>Friday, June 12, 2020 10:20 AM -05:00 from James <james2...@gmail.com>: > >No they shouldn't, mapping roads in northern Canada, your bbox can become >quite large quickly as mapping logging roads/dirt roads is quick and easy, but >span over multiple kms If the satellite view ( imagery) in my local area is 7 mouths old +, why would anybody want me to edit in theirs backyard ? On 12/06/2020 15:32, 80hnhtv4agou--- via talk wrote:> I am confused > >>> are you telling me being in chicago, where i can go to the place i am> >>> editing, not relying on satellite view >>> which is behind by at least 7 month or more here, i should be messing >>> around in London. >> On Fri., Jun. 12, 2020, 11:10 a.m. ndrw, < nd...@redhazel.co.uk > wrote: >>Yes, you can map anywhere you want. There are no rules forbidding that, >>and there are projects like HOT that are mostly based on armchair mapping. >> >>Like with any edits, start with low risk/high impact changes (e.g. >>adding contents to poorly mapped areas), map only what you can see in >>the imagery, follow local conventions and listen to more experienced >>mappers. >> >>More guidelines: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Armchair_mapping >> >>Ndrw >> >> >>
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