<html><head></head><body>Hi Ian,<br>A warm Welcome from me too. The fact that you reach out before you start editing is a good thing.<br>Similar Ed I can't comment on your particular question but this is certainly the right place to seek advice for questions.<br>I myself stay away from complex large relations.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 April 2020 8:20:19 pm AEST, Edoardo Neerhut <ed@mapillary.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">I'm not the best to provide advice here Ian, so I'll wait for others to chime in, but I just want to say welcome!<div><br></div><div>This is an excellent introductory email and I am sure everyone will appreciate your considered approach to editing in OpenStreetMap and your enthusiasm to help.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 19:32, Little Maps <<a href="mailto:mapslittle@gmail.com">mapslittle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello everyone, I’m Ian, I’m new to this group and pretty new to OSM. Being stuck inside for the foreseeable future, I’m keen to do something useful. <br>
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I live on the Murray River and have noticed that many sections of the river along the NSW-Vic border could benefit from some extra work. In lots of places, the boundaries of the river, local government areas, reserves and tree cover are all mapped differently, creating a mess of intertwining boundaries. I hope I’m not offending anyone who has done great work on the river in the past.<br>
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I’ve got a lot of time on my hands and am happy to try to improve the mapping, taking on small chunks at a time. (I imagine it’s an enormous job to do it all.) However I realise that it would be easy to stuff up a lot of adjoining relationships so am keen to solicit advice from this sage group.<br>
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Is this a task you think worthy of working on? Is it something that can be done by a relative newby? (I worked as a research scientist for 25 years before I retired, but not in spatial sciences, so I’m used to working accurately and methodically on big projects). More to the point, if the task is worthwhile, is it possible to invite a mentor or two to provide advice and feedback on techniques and results before I make any big changes, so the results reach your high standards?<br>
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Thanks very much for your interest, I look forward to your feedback. Best wishes and stay healthy. Cheers Ian<br>
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