Adam,
If you decide to have another look at JOSM, then I use a plugin called
Terracer, which allows you to draw around the outside of a terrace of
houses (or semi-d) and then you can split that block into multiple
individual units. The plugin also allows you to add the street names
automatically to each building. (And create an associatedStreet relation
if you are feeling brave...)
Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Hoyle
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:42 PM
To: Ed Loach ; OSM Talk-GB
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] importing house shapes
On 16 Oct 2012, at 22:43, Ed Loach wrote:
Adam wrote:
Can anyone give me any pointers about importing house shapes
into OSM?
They were probably traced by hand from Bing imagery rather than
imported.
I've had a more detailed look at them, and I think in hindsight you are
probably right. I thought all of the buildings in town had appeared almost
overnight, but actually it appears the buildings were added over a ~2 week
period.
I've added a few
buildings over the years, but they end up being slightly wobbly,
which is far from ideal. I have a huge preference for Potlatch
over
JOSM, but will switch if necessary.
Can anyone help or point me in the right direction?
Gosh. Potlatch 2 has changed since I last looked. When editing,
select the closed way selecting the building and if the toolbox
bottom right has an option to "Show More" click that. The button to
make corners right angled is the square one with red nodes on the
corners.
ooo.. create parallel way also looks quite handy. Those 2 will definitely do
the trick for me.
I personally now try to only add buildings having first surveyed to
collect the house number details, as I figure while the buildings on
their own look pretty, the addressing information can help routers
get an accurate destination (and not having unaddressed buildings on
the map helps me see where still needs surveying). But that's
probably just me (and another local mapper).
Good point - adding the address details could be useful - especially in some
of the outlying villages where the houses are named, and not numbered. I'm
aware of at least one lost delivery driver who called in at the pub in that
village to ask the land lady where a particular house was.
To anyone who cares, I think I'm going to start on the main town's high
street first, because it annoys me that it's broken at the moment, and then
I'll look at buildings in the countryside around the town (as I find the
buildings there can be good for anchoring oneself when off for a walk).
Thanks,
Adam
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