Yes, the Highway tagging wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 5:46 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > African tagging guide? > > The highway wiki? > > Thanks John > > On 22 Nov 2016 8:52 am, "Vao Matua" <vaoma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Majka, >> >> The mapping in this area is comparable to other projects I've seen in >> Tanzania. >> Over-mapping residential areas and paths is kind of overkill, but >> personally I don't think it hurts to have them mapped. >> The bigger concern I have is buildings mapped as lines, that is something >> that should be mentioned to the mappers so they don't continue that habit. >> It is always good to remind new mappers about the Africa tagging guide. >> >> Thank you for taking on validation of some of these tiles, it can be >> messy. >> >> Regards, >> >> Emmor >> (Palolo) >> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 4:22 PM, majka <majka.zem+t...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello all. Not sure if this is the right place, but let's try it anyway. >>> >>> Could anybody find time to look at task http://tasks.hotosm.org/projec >>> t/1788#task/91 and perhaps few tiles around it and guide me through >>> sorting it out? >>> >>> I tried to validate it, but unlocked it again after correcting obvious >>> errors. Furthermore, I don't expect newbies to untangle it. >>> >>> I think I see clearly water streams crisscrossing here, mapped as >>> highways. >>> >>> What I see what should be corrected >>> NE corner: highway:residential, streams as highway:path or >>> highway:unclassified >>> SE corner: disconnected stream, should be continued from the east tile >>> to the south one >>> few paths probably mapped too enthusiastically, almost non-existent in >>> the imagery >>> disconnect in the highway classification but first has to be the >>> waterway/highway debate cleared >>> residential areas: IMHO, too many. I would map probably 3 or 4 at all - >>> small area NW, bigger area N to NE and one or two in the middle to the >>> south. >>> Anything else? >>> >>> Any tips how to map this part? >>> >>> There seems to be one way how to untangle the waterways - the stream in >>> the NW corner (id:450387995) should be split in the south, and both parts >>> are flowing to this point to the south there. And from there, it is one big >>> maze... >>> >>> In this project, there are several similar tasks. Till now, I have >>> chickened out every time, but it might be time to find my big girl breeches. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Majka >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> HOT@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >>
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