Thats good advice Donal, many thanks. I'll get have a good sense if there are missing sheets for their areas after this evening so might be requesting new ones this week.
cheers, Brian. On 4 November 2014 12:04, Donal Diamond <donal.diam...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4 November 2014 10:17, Brian O'Hare <bjoh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > As I understand it they are quite geographically spread, with a few > coming > > from Cork. Would be great I think > > to have them map their own areas to begin with. > > > > For new users it would be much easier if they map areas where there is not > a lot of existing mapping data. > ie - for mapping townlands they should probable pick rural areas where the > boundaries are easy to see as they usually involve old roads, streams and > field boundaries. > > Mapping townlands in OSM-data dense urban areas is a lot trickier. > > You'd also need to ensure that we have already uploaded any GSGS maps they > might require prior to the course starting. > > Remember also the basic workflow is > 1) Check/Fix alignment of existing OSM data so it can be used as a > reference for rectifying the GSGS sheets > 2) Rectify the sheets on mapwarper using OSM data as the reference. > 3) Start adding townlands in OSM using bing and gsgs sheets. > 4) Have a few beers and pat your selves on the back. > > D > > > > D > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
