Hi, I am currently tracing farms in Bulacan from the spot5 imagery. The current practice I do following this example (http://osm.org/go/4zhBwibC) is to map as much as possible separate fields subdivided by "pilapils", irrigation canals and hedgerows. But this gets to be a daunting task over time. I am reading the discussion over the talk page ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:landuse%3Dfarm ) and the proposed approaches are: 1. Draw a polygon enclosing an entire island, like Great Britain, or even a subcontinent, like Europe; tag it as farmland; and then let everything else sit on top of that. Pro: least effort for mappers. Con: no way to mark unvisited land; risks telling lies. 2. Draw every field or farm separately, as it gets surveyed, and admit that we don't know about the rest. Pro: the most honest, accountable solution. Con: time-consuming, lots of data.
Which one should we adopt? I'm inclined to follow option 2. -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
