Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping 'risky areas'

2011-03-26 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2011-02-21 09:10, Mike N wrote: I have seen this effect also - there are nearby areas that I will never survey because they are too risky. Even in a vehicle, I would not want to risk a breakdown. For the areas that are unfriendly to pedestrian and bicycle, I have used video from a

[OSM-talk] Mapping 'risky areas'

2011-02-21 Thread Mike N
On 2/20/2011 8:48 PM, Hillsman, Edward wrote: My impression is that in most US cities, the places where a lot of POIs have been mapped from field work are in the older, gridded, more pedestrian-friendly parts of the area. This could be because there are more interesting things there, or that

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping 'risky areas'

2011-02-21 Thread Matthias Meißer
Am 21.02.2011 17:10, schrieb Mike N: The track loads in JOSM, and I would like to write a plugin to allow selection of frames from the track, as well as highlight the track location based on the video location. I was going to take the simplest route however - the result might work only in

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping 'risky areas'

2011-02-21 Thread Mikel Maron
On 2/20/2011 8:48 PM, Hillsman, Edward wrote: My impression is that in most US cities, the places where a lot of POIs have been mapped from field work are in the older, gridded, more pedestrian-friendly parts of the area. This could be because there are more interesting things there, or

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping 'risky areas'

2011-02-21 Thread Katie Filbert
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Mikel Maron mikel_ma...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm starting to see opportunities in deprived areas throughout US cities from groups that want to map, especially with youth. Would be happy to discuss the possibilities more with anyone who's interested in making this