Hello, I've forgotten if I said this in this list, if so my apologies.
A line got my attention "As the map becomes more and more "complete" it becomes harder and harder to find something to map". I don't have lot of experience mapping and I do agree... in some areas is hard to find missing things. If you want: add benches, many are missing! I think that they are important for many reasons. Friend of mine (phone side) and I (mostly server side) wrote an iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/benches/id962734704?mt=8 (I think that we are pending Apple to approve an update) Motivation: http://pintant.cat/2015/04/12/benches-app-iphone/ In a nutshell, when I was doing the London LOOP I wondered "should I eat here or wait for a bench". Also I've seen my grandad not being able to walk much without resting. So when I'll be old I'd like to have benches from where I'll live. Overpass for benches: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/9g4 Regards, On May/06/2015, Rob Nickerson wrote: > That's interesting. Have just tried the app out. It gives you the postboxes > in OpenStreetMap but not the ones that are missing (as shown by blue > markers on Robert's comparison tool: > http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ > > I really do feel like we are missing a trick here. As the map becomes more > and more "complete" it becomes harder and harder to find something to map > (example: I spend more time trying to find missing footpaths that I can map > on a circular walk now than 2-3 years ago). > > An app that helps people find what's missing whilst out surveying could > really help. I only wish I had the skills and time to do this. > > Regards, > Rob > > On 6 May 2015 at 11:29, SK53 <sk53....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Are you aware of the the PostBox Finder > > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elbatrop.postboxes&hl=en>app > > from Elbatrop? > > > > I had a quick play with it ages ago, adding some collection times to > > existing post boxes. > > > > Jerry > > > > On 5 May 2015 at 23:40, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> >Robert Whittaker has an excellent site > >> ><http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/> monitoring OSM data on > >> postboxes > >> >in the UK. Here you can see progress (even a league table of who's > >> >contributing). From the history graph you can see there's been an > >> increase > >> >in activity since the project got going. Perhaps Robert might provide > >> some > >> >data analysis about the effect of the project. > >> > > >> >Enter a postcode and you can find all the missing and incorrect postboxes > >> >nearby. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> Wow there are loads of postboxes still missing. Wouldn't it be great if > >> there was a > >> smartphone app that you could load missing points in to and it would tell > >> you about > >> them as you travel around. It would be like a guide to where to go > >> mapping! > >> > >> Geocaching for postboxes anyone? > >> > >> Rob > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Talk-GB mailing list > >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat GPG Key 0x8CD5C157 _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb