Heads up, looks like their team has started to map in Perth, see on OSMCha -> https://osmcha.org/?aoi=80b50a6d-6bb5-48cb-8ac4-4b2ddd9d5d76
Mostly looks okay to me, and mostly minor tweaks, though I raised a few questions and issues on changeset comments but also listed most of them here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/840589945/history was added but the existing road name and other applicable attributes were not applied. This same issue happens in quite a few other places too so appears to be systemic. I've raised some changeset comments but worth including this as part of the standard practice by your editing team. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/842851495/history is that a roundabout? I can't tell from the Maxar imagery, yet that is the claimed source, how could you tell from the imagery what this is? I personally find splitting ways for a traffic island at roundabouts like in https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/840189281/history a tad to excessive (would prefer to just tag the node as traffic island and use one way, gives a much cleaner dataset as the transition between dual and single carriageways is always messy) but I guess it's not wrong and both styles are popular in OSM currently. Does the community have a view on this? Unclear source of the turn restriction in https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/90223764#map=18/-32.04553/115.80953 On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 at 21:28, OSM NextBillion. AI <o...@nextbillion.ai> wrote: > Thank you cleary for valuable insights, we would be more cautious while > mapping in such areas. While Satellite Imagery is our prime resource, we’d > consider mapillary photos as well wherever available. We do have some > expert assistance in our team for interpreting satellite imagery and map > something only if we’re double sure of it’s existence. We will refer to > mappers history before editing existing data to understand if it was > created using local expertise and would change only if there is conclusive > evidence from satellite and mapillary imageries. > > We will reach out to local mapping experts through forum and/or changeset > comments if we require further help. > > Thank you all once again for the suggestions, we look forward to working > with you all. :) > > > On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 at 05:35, cleary <o...@97k.com> wrote: > >> >> Thanks for the interest in mapping in Australia and thanks for posting >> your plans on this list. >> >> I would add to the caution expressed by others. I live in an urban >> location in Australia but I have travelled in other areas within >> Australia. It has taken me quite some time to learn to interpret satellite >> imagery and I still have a lot to learn about this country. After >> personally visiting areas and noting what I see, and sometimes taking >> photographs, I then return home and compare my notes with what I see in the >> imagery and I am still surprised. I think it can be quite precarious to >> map features using just satellite imagery unless you have expert assistance >> in interpreting the imagery. For example, a common error by others has >> been to map lines of cleared vegetation as roads when they are actually >> fences. Even where an unmapped road exists, it is probably still unmapped >> because it is a private road and not accessible by the public - many of the >> roads on rural properties in Australia are private and, if added to the >> map, need to marked as such. Farmers get annoyed about intruders on their >> farms especially as biosecurity is a significant concern in parts of >> Australia. >> >> So while I appreciate contributions to the map, I suggest that "armchair" >> mapping needs to be undertaken with a lot of caution. >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, 15 Aug 2020, at 2:17 AM, OSM NextBillion. AI wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > >> > >> > We’re a small team based out of Hyderabad, India. We would be doing >> > minimal edits in Perth and contribute to OSM in the next couple of >> > weeks, in-line with OSM and Australia specific tagging guidelines [Link >> > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines>]. >> > >> > >> > Please refer our Wiki >> > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NextBillion.AI-OSM> and Github >> > <https://github.com/NextBillionAI-OSM/OSM/issues/3> project pages for >> > more information. >> > >> > Looking forward to suggestions, if any ☺ >> > >> > Thanking you in advance, >> > Team NextBillion >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Talk-au mailing list >> > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing list >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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