Agreed. What I *really* want is a version of this map that's tailored to meaningful jurisdictions, Census places and counties. It's one thing to see an all-over view but if you're a city GIS guy and you have a file of data that you want to input, it'd be useful for you to see just your specific area with some guidance on how to proceed:
1. How much is green vs. not green, and the likelihood of improvement. 2. OSM users who are responsible for existing work in your area. 3. Non-highway data in the area, e.g. POIs and such. Christine White from Esri, who attended SOTM-US in Portland, told me that at the annual user conference she gets a regular stream of these people approaching her with blobs of official data, a desire to donate it to OSM, and no knowledge about how to proceed or what effect it would have. We should help her and them! -mike. On Dec 17, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Charlotte Wolter wrote: > > While I like the idea of being able to identify and possibly do > imports for one-kilometer-square (why not miles?) chunks of the map, I think > it needs to be accompanied with lots of cautionary language about assessing > the area thoroughly before taking any such action. We could give people > examples of what to look for to see if the area really is a TIGER "desert," > and what to check before making a move. > May be it would be better if a group of squares are identified using > criteria set up by the Data group or someone similarly experienced. Then, the > square kilometers could be presented in a Maproulette kind of format, but > with a chance to choose which one you take on. That way, you could choose > square kilometers that are near where you are working anyway or near areas > with which you are familiar. > > Best, > Charlotte > > > At 12:22 PM 12/17/2012, you wrote: >> Nice. >> >> Suggestions; >> >> - kill water somehow >> - Information density at low zoom levels implies that basically everywhere >> is green. But you zoom to the bay area and see this isn't the case. So, >> change the coloring? Modulate it by population density? >> >> Steve >> >> On Dec 16, 2012, at 8:32 PM, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: >> >> > OK this is plain awesome. Great work Mike. >> > >> > One note of caution though - the title may suggest that you can just >> > go ahead and import away, but folks would still have to follow the >> > import guidelines and contact the OSM community at large, come up with >> > a solid proposal and discuss that, even if there is no local >> > community. I know it says it on the tin, but it's kind of tucked away >> > at the bottom. >> > >> > Have you looked into full history planet parsing to get a fuller >> > picture of editing history? I took a stab at full history user metrics >> > some time ago using osmjs; >> > https://github.com/mvexel/OSMQualityMetrics/blob/master/UserStats.js - >> > this produces one set of metrics for the entire .osh file you feed it >> > but it may prove useful for future work. I haven't touched this in a >> > while but it should still work :/ >> > >> > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Michal Migurski <m...@teczno.com> wrote: >> >> I pulled together some of the notes and imagery I've been posting here >> >> recently: >> >> >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.us/~migurski/green-means-go/ >> >> >> >> It's a map of 1km×1km squares covering the continental United States. >> >> Green squares show places where data imports are unlikely to interfere >> >> with community mapping. Raw data is linked at the bottom. >> >> >> >> Three things that would make this better: >> >> >> >> - Regular updates with archived older versions. >> >> - Renders for specific counties, intended for local GIS communities. >> >> - Some awareness of full planet history. >> >> >> >> The OSM-US server has data for regular updates. >> >> >> >> -mike. >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: >> >> sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Talk-us mailing list >> >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Martijn van Exel >> > http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ >> > http://openstreetmap.us/ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Talk-us mailing list >> > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > Charlotte Wolter > 927 18th Street Suite A > Santa Monica, California > 90403 > +1-310-597-4040 > techl...@techlady.com > Skype: thetechlady > > The Four Internet Freedoms > Freedom to visit any site on the Internet > Freedom to access any content or service that is not illegal > Freedom to attach any device that does not interfere with the network > Freedom to know all the terms of a service, particularly any that would > affect the first three freedoms. > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ---------------------------------------------------------------- michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
