[OSM-newbies] Mapping streams

[xeen]

Well, there is Yahoo imagery available, but its resolution is way too
low for that area to get any more information than town borders from
it. Well, guessing it is then :)

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:39, Chris Jones <rollercow at sucs.org> wrote:
> Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
>> 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
>
> There is nothing wrong with a bit of educated guesswork, its better
> (IMHO) to have it mapped roughly than not at all.
>
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