[OSM-newbies] mapping a village (newbie)

[Andrew Errington]

On Thu, September 17, 2009 09:36, Fagyal Csongor wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
>
> I have just come across with OSM, and it's lovely. Congartulations for
> the community! I would like to contribute by mapping a Hungarian village
> which is a white area currently, without any useful aerial images:
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.381&lon=20.8463&zoom=14&layers=000BF
> TF
>
> I have a G1 phone with MyTracks. I am planning to take a car and
> basically just drive through all streets systematically - than upload the
> tracking file and tag it. Do you think that would work?
> Any thougths on the method?
> Maybe create more track files, not just one big... wait for aerial
> photography... anything like that? Use a different sw? Or should I just go
> along?

Just do it!

It's up to you how you do it, but you don't need to wait for aerial photos.

I am about 40% through doing the streets in my small town (there was
nothing when I started).

I suggest that you look at the wiki to see if there are any conventions
for tagging in your country, and read some of the other general stuff
about how and what to tag.

Also, don't drive every street and then upload.  I recommend that you
drive a few streets and do a little bit every time.

Have fun!

Andrew