing of BBS, a > development project entitled *"Strengthening Capacity of BBS in > Population and Demographic Data Collection Using GIS"* is being > implemented. The objective is to prepare digital enumeration area maps for > conducting various censuses and surveys, aiming to reduce non-sampling > errors. > > I introduced them with OSM, now they want to do a piloting. In that case > some issues arise like, *How should the House/building draw: rectangle or > as a point ? *since, In JOSM based task mapping each households mapping > is difficult.and during field paper mapping to draw the exact shape is > difficult. That is why people are suggesting to map the households as point > not rectangle. > > Would you please suggest me *what should I do in this case from their > experience (if have) ? It is very important for OSM, if we can make it > successful then whole Bangladesh will be mapped in future by BBS.* > > Thanks in Advance. > > Ahasan > > ..................................................................................... > Ahasanul Hoque > > *GIS & Data Mgt SpecialistWSP, **The World Bank.* > MSc in RS and GIS | AIT, Thailand. MSc. in Env. Science| KU, Bangladesh. > *Diploma in Disaster Mgt & Humanitarian Response* | > Uni of Hawai-USA, UNU, Keio& Okayama - Japan; AIT-Thailand*.* > *Contact: *hoque.aha...@gmail.com; ahasan...@yahoo.com > <ahasan...@gmail.com> | Web: *ahasanulhoque.com* > <http://ahasanulhoque.com/> > *Skype: *ahasan4u | *Linkedin: **http://tinyurl.com/njg3xsp > <http://tinyurl.com/njg3xsp> * > > Please, Consider the Environment before Printing this Mail !!! > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- Kate Chapman Executive Director email: kate.chap...@hotosm.org U.S. mobile: +1 703 673 8834 Indonesian mobile: +62 82123068370 *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team * *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* web <http://hot.openstreetmap.org> | twitter <http://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook <http://facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <http://hot.openstreetmap.org/donate>
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