On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Ed Loach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Grant wrote: > > > I went out tonight and mapped the building layout as best I > > could. (snow > > = yes; wet = yes; cold = yes; dark = yes) > <snip> > > Looks pretty good (checking on Osmarender, though there seems to be > a bug with rendering the eastern edge of the tile that I've raised > on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list). The guesstimated trunk_link in the > northeast has layer=2 and the building has layer=1, whereas the > access road from the north (I didn't check the layer) seems to be > below the building. I'd be tempted to split the link in two and > remove the layer tag at the shopping centre end, unless the parking > is on the roof. > > I was going to mention the new Brierley Hill bypass (in the Black > Country) on this list when it opened the other day, but when > checking to see if it was already there flagged as construction I > found there is a lot of work still to be done in that area and the > bypass is just a minor part of it. That you've been able to update > something so quickly is something I wish we could do anywhere. One > day... > > While I'm writing does anyone have any opinions on whether there is > much point in uploading traces I've taken only to find the roads are > already mapped? I haven't been as I figure it is just extra points > to download in the GPX layer on JOSM, slowing things up a bit, but > yesterday I was looking at a section of the A12 and realised that on > the scale I was looking at it there was about a 70m gap between the > two carriageways, and switching to Potlatch and switching on the > traces I was able to move the nodes from where they were to align > with the trace information - in places there were so many it was > possible to easily see where each carriageway of the dual > carriageway ran by the dark blue lines with only the odd single line > between. Some of the sections of road I nudged claimed to be sourced > from NPE, though I guess therefore the estimate of position is based > on the fact it's been converted to dual carriageway at some point > since then. However, getting back to my question, it was these > multiple traces that allowed me to reposition more easily, so I > think perhaps I should upload any traces I make whether the area has > already got roads mapped or not. Any other opinions? > Yes, definitely. There are lots of potential uses for aggregated track logs. > > All the best > > Ed > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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