this are the difficulties of remote mapping. I think it is necessary to use field team that will make examples we can follow
2015-03-15 17:49 GMT+00:00 Mikel Maron <mikel.ma...@gmail.com>: > Quick first version up on Vanuata tracing guide. > > http://hotosm.github.io/tracing-guides/guide/vanuatu.html > > Just one tip so far on comms towers. Let me know what else this should > cover. Best would be cropped screenshots and text added to this GitHub > issue. > > https://github.com/hotosm/tracing-guides/issues/30 > > -Mikel > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > > > On Sunday, March 15, 2015 9:33 AM, Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Ya, that is kind of what I had in mind. It is a good question that was > asked, I have been trying to think of some more features that could use > some short example guides and towers are perfect for that and are needed. > > Cheers, > Blake > > > > > On 3/15/2015 2:12 PM, Mikel Maron wrote: > > We could make a quick tracing guide for these towers. Just need a few > > clipped screenshots of the imagery, and help text. > > > > Would put it together in something like this: > > http://hotosm.github.io/tracing-guides/guide/kulna.html > > http://hotosm.github.io/tracing-guides/ > > -Mikel > > > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > > > > > > > On Sunday, March 15, 2015 9:03 AM, Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi Martin, > > > > These are challenging to spot and hard to tag correctly without local > > knowledge I just discovered. > > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dcommunications_tower > > > > I usually find towers by seeing the shadow they cast, that is the big > > indicator to me. > > > > Here are a few examples in the region: > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-21.90198/166.072485 > > > > If you look very carefully at the shadow you can see the microwave > > transceiver drums in the shadow. I would guess that is what helped the > > person identify this one as a "communications" tower specifically. > > > > ---------------------------- > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-20.748846/167.262194 > > > > That one again, shows the shadow being a pretty big factor. And it > also > > show a typical service road and pad. I do not know how the mapper knew > > it was a communications tower. > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/14.977132/120.52743 > > > > Shadow and microwave drums visible > > > > ----------------------------------- > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=20/15.011183/120.532604 > > > > Shadow and service area fenced off. > > > > ---------------------------------- > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/15.097711/120.611481 > > > > A nice big TV transmission tower. > > > > > > I hope those help! > > > > Cheers, > > Blake > > > > > > > > On 3/15/2015 11:37 AM, spatialbits wrote: > > > Hi hotties, > > > > > > as part of tasks #944/943 (Vanuatu) mapping of Communication > > towers is > > > requested. > > > Could someone point me to an example in the imagery (e.g. > > lat/lon), so I > > > get an idea on what to look for. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > HOT mailing list > > > HOT@openstreetmap.org <mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org> > > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > HOT@openstreetmap.org <mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org> > > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- Fofana B. Bazo, Géographe, contributeur OpenStreetMap, Membre fondateur de la Communauté OSM_BF
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