The issue is the quality of the mapping, nothing else. I attended one of
these geoweek events and we used JOSM with the building_tool plugin. The
mapping of buildings was accurate even though 75% of the mappers had never
used JOSM before. There was no formal validation done but I verified each
ma
Hi John,
Thanks for your feedback and background information.
I think, we are on the same page. I am concerned with quality too, while
mapping should remain enjoyable.
We shied away from JOSM for newbies because it seemed more technical to
my groups members. I personally like JOSM better, and th
>I would have to run a query now to find out if the relative number of
active mappers is higher in one country than the other, but that's not my
point.
But how do you determine where a mapper lives and don't forget many
armchair mappers map in a different location to where they live.
JOSM and the
There are in fact, quite some German based mappers, mapping in Canada.
So, you are right: let's just get more active mappers - worldwide; it
is, however, still easier to activate them locally.
I will pass on your positive experience with JOSM to my group for the
next event.
Cheers, Tim
Am 23.11.
Personally the building plugin + JOSM is so much easier and faster than ID
1. You don't have to set the tags everytime (building=yes) you trace an
object
2. It's pretty much guaranteed to be squared (unless they fuss with it)
3. Using the extrude tool (x) with it helps with L shaped buildings
4. I
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