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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hi everyone</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mainly for west mids mappers but cross-posted to talkgb for a wider audience.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For some time I've collaborated with TfWM who make extensive
use of OpenStreetMap. Together we've refreshed the entire NapTAN dataset for
the West Midlands and we're engaged on an ongoing basis in solving data quality
issues where the OSM data throws up errors with their bus routeing software.<span> </span>Word spreads and at a regional meeting of <span> </span>shire transport authorities there was a request
for contact with local OSM volunteers in the following areas:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire,
Stoke, Telford, Warwickshire, Worcestershire</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">If anyone wants to volunteer please get in touch with me and I can put you in touch. It
will mainly involve dealing with errors they spot such as missing/wrong
roadnames, missing/wrong roads. With TfWM there's been an average of one of these week, sometimes bunched together followed by weeks with nothing - so not a heavy workload and worth the effort to improve the data.<br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">If my experience is anything to go by, there'll be an initial
peak and then they'll realise, with a little prompting, it's easier and quicker
to fix the errors themselves. But it's good to have an initial period of
handholding as<span> </span>I think they are
respectful<span> </span>of causing any damage</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Regards</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Brian<br></p>
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