Re: [HOT] Remote area mapping, clouds, six questions

2015-04-30 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Suzan, ONE: Because we don't know for sure if these structures are houses, we just tag them as "Building." Something the size of a house could be Siddharta's Car Repair, so we're safest with "Building." TWO: Could be a huge boulder, but, if it's rectangular, th

Re: [HOT] Remote area mapping, clouds, six questions

2015-04-30 Thread Steve Bower
Suzan - I would like to hear from others. Here are my newbie thoughts: ONE Small structures that may not be houses: This may depend on the project. For #1018, Nepal Detailed Mapping 2nd Pass, the instructions are to tag buildings as building=yes rather than as 'house'. So I have included some sma

Re: [HOT] Remote area mapping, clouds, six questions

2015-04-30 Thread john whelan
small buildings building=yes, let some on the ground say its a house etc. If a building is not a triangle then change it to a rectangle. JOSM building tool is fast and very easy to use. Some projects want all buildings, some want residential areas and highways, all buildings are nice but there i

[HOT] Remote area mapping, clouds, six questions

2015-04-30 Thread Suzan Reed
ONE Small structures/houses In remote areas, lightly populated, it's difficult to see if a small structure is a house or something else. I am labeling them all "house". Is this correct? People live in tiny places in Nepal, less that 25' square. They are hard to discern. If it looks like a buil