I'm not the best to provide advice here Ian, so I'll wait for others to chime in, but I just want to say welcome!
This is an excellent introductory email and I am sure everyone will appreciate your considered approach to editing in OpenStreetMap and your enthusiasm to help. On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 19:32, Little Maps <mapslit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, I’m Ian, I’m new to this group and pretty new to OSM. > Being stuck inside for the foreseeable future, I’m keen to do something > useful. > > I live on the Murray River and have noticed that many sections of the > river along the NSW-Vic border could benefit from some extra work. In lots > of places, the boundaries of the river, local government areas, reserves > and tree cover are all mapped differently, creating a mess of intertwining > boundaries. I hope I’m not offending anyone who has done great work on the > river in the past. > > I’ve got a lot of time on my hands and am happy to try to improve the > mapping, taking on small chunks at a time. (I imagine it’s an enormous job > to do it all.) However I realise that it would be easy to stuff up a lot of > adjoining relationships so am keen to solicit advice from this sage group. > > Is this a task you think worthy of working on? Is it something that can be > done by a relative newby? (I worked as a research scientist for 25 years > before I retired, but not in spatial sciences, so I’m used to working > accurately and methodically on big projects). More to the point, if the > task is worthwhile, is it possible to invite a mentor or two to provide > advice and feedback on techniques and results before I make any big > changes, so the results reach your high standards? > > Thanks very much for your interest, I look forward to your feedback. Best > wishes and stay healthy. Cheers Ian > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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