On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Guillaume Audirac < guillaume.audi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Sajjad, > > where is the map you created? >>> >> The map is here >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=11.32007&lon=75.93383&zoom=17 >> But this is the first attempt, hence the map is incomplete, the quality of >> work is very poor. The document is a step forward to improve the quality. >> >> > Indeed the quality is poor, but I guess you have subscribed to this mailing > list to improve it ? > Exactly. > OpenStreetMap is a great project, but it requires initially a deep dive in > the wiki (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page) to understand what > to do, what to avoid. To understand also that it may take a few hours for > your changes to be updated on the Mapnik rendering (or more depending on the > zoom scale), to understand that you should not tag for the rendering but to > reflect the reality. Try to see what others do in some nicely-mapped area. > And feel free to ask your questions or doubts on the mailing list. > Yes. The map we created is not actually totally rendered. I wonder what went wrong. We are reworking on the data with the new subset from OSM and will come up here with queries. > > Some useful tool like KeepRight can help you to fix some basic mistakes > (updated once a week I guess): > > http://keepright.ipax.at/report_map.php?db=osm_XD&zoom=16&lat=11.31964&lon=75.93473&layers=B00T&ch=0&show_ign=0&show_tmpign=0 > (the Permalink allows you to bookmark a specific location in updating the > URL) > Thank you for this tip. The KeepRight tool is going to be of great help. > > You can also use JOSM and the validator plugin to check the basic errors > before uploading. > Some mistakes are very basic and cannot make use of the map for routing > purpose for example: crossing roads with ways not connected. Or they are > unappropriate like building=yes on a single node (use a closed-way for this > tag) or replace it with landuse=residential for example. > Refer often to the *Map Features* page to know the most common tags and > attributes: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features, and also how > to combine them. > We'll try them. > > I personally don't try to map everything and everyday, but what I find > useful for me and others. > > Greetings, > Guillaume > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-in mailing list > Talk-in@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in > > -- Sajjad Anwar http://sajjad.in +91 9995 19 13 12
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