Re: [talk-ph] OSM Notes opened for the Yolanda / Haiyan Typhoon and not yet resolved
I actually reached out to ChrisEspectato (via an OSM account message) on 21 February to ask about the purpose of the notes. If I haven't heard back after some time I was planning on going through and closing the notes. With the anonymous notes, reaching out isn't possible. I think it's good to close some of the notes in the manner you mention. There are certainly some notes leftover from Yolanda that could be resolved (because they are no longer relevant or do not contain enough detail). On a side note, there are also many tags related to the Yolanda response that could be 'archived' or removed. Unfortunately this sort of cleanup work tends to be a lot less interesting than adding new details and features to the map. All the best, Dan On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Pierre Béland pierz...@yahoo.fr wrote: There is a discussion today on the general talk list about anonymous OSM notes. The Yolanda / Haiyan Activation is an example where such info could have helped if more infos provided and the possibility to interact with the person adding such note. To revise the OSM Notes and enhance the map, we can select this layer from openstreetmap.org Today, after more then a year, this info seems useless and I revises and resolves/closed some of these notes adding this comment: *Incomplete infos from this note or comments not related to mapping objects . More then a year later, no more infos added. I am closing this note.* I also see notes Created by ChrisEspectato http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ChrisEspectato with comments that seem to refer to an event or trip simply. #28 1-27-14 834am See http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/157873 http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/157873 regard Pierre ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
[talk-ph] mapping water infrastructure in Leyte
Hello, As part of the long term typhoon Haiyan recovery efforts in Leyte the Red Cross has plans to map water access points (and also possibly other water distribution infrastructure) in a few areas. The initial purpose is for better planning of water and sanitation projects. Another goal being to have the area better mapped for future disaster resilience and response. I was wondering if people were aware of good tagging conventions used elsewhere in the Philippines. The wiki page for Philippines mapping conventions didn't seem to have anything. I was thinking... ## For access points: + amenity=water (all access points) + amenity=drinking_water (an additional amenity tag for points considered potable) + man_made:water_well, pump=yes, pump:type=hand (for wells with a hand pump) + natural=spring (if water is actively flowing naturally from the ground at the point) + access=yes (for public access) + I'm not sure about how to tag a public gripo/faucet/spigot connected to a pipe network? ## For source points: + man_made=water_works (for the source of water being distributed through a pipe network) + man_made=reservoir_covered, type=water (for covered water reservoir) ## For pipe network: + man_made=pipeline, substance=water + location=underground/overground (for buried pipes or pipes visible along the ground) + Is it important to include diameter=* (diameter in millimeters) so that there is no confusion between the small water pipes being mapped and the larger pipes more commonly mapped with this tag? + Is there a key that could be used with values metal/pvc to give the material the pipe is made from? Comments and advice welcome. Salamat. Dan Joseph GIS Analyst International Services, American Red Cross ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
[OSM-talk] presenting the case for open data to local government?
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had experience conveying to local government all the reasons for opening up data. The city where I grew up has a clunky GIS web portal with which you can only view data. A neighboring city will provide data but their data release form includes the following: The data is provided solely for the use of the requesting party and may not be made available to anyone else. I want to put together a succinct and well-documented argument that I can send along to a city council member/ mayor/ city manager/ etc. Anything you're willing to pass along (comments, suggestions, something you've written up, research, etc) would be much appreciated. Thanks, Dan ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
