[OSM-talk] How to perfect the map

2008-03-23 Thread Lars Aronsson
Until now I have mostly been mapping blank areas, traveling a road, uploading a track log and drawing the road for the first time. But I'm now coming back to my own town and the map looks very rough, not at all like those German cities. I tried now to sort out the footways of the cemetery nex

Re: [OSM-talk] How to perfect the map

2008-03-23 Thread Andy Allan
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Lars Aronsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I went to > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapping_techniques Hmm. See below. > I > think we should make wiki pages that start with real world objects > instead of tags. This is something I've been campaig

Re: [OSM-talk] How to perfect the map

2008-03-23 Thread Chris Hill
etail. cheers, Chris - Original Message > From: Lars Aronsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: talk@openstreetmap.org > Sent: Sunday, 23 March, 2008 10:47:10 AM > Subject: [OSM-talk] How to perfect the map > [snip] > All the wiki pages on "map features"

Re: [OSM-talk] How to perfect the map

2008-03-23 Thread OJ W
> > From: Lars Aronsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: talk@openstreetmap.org > > Sent: Sunday, 23 March, 2008 10:47:10 AM > > Subject: [OSM-talk] How to perfect the map > > > [snip] > > > All the wiki pages on "map features" describe how

Re: [OSM-talk] How to perfect the map

2008-03-23 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lars Aronsson wrote: | All the wiki pages on "map features" describe how to add | denomination to an amenity=place_of_worship, but don't say when | a church should be drawn as a dot amenity or when the outlines of | the building (and surrounding park)

Re: [OSM-talk] How to perfect the map

2008-03-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, > I have only found it possible to measure a building outline based on > aerial imagery - I've not managed to get a good enough image from a GPS. > I'm hoping that one day, video mapping (using match-moving as well as > GPS) may help. I've also heard people say that you might be able to deriv

Re: [OSM-talk] How to perfect the map

2008-03-23 Thread Lars Aronsson
Frederik Ramm wrote: > And there's of course the low-tech solution that involves a > compass, taking coordinates of one corner of the building and > then writing down "150 metres in direction 235°" or so (either > guessing the 150 metres or counting steps while walking). With > proper editor s

Re: [OSM-talk] How to perfect the map

2008-03-24 Thread maning sambale
> > And there's of course the low-tech solution that involves a > > compass, taking coordinates of one corner of the building and > > then writing down "150 metres in direction 235°" or so (either > > guessing the 150 metres or counting steps while walking). With > > proper editor support The

Re: [OSM-talk] How to perfect the map

2008-03-24 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, > JOSM would need to turn into GIMP, with turn, copy-and-paste, > measure, background grid, etc. Or will it be easier to implement > the OSM API in GIMP? Or make JOSM an Inkscape plugin ;-) > I live in one of a group of 6 similar buildings, placed in zig-zag > along a street. [...] Th