Hi all, I'm finding an interesting revelation here. Since the RoadMatcher wasn't done, for this mapped area. What we did was make the greater_victoria.osm file available.
So here we have myself, who is running around in circles, and wanting to copy over all the area, as fast as possible, but im finding that since there are more roads being added, more people (in this area) are taking notice, and starting to add in roads. (4 in the last week) So what i'm doing is messaging them letting them know that im copying over roads. As it would ease on more work for others. However, this .osm file isn't redely available, nor was it posted on the wiki chart as a direct download link. So, on the one-hand, i can just wait and i'll see the whole area mapped (even though i know that i can copy it and get it just as accurate as someone else can tracing over yahoo or their own GPS tracks. ... So my concern is that im in-advertently copying in roads that others have missed, but are wanting to draw in themselves. And therefore be kind-of let-down, because they wated to draw it in. So i think the solution is clear. ... Host a mapping party so that it gets all imported in 1 session. And use RoadMatcher whever possable. That way, it all gets done efficiently. So i think the lesson for us all to learn is that, we need to set a time to get together for a mapping party just at the same time that the last get together was has. Because we didn't actually open up all our calendars and pick a day/time that would work for everyone, we didn't plan for a next meeting. So in the mean time, Austin made the .osm file, and i went ahead and starting manually copying over the data. When roadmatcher could have done alot. And we could have got it all imported i 1 sitting. So in conclusion, i think that we all need to remember that when we do have mapping parties, that planning a next one right away, makes for a better chance for getting it done faster. Cheers, Sam Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans
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