Hi, Just an update on the responses of Bacolod mappers. 1. Most mappers replied that they are using GPS and local knowledge. (see the responses below) 2. Bacolod has good traces uploaded not much, but it seems to show very good coverage at least in the city center. See this image of JOSM: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3324/4623396303_e2f6be5fe6_o.jpg 3. There is a good number of traces from other sites which one contributor said he/she used. http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/map.do#lt=10.71630665&ln=122.96557086&z=6 4. They seem to have a group doing the edits, hence, the explosion of edits in the past months. 5. Apart from one user, the mappers did not view any hostility with my message.
Given the above observations, I do think its fair we give them the "give the benefit of the doubt". Of course anyone can say otherwise. If you have more inquiries regarding their edits, I suggest you send them a message or as Andre suggested: "a phone call with tone of voice would resolve things as e-mails seem threatening to him/her". transcript below === ---- It might be someone else's work I'm particular with copy right issues and I'm using my own data from my GPS and from time to time me and my friends share tracks from our ride. I also might have contributed in some area where its a common knowledge that such POI or street exist. ---- I was using a GPS. I'm no longer contributing since my GPS was stolen together with my bike. ---- I understand we need to keep OSM free from copyright infringements so please, don't worry. My edits mostly consist of POI's and re-tags. These POI's, tags, and a couple of road sections are all built from my memory. I know this is not convincing enough but I assure you these are not taken from anywhere else. However, I must admit I have copied something from googlemaps: http://osm.org/go/4n8spzaPY-- I'll be deleting and replacing this section with a POI as soon as I finish sending you this message. (which he already removed) ---- Yes there seems to be a growing number of people here at Bacolod who are interested in mapping. The only problem is that at the moment its not so well organize and OSM is not that popular. But I think in time we'll be able to form a proper group especially if they realize the benefits of it. Yes, I'll spread the word to people I know. Thank You. ---- hay nako syempre GPS bakit ano ba ang ginagamit mo? baka ikaw ang gumagawa nga anomalia pina pasa mo lang sa akin. wala ako masyadong alam kaya nga naghihintay lang ako ng mga daan na gina gawa tapos eniedit ko lang lang. bakit ang dami mong alam sa mga tungkol sa mga ganyan. ---- And about that contributor who admitted that he took his data from google, aparently it was an account made for bacolod city where in different users can log in and use it but apparently it did not work out since some think it was a joke. But not all of those who use it thinks that way. Hope this clarify your doubts about us in Bacolod. ---- Rest assured my edits are genuine (not from copy right material) and some are from my memory. ---- I'm using my GPS device my friend and some are contributions from the website itself. ---- Im using my GPS and some donated and downloaded GPS traces. ---- I have no idea about this edits. perhaps you've mistaken me of somebody. anyway it might be that I have contributed to such edit but can't exactly remember which part but just to let you know I always use a GPS device regarding my edits and you might also want to check wikiloc for there are some gps track and are free for download. hope this has helped your concern. ---- http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=882587 this might help since i also take some of my edits on this site i hope this helps. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:52 AM, maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Ray <rayosm1...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> On the other hand pls. be aware that not everybody want's to upload this >> gps tracks due to privacy concerns or some body could find out about >> one's nice and quiet camping place. > I do respect if people are concerned with privacy issues regarding GPS > tracks. In my case, I simply delete trackpoints for areas I don't > want shared to OSM. However, I am finding more good uses with > publicly available traces other than tracing roads or proving > authenticity of edits. > > http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/eastern-bulacan-pampanga-and-nueva-ecija-imagery-update-in-openstreetmap/ > > > -- > cheers, > maning > ------------------------------------------------------ > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------ > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
