<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54527" dir="ltr">Quick first version up on Vanuata tracing guide.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54527"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54527"><a href="http://hotosm.github.io/tracing-guides/guide/vanuatu.html" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_63753">http://hotosm.github.io/tracing-guides/guide/vanuatu.html</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54527"> </div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54529" dir="ltr">Just one tip so far on comms towers. Let me know what else this should cover. Best would be cropped screenshots and text added to this GitHub issue.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54529" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54529" dir="ltr"><a href="https://github.com/hotosm/tracing-guides/issues/30" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_66108">https://github.com/hotosm/tracing-guides/issues/30</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54529" dir="ltr"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54529" dir="ltr">-Mikel</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54529" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54569"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426424644358_54568">* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron</div></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Sunday, March 15, 2015 9:33 AM, Blake Girardot <bgirardot@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">Ya, that is kind of what I had in mind. It is a good question that was <br clear="none">asked, I have been trying to think of some more features that could use <br clear="none">some short example guides and towers are perfect for that and are needed.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers,<br clear="none">Blake<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 3/15/2015 2:12 PM, Mikel Maron wrote:<br clear="none">> We could make a quick tracing guide for these towers. Just need a few<br clear="none">> clipped screenshots of the imagery, and help text.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Would put it together in something like this:<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://hotosm.github.io/tracing-guides/guide/kulna.html" target="_blank">http://hotosm.github.io/tracing-guides/guide/kulna.html</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://hotosm.github.io/tracing-guides/" target="_blank">http://hotosm.github.io/tracing-guides/</a><br clear="none">> -Mikel<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Sunday, March 15, 2015 9:03 AM, Blake Girardot <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bgirardot@gmail.com" href="mailto:bgirardot@gmail.com">bgirardot@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none">> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Hi Martin,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> These are challenging to spot and hard to tag correctly without local<br clear="none">> knowledge I just discovered.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dcommunications_tower" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dcommunications_tower</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I usually find towers by seeing the shadow they cast, that is the big<br clear="none">> indicator to me.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Here are a few examples in the region:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-21.90198/166.072485" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-21.90198/166.072485</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> If you look very carefully at the shadow you can see the microwave<br clear="none">> transceiver drums in the shadow. I would guess that is what helped the<br clear="none">> person identify this one as a "communications" tower specifically.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> ----------------------------<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-20.748846/167.262194" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-20.748846/167.262194</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> That one again, shows the shadow being a pretty big factor. And it also<br clear="none">> show a typical service road and pad. I do not know how the mapper knew<br clear="none">> it was a communications tower.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> ------------------------------<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/14.977132/120.52743" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/14.977132/120.52743</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Shadow and microwave drums visible<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> -----------------------------------<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=20/15.011183/120.532604" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=20/15.011183/120.532604</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Shadow and service area fenced off.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> ----------------------------------<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/15.097711/120.611481" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/15.097711/120.611481</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> A nice big TV transmission tower.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I hope those help!<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Cheers,<br clear="none">> Blake<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On 3/15/2015 11:37 AM, spatialbits wrote:<br clear="none">> > Hi hotties,<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > as part of tasks #944/943 (Vanuatu) mapping of Communication<br clear="none">> towers is<br clear="none">> > requested.<br clear="none">> > Could someone point me to an example in the imagery (e.g.<br clear="none">> lat/lon), so I<br clear="none">> > get an idea on what to look for.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Thanks.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Martin<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> > HOT mailing list<br clear="none">> > <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org">HOT@openstreetmap.org</a> <mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org">HOT@openstreetmap.org</a>><br clear="none">> > <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> HOT mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org">HOT@openstreetmap.org</a> <mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org">HOT@openstreetmap.org</a>><div class="yqt4590807085" id="yqtfd03430"><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">HOT mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org">HOT@openstreetmap.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>