<div dir="ltr">Dan,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 5:55 AM, Dan Doherty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:d1doherty@gmail.com" target="_blank">d1doherty@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
I am fairly new to open street maps and am interested in a Skype/Zoom call to discuss the basics, and/or answers to some questions that will help me make some shoreline refinements and address some terrain description issues. I am working in Victoria BC, Canada but these questions are about general mapping principles.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There is a OSM meetup group in Vancouver, although I know it's not easy or cheap, to go from Victoria to Vancouver. If you can make it over, there are a number of people, myself included, that would be happy to help. <a href="https://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Vancouver">https://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Vancouver</a>. Maybe Paul or Peter, co-hosts of the meetup, would be interested in holding a mapping party in Victoria. (I'm in Mount Vernon. Last time I took my car on the Tsawwassen-Sidney ferry it cost more than the airfare!)</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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1. Several different feature and administrative borders converge on the shoreline, so it is difficult to see the reference aerial photography so I can make changes to the shore line. Is it possible to temporarily hide some features, or reduce the intrusion of the other borders while doing this work? I was thinking I could move the administrative boundaries off shore a short distance but not sure of the protocol around this. Is the some imported shoreline data set that defines the shore, or is this all done manually? I don’t want to be making changes then have it revert if someone else downloads Shoreline data set.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In iD you can use the Map Data icon on the left side to hide features. In this case you can uncheck the feature to hide those. First make sure they are not connected. If they are connected, even hidden, they will also be moved. The only solution is to disconnect the two objects first. In JOSM there is a filter dialog which does the same thing as the Map Data checklist. The same rules apply to objected connected.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me make a pitch "Please don't connect unrelated features. It makes it a pain to change just one of the features." </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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2. Just south of Shawnigan Lake there is a long arbitrary east west feature border that delineates forest to the north, but does not align with actual features or administrative boundaries. I’m wanting to modify that forest area to indicate an area recently cleared for residential development and a forest block within that, and to map general forested areas south of that Not sure of the best strategy.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think what you are referring to is the Canvec import of wooded areas. This was a massive import covering most of the country. Feel free to correct the boundary. If the development is in the middle of the wooded area the only way I know how to add an inner polygon to the canvec import is in JOSM. The problem is the canvec boundary is made of lines. iD wants both to be polygon (area) features to join. JOSM doesn't have an issue. in JOSM you would create your new residential development, then select both the new development and the canvec area then go to Tools->Update Multipolygon. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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3. There are some common terrain features, some of which are in the international library but not on the library accessible to me...or at least, I can’t find them. How do I import or activate these features so I can apply them to local terrain. E.g storm water outfall, lake, pond, creek, beach access, undeveloped road right of way...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes there is a way to import features. There is a wiki page, <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines</a> which covers the process. Basically the data must be in a license compatible with OSM's ODbL license. A import page must be created to describe the import, and the proposal should be discussed with the local community (talk-ca) Usually it's much easier and more accurate to just add the data manually. </div><div> </div><div>Best,</div><div>Clifford</div><div><br></div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>@osm_seattle<br></div><div><a href="http://osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us</a></div><div>OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch</div></div></div>
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