Re: [Talk-us] .... finding areas that are underserved

2016-11-19 Thread Paul Johnson
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

Re: [Talk-us] .... finding areas that are underserved

2016-11-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
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

Re: [Talk-us] .... finding areas that are underserved

2016-11-18 Thread Minh Nguyen
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

Re: [Talk-us] .... finding areas that are underserved

2016-11-16 Thread Richard Fairhurst
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

Re: [Talk-us] .... finding areas that are underserved

2016-11-15 Thread Elliott Plack
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.

Re: [Talk-us] .... finding areas that are underserved

2016-11-13 Thread Mark Wagner
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

Re: [Talk-us] .... finding areas that are underserved

2016-11-13 Thread Russ Nelson
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

Re: [Talk-us] .... finding areas that are underserved

2016-11-13 Thread Russ Nelson
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

Re: [Talk-us] .... finding areas that are underserved

2016-11-12 Thread Mike N
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)?

Re: [Talk-us] .... finding areas that are underserved

2016-11-12 Thread Brian May
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