[HOT] Master's thesis topic at HOT OSM

[john whelan]

There is considerable interest in importing buildings currently however
OpenStreetMap has rules around importing.  Join talk-ca to see the
discussion in Canada.  It isn't quite as simple as first appears nor as
fast to get consensus as one might like.  In the case of Canada it has
taken a number of years to reach where we are today.

It might be interesting to look at who maps what.  Some aspects can be done
from satellite imagery, others such as the name of a cafe needs boots on
the ground.  Examine the map and see which comes first.

Also it is worth examining who uses the map.  It isn't just one NGO even
though they might be behind a particular project or set of tiles.

Is it worth looking at how standards have evolved?  Take a look at the
African highway tagging.

algorithms, we could do with something to detect settlements with no
connecting highways.

Lots of highways in Africa are tagged unclassified and we know there should
be better differentiation.  Fancy tackling which are very minor highways
and which carry more traffic?

Not perhaps as black and white as you might like but looking at all the
things that need to be taken into account in the real world would be
valuable.

Cheerio John


On Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 1:58 PM Jan Pišl, <janjanpisl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am a Master's student of Geoinformatics at Aalto University, Finland. I
> am currently seeking a topic for my Master's thesis. I am interested mainly
> in topics related to geospatial analytics, algorithms, and machine learning
> and AI and of course humanitarian mapping. For example, I have recently
> attended a HOT OSM Mapathon and it made me think if perhaps this could be
> automated to some extent. So, I would like to ask if there are any
> possibilities to conduct my thesis at HOT OSM?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jan Pisl
> jan.pisl at aalto.fi
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-pisl-457a80154/
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