On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Russ Nelson wrote:
> Markus Fischer writes:
> > I am new to this and the area where I live is very well mapped
> (probably due to high density of tech workers). Where do I go to start
> mapping areas that are less well mapped (me aimlessly
Minh Nguyen wrote:
> The entire state of West Virginia -- no exaggeration. The original data
> imported from TIGER is badly misaligned throughout this state
> and rarely resembles the road network at all.
*shudders*
Yes. Genuinely the worst geometry I've encountered anywhere in the US, and
On 2016-11-12 14:44, Markus Fischer wrote:
Hi,
I am new to this and the area where I live is very well mapped (probably
due to high density of tech workers). Where do I go to start mapping
areas that are less well mapped (me aimlessly poking at this does not
sound like a good approach)?
The
Markus Fischer wrote:
> I am new to this and the area where I live is very well
> mapped (probably due to high density of tech workers).
> Where do I go to start mapping areas that are less well
> mapped (me aimlessly poking at this does not sound
> like a good approach)?
Possibly the biggest
Markus, take a look at the TIGER Battlegrid! It highlights areas where
there have not been a lot of edits made to the original street data import.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TIGER_Battlegrid
Another fun tool for finding things to fix is Improve OSM.
On Sun, 13 Nov 2016 22:22:06 -0500
Russ Nelson wrote:
> Markus Fischer writes:
> > I am new to this and the area where I live is very well mapped
> > (probably due to high density of tech workers). Where do I go to
> > start mapping areas that are less well mapped (me
Markus Fischer writes:
> I am new to this and the area where I live is very well mapped
> (probably due to high density of tech workers). Where do I go to
> start mapping areas that are less well mapped (me aimlessly poking
> at this does not sound like a good approach)?
Oh, and you can
Markus Fischer writes:
> I am new to this and the area where I live is very well mapped (probably due
> to high density of tech workers). Where do I go to start mapping areas that
> are less well mapped (me aimlessly poking at this does not sound like a good
> approach)?
Any place there
On 11/12/2016 5:44 PM, Markus Fischer wrote:
I am new to this and the area where I live is very well mapped (probably
due to high density of tech workers). Where do I go to start mapping
areas that are less well mapped (me aimlessly poking at this does not
sound like a good approach)?
A couple ideas:
Start with small rural towns near you. Check to make sure the streets
are aligned properly to Bing. Check road names against recent tiger,
county GIS, and of course the best is on the verifying with your own
eyes. Then clean up tracks (dirt roads, 4wd trails, non-existent
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