Hi all, I started a collaboration with folks at the Texas State government a while ago, to see if we can get some of their data into OSM in a way that is fun and involves mappers. We decided to start with something simple: let's compare their point data in cemetery locations with what's in OSM, and use MapRoulette to have mappers add the missing ones. I wrote about that in my diary[1].
The problem was that the available imagery (Bing, Mapbox) was not good enough. So we worked on a better solution. We now have beautiful hi res, recent imagery for Texas underlying this challenge in MapRoulette, so you should be able to spot any cemetery. Please give it a try in MapRoulette: http://maproulette.org/map/85 The imagery is also available to add to JOSM or iD -- if you want to do that, head to this short diary entry[2]. I hope this is helpful, happy mapping! Martijn [1] https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexel/diary/39330 [2] https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexel/diary/39716 PS1 I am presenting on this collaboration next Tuesday at the Texas GIS forum in Austin, TX, come see that if you are around. PS2 More collaborations with TX to follow, let me know if you are a Texas mapper and want to get involved!
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