[OSM-newbies] New harbor in island

[António Lima]

Hi,

> Welcome, and there's a saying about stupid questions that comes to
> mind, "The only stupid question is the one left unasked"

Good one :)

> Are you talking about Ponta Delgada? I did some looking but can't find
> reference to the new construction you mention (it could be due to me
> being both/either not being able to read Portuguese and not being
> familiar with the area).

Right, it's in Ponta Delgada. This is the oficial website:
http://www.portasdomar.pt 
You can see a nice picture there.

>  But the short answer is "as soon as somebody adds the changes!" The
> shoreline data is updated less frequently in the renderers than the
> other data (once every few weeks?). But as soon as you or someone else
> adjusts the shoreline data, and adds the ways, points and polygons
> corresponding to the new construction it will make it's way into the
> database, and then it will be rendered by mapnik/osmarender/cloudmade.

I see, so I it's up to contributors to do those changes. Wasn't sure
about that.

> 
> What you may wish to do is see about getting aerial photos/GIS data
> from the local government or the University that is compatible with
> the OSM license, you could also always go old school with a pen and
> paper, or just walk the new shoreline with a GPS. Then you'd want to
> edit the corresponding shoreline polygon to match.

It's not hard to walk the shoreline but there's a small restricted area
so I'll check first for photos/GIGS data.

Thanks for your great help!

Regards,

António Lima

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