[OSM-newbies] Mapping streams

Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon at thenilgiris.com
Tue Sep 2 11:36:58 BST 2008


On 02-Sep-08, at 3:52 PM, xeen wrote:

> I'm trying to map a river, but I'm not exactly sure how to do so. The
> problem is, that it's not really accessible, so walking on the edge is
> not possible (it's a smaller river, so using a boat or kanu doesn't
> work either). There's a cycleway nearby, but it's not going "a fixed
> distance" from the river, so it's not possible to map the river's arcs
> without blindly guessing (when cycling along the way).
> Is there a better way than just using the accessible points and
> interpolate the rest?

well I am trying to map a canal which is mainly sewage - only way to  
do it is

a: wade through it
b: get on the various bridges and interpolate

no satellite imagery available (one of the times when I am strongly  
tempted to look at google)

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kg
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