[Imports] Seattle Sidewalks Import (v2 - testing)

[Nick Bolten]

Good question!

We prepopulate the editor with tagged data, so e.g. crossings are already
tagged, reducing the amount of work that needs to be done and familiarizing
anyone who's new to sidewalks/OSM to appropriate tag combinations. The
data.seattle.gov/AccessMap data also serves as a hint, as some features are
not obvious on the first pass of aerial imagery, but can be identified with
a closer look, such as curb ramps. Or crossings, which can be easy to
overlook as they are not always marked.

As we gear up for a larger region, we will want to add more (verifiable)
tags to the prepopulated data. For example, we would add name/associated
street tags, as our sidewalk lines are actually generated from an
associated street.

Best,

Nick

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017, 5:50 AM Rory McCann <rory at technomancy.org> wrote:

> On 22/02/17 06:01, Nick Bolten wrote:
> > The process we're using is actually extremely manual, and almost amounts
> > to opening up JOSM and adding features from scratch. We prepopulate one
> > block at a time in JOSM, edit every node of the new data, use multiple
> > sources for ground truthing (Bing/Mapillary/OpenStreetCam/Field Papers),
> > and add notes for areas that need in-person verification. I guess I
> > would argue that it's essentially armchair mapping, aside from the
> > supplemental Field Papers work, and it's done by locals. It also happens
> > to be a neighborhood I'm personally very familiar with.
>
> If you're just doing a map-a-thon, where people edit thing so manually,
> then that isn't an import. You don't need to use the data from
> data.seattle.gov. You don't need to get approval for an
> "armchair-map-athon", right? Manually created OSM objects are mostly
> viewed as more reliable than a data import. So why not just ignore the
> open data from the city?
>
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