[Talk-ca] Adding Buildings + Leisure + Corrections To Ottawa Map Over Holiday Season

2014-12-23 Thread Richard Burcher
Hi Folks,

I've created a new mapping task for the Ottawa area [1]. I really want to
make our local map super awesome:) I see adding buildings as one of the
biggest projects we can undertake, so that local mappers like myself could
start adding address data from local surveys. The task focuses on buildings
and leisure areas but also asks those mapping to correct any obvious issues
encountered.

I understand it's a large area to map but I see this as a long term
project. It's also something I'd like to use to encourage new local mappers
to get involved with through our monthly meetups.

Let me know what you think and if I'm missing anything in the instructions
to make this easier to work with!


Join me over the holidays:)

Cheers,

Richard

[1] http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/9

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Re: [Talk-ca] Adding Buildings + Leisure + Corrections To Ottawa Map Over Holiday Season

2014-12-23 Thread Tom Taylor
Fine with me. I've been mapping apartment and commercial/institutional 
buildings but not ordinary residences in my area. Does that seem like a 
reasonable priority, with the rest to be added later?


Tom Taylor

On 23/12/2014 10:37 AM, Richard Burcher wrote:

Hi Folks,

I've created a new mapping task for the Ottawa area [1]. I really want to
make our local map super awesome:) I see adding buildings as one of the
biggest projects we can undertake, so that local mappers like myself could
start adding address data from local surveys. The task focuses on buildings
and leisure areas but also asks those mapping to correct any obvious issues
encountered.

I understand it's a large area to map but I see this as a long term
project. It's also something I'd like to use to encourage new local mappers
to get involved with through our monthly meetups.

Let me know what you think and if I'm missing anything in the instructions
to make this easier to work with!


Join me over the holidays:)

Cheers,

Richard

[1] http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/9

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Re: [Talk-ca] Adding Buildings + Leisure + Corrections To Ottawa Map Over Holiday Season

2014-12-23 Thread Harald Kliems
It sure is -- as long as the postal code is coming from an appropriate
source, e.g. a store receipt, a business's homepage, or your local
knowledge. Maybe a note about that fact could be added to the instructions.

 Harald.

On Tue Dec 23 2014 at 10:01:50 AM Tom Taylor tom.taylor.s...@gmail.com
wrote:

 I notice you propose addr:postcode as one of the tags in your
 instructions. Is this legal? I suspect Canada Post would object.

 Tom Taylor

 On 23/12/2014 10:37 AM, Richard Burcher wrote:
  Hi Folks,
 
  I've created a new mapping task for the Ottawa area [1]. I really want to
  make our local map super awesome:) I see adding buildings as one of the
  biggest projects we can undertake, so that local mappers like myself
 could
  start adding address data from local surveys. The task focuses on
 buildings
  and leisure areas but also asks those mapping to correct any obvious
 issues
  encountered.
 
  I understand it's a large area to map but I see this as a long term
  project. It's also something I'd like to use to encourage new local
 mappers
  to get involved with through our monthly meetups.
 
  Let me know what you think and if I'm missing anything in the
 instructions
  to make this easier to work with!
 
 
  Join me over the holidays:)
 
  Cheers,
 
  Richard
 
  [1] http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/9
 
  --
  Please note:
  I only check email a few times during business hours.
 
  Richard Burcher
 
 
  Twitter:   @richardburcher
  Blog:   www.richardburcher.com
  LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher
 
 
 
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Re: [Talk-ca] Adding Buildings + Leisure + Corrections To Ottawa Map Over Holiday Season

2014-12-23 Thread john whelan
You might like to add in a few footpaths from Bing and compare the city's
cycling map to ensure that paths in parks are correctly tagged for cycling.

Cheerio John

Cheerio John

On 23 December 2014 at 10:37, Richard Burcher richardburc...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Hi Folks,

 I've created a new mapping task for the Ottawa area [1]. I really want to
 make our local map super awesome:) I see adding buildings as one of the
 biggest projects we can undertake, so that local mappers like myself could
 start adding address data from local surveys. The task focuses on buildings
 and leisure areas but also asks those mapping to correct any obvious issues
 encountered.

 I understand it's a large area to map but I see this as a long term
 project. It's also something I'd like to use to encourage new local mappers
 to get involved with through our monthly meetups.

 Let me know what you think and if I'm missing anything in the instructions
 to make this easier to work with!


 Join me over the holidays:)

 Cheers,

 Richard

 [1] http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/9

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 I only check email a few times during business hours.

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Re: [Talk-ca] Adding Buildings + Leisure + Corrections To Ottawa Map Over Holiday Season

2014-12-23 Thread Richard Burcher
Hi Folks,

Thanks so much for the great feedback!

Update:
- I've removed the mention of postcode collection. I'm not sure of the
legal aspect of collection as raised in an earlier thread.
- Add several priority areas to help focus the mapping.
- The generated tiles are the smallest the task manager will provide
through the interface. There is an option to further split the tiles when a
task is selected for editing. When you click Start Mapping, underneath
the drop down for editor of choice is Task to big? Split. Click this to
subdivide the tile further.

Really excited for this:) Again, thanks for your feedback and help!

Have a great afternoon!

Cheers,

Richard

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On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 11:50 AM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote:

 You might like to add in a few footpaths from Bing and compare the city's
 cycling map to ensure that paths in parks are correctly tagged for cycling.

 Cheerio John

 Cheerio John

 On 23 December 2014 at 10:37, Richard Burcher richardburc...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Hi Folks,

 I've created a new mapping task for the Ottawa area [1]. I really want to
 make our local map super awesome:) I see adding buildings as one of the
 biggest projects we can undertake, so that local mappers like myself could
 start adding address data from local surveys. The task focuses on buildings
 and leisure areas but also asks those mapping to correct any obvious issues
 encountered.

 I understand it's a large area to map but I see this as a long term
 project. It's also something I'd like to use to encourage new local mappers
 to get involved with through our monthly meetups.

 Let me know what you think and if I'm missing anything in the
 instructions to make this easier to work with!


 Join me over the holidays:)

 Cheers,

 Richard

 [1] http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/9

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 Please note:
 I only check email a few times during business hours.

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 Twitter:   @richardburcher
 Blog:   www.richardburcher.com
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Re: [Talk-ca] Adding Buildings + Leisure + Corrections To Ottawa Map Over Holiday Season

2014-12-23 Thread Stewart C. Russell
On 2014-12-23 12:27 PM, Richard Burcher wrote:
 - I've removed the mention of postcode collection. I'm not sure of the
 legal aspect of collection as raised in an earlier thread.


I've found that if you add an address without a postal code, then query
Nominatim later, it returns the postal code. I suspect geocoder.ca data
is involved somewhere along the way.

cheers
 Stewart


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