Re: [talk-au] Facebook RapiD Roads

2019-10-16 Thread Phil Wyatt
2019 10:57 PM To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-au] Facebook RapiD Roads Whilst I doubt we are the target country, anything that facilities the creation of good map data is beneficial, particularly out in the stix. Also they seem to be using Maxar imagery which seems to be the

Re: [talk-au] Facebook RapiD Roads

2019-10-16 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 at 21:58, Luke Stewart wrote: > Also they seem to be using Maxar imagery which seems to be the most up to > date across the country, thus it had new housing subdivisions. > I've spotted a couple of those when using Maxar, so have been able to add residential streets. The pro

Re: [talk-au] Facebook RapiD Roads

2019-10-16 Thread Luke Stewart
Whilst I doubt we are the target country, anything that facilities the creation of good map data is beneficial, particularly out in the stix. Also they seem to be using Maxar imagery which seems to be the most up to date across the country, thus it had new housing subdivisions. ___

Re: [talk-au] Facebook RapiD Roads

2019-10-15 Thread David Wales
I'm sure it would be a valuable data source to make use of. However, I'm certain many other countries have a much greater need. Our road coverage is close to 99% from memory. (I can't remember the exact figure or reference.) We also have pretty good access to government data in many states. No

[talk-au] Facebook RapiD Roads

2019-10-15 Thread Phil Wyatt
Hi Folks, Does anyone have any thoughts on whether it would be worthwhile to ask for Australia as part of Facebooks project? https://github.com/facebookincubator/RapiD/blob/master/COUNTRY_REQUESTS.md Just curious to peoples thoughts. Cheers - Phil __