<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>I lived in Japan for a while and did some mapping there. I also visit there occasionally and use the map (and add to the map).<br><br></div>The Yahoo! import means that the Japanese mapping is extensive, but it also means there is a lack of quality.<br><br></div>I think it would be too difficult to revert the Yahoo! import, but, identifying common problems would be helpful. New mappers could recognise the common problems and fix them, which would help them gain experience.<br><br></div>My biggest complaint is that all waterways were imported with layer=-1. In my opinion waterways should have no layer tag.<br><br></div>Best wishes,<br><br></div>Andrew<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 October 2015 at 15:13, Arun Ganesh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arun.planemad@gmail.com" target="_blank">arun.planemad@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.3324px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important">I've translated your post in Japanese. :-)<span><br></span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/MAPconcierge/diary/36106" style="color:rgb(34,68,221);text-decoration:none;outline:none 0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.3324px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/MAPconcierge/diary/36106<br></a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Wonderful! ありがとう :) </div><div><br></div><div>From here on, there are some interesting questions for the JA community:</div><div><ul><li>Has the import data helped Japan map to improve and the community to grow? How is the OSM coverage compared to other maps?</li><li>How to best cleanup the import: continue to leave the data as is? do a partial revert to make it easy for new mappers? Organize a nationwide mapping movement? </li></ul><div>PS: i'm going to be on vacation in Japan next week to visit my friends in Kamogawa[1] and found out SOTM is happening at the same time :D ではまたすぐにね</div></div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://www.makery.info/2015/08/11/hacker-farm-bricoder-dans-le-bled/" target="_blank">http://www.makery.info/2015/08/11/hacker-farm-bricoder-dans-le-bled/</a></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>
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