Hi
I've use fixme= inaccurate location to indicate entities known to exist
but not their exact location (say 100-200m)
Use fixme as they are flagged by OSM validators
(https://www.keepright.at/report_map.php?zoom=14&lat=8.46549&lon=-13.20959&layers=B0T&ch=0%2C170&show_ign=1&show_tmpign=1)
Cheers
DaveF
On 03/09/2017 22:35, ralph.ayt...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Hi all,
I am looking for comments and advice regarding this.
I am working with a group of local mappers in Sierra Leone, Africa,
under the name WAMM (West Africa Motorbike Mappers). They are trying
to find and identify all the towns, villages, hamlets in Sierra Leone
and have completed one whole District (Kailahun) and are well into
their second District (Kenema). At each community they take a GPS
reading to fix where they are (lat and long supplied) and then ask
prominent locals (chief/headman/etc) for the name, historical name,
any alternate names. They have also supplied other important data for
the community such as the existence of a market and which days it is
open, also the existence of a water pump. Unfortunately, while they
have confirmed the existence of the latter two they have not
identified their position.
The names of towns and villages were originally added in 2014 first by
*rwst* with /source=GNS/ and /gns_ufi=* /and in 2014 by Pierzen_import
adding Sierra Leone place nodes and Unocha pcodes.
WAMM have supplied a spreadsheet with the data collected and want to
know if it can be added to OpenStreetMap. There are a lot of new names
of smaller communities and confirmation of the names that the locals
call their communities. This is not a problem and can be checked
against the existing data already on OpenStreetMap.
I want to know how you feel about adding the market and water_pump
data that does not yet exist on the map. In Africa the existence of a
market and/or a water_pump is not only important information for the
locals, it is important information for any medical or humanitarian
teams carrying out any assessment or intervention in the area. I wish
to add this data to the map near the name of the community with a
fixme stating that the existence has been confirmed but the location
is not yet known. The fact that it is there will be spotted by
subsequent mappers and hopefully they will be able to move it to it’s
correct location.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Ralph (RAytoun)
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