[HOT] How to map buildings in very dense suburbs areas? Any hints/materials.... ?

Eduardo Gonzalez eglatorre at gmail.com
Fri Dec 2 12:11:00 UTC 2016


Thanks a lot Pete for the tip and Blake for the screencast! This really
gives a good idea on how to deal with similar situations.

This definetely doesn't makes the task easy ;) because it simply is a hard
one. But having a clearer idea of what is a good work flow helps a lot.

Cheers,
Eduardo

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Pete Masters <pedrito1414 at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Eduardo, it is tough mapping!
>
> Blake Girardot made this video for a project that focused on dense urban
> neighbourhoods of Damascus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPiGntG6fs&
> feature=youtu.be
>
> I hope it helps....
>
> Pete
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Eduardo Gonzalez <eglatorre at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Does any one have any advice or link to information on how to map
>> buildings in areas like in task http://tasks.hotosm.org/projec
>> t/2108#task/149 with very dense concentration of buildings? Check on the
>> South-West corner area delimited by that bigger road, the river and the
>> high building.
>>
>> At least in Asia and especially in vulnerable areas, this kind of areas
>> seem very common. What would be a good way deal with this so that the
>> result is good enough but also not an impossible task?
>>
>> I am posting this same question to the HOT list, not easy, would be nice
>> to have a video or such. One good suggestion could be "not for beginners,
>> do preferably with JOSM building tools". In this kind of tasks beginners
>> could focus on mapping roads, rivers, channels...
>>
>> Any advice appreciated!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Eduardo
>>
>>
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