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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Hello Pieter,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">It is nice to meet you too and thank you for your reply. Our mapping team is based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:windowtext">😊</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">We are fully aware that mapping based on local knowledge beats remote mapping and we will do our best to leave only a positive impact with our edits. Alongside aerial official data we will also use street
imagery such as OpenStreetCam and Mapillary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">We appreciate letting us know of the situation and providing important information such as the bicycle routes, which are an indeed an aspect that we will take into consideration while editing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Furthermore, we decided to use mainly notes until we accommodate with the area and only edit where we are very sure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">We will keep in touch with any questions that might arise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Adrian <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> Pieter Vander Vennet <pietervdvn@posteo.net>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 22, 2020 9:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OpenStreetMap Belgium <talk-be@openstreetmap.org>; Adrian Budugan <adrian.budugan@telenav.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSM-talk-be] Telenav Mapping Project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Hello Adrian and Telenav-team.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Welcome in Belgium, the more support, the merrier.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>First of all, there is quite an active community in Belgium - I'm one of them, as are several others. As already mentioned, the matrix-chat is an excellent way to reach out to us and have questions answered quite fast - please join us here:
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2friot.im%2fapp%2f%23%2froom%2f%23osmbe%3amatrix.org&c=E,1,xaykZ4okY3zmkGtm8GGDsc6rUAIDnnC6xSBekACwndDCCWYPQRJa6hbiRxYjVbdX-DDP_ds94Jj6Ws8eHMlsTe6xeRuGfms8oGhzt8RicA,,&typo=1">
https://riot.im/app/#/room/#osmbe:matrix.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Second, I was wondering where you are based - the best way to map is by using local knowledge and by running around to see what the situation is. Also, being here IRL will allow us to meetup or to get in touch with the OpenKnowledge Belgium - they do great
work for Open Source and Open Data.<br>
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However, I presume that you will mostly be doing remote work, based on official data and mapillary streetview. This too can be useful, but the situation of Brussels is quite volatile and might change a lot. Don't be afraid to to ask us (or a local) to check
up on the situation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At last, a lot of cyclists are using OSM in Brussels - the company I work for even hosts a professional cycle route planner for the city. Please, be careful not to break it. Especially when adding 'oneway=yes', this might force the routeplanner to consider
this oneway <i>for cyclists as well.</i> Please, if it is clear that cyclists are allowed to go both ways, add 'oneway:bicycle=no' or, even better, add the appropriate cycleway tags ('cycleway=lane', 'cycleway=track', ...)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
Pietervdvn<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 22.04.20 13:08, Adrian Budugan wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Hi all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">I am Adrian and I am part of the Mapping Team at Telenav. Our team started an editing project in Belgium to make OpenStreetMap more navigable and accurate in guidance.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We will start editing in Brussels at the end of April, next week. There are more details here - </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://github.com/TelenavMapping/EU_mapping_projects/issues/4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#3B73AF">https://github.com/TelenavMapping/EU_mapping_projects/issues/4</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We will focus on one ways, turn restrictions, road geometry and quality assurance.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We we'd love to hear your advice on any local mapping guidelines, besides the general OSM mapping ones (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#3B73AF">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#3B73AF">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Also, we appreciate any hints regarding available local or government data that we might be able to us or anything else that might come in handy.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">If there are any other OSM communication channels for Belgium, please let us know. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">If you have any questions or comments, please let me/us know.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We are looking forward to hearing from you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Thank you!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>Met vriendelijke groeten,<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Pieter Vander Vennet<o:p></o:p></pre>
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