[Tagging] Tagging data where position is not yet known

[Dave F]

Hi

I've use fixme= inaccurate location to indicate entities known to exist 
but not their exact location (say 100-200m)

Use fixme as they are flagged by OSM validators 
(https://www.keepright.at/report_map.php?zoom=14&lat=8.46549&lon=-13.20959&layers=B0T&ch=0%2C170&show_ign=1&show_tmpign=1) 


Cheers
DaveF

On 03/09/2017 22:35, ralph.aytoun at ntlworld.com wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am looking for comments and advice regarding this.
>
> I am working with a group of local mappers in Sierra Leone, Africa, 
> under the name WAMM (West Africa Motorbike Mappers). They are trying 
> to find and identify all the towns, villages, hamlets in Sierra Leone 
> and have completed one whole District (Kailahun) and are well into 
> their second District (Kenema). At each community they take a GPS 
> reading to fix where they are (lat and long supplied) and then ask 
> prominent locals (chief/headman/etc) for the name, historical name, 
> any alternate names. They have also supplied other important data for 
> the community such as the existence of a market and which days it is 
> open, also the existence of a water pump. Unfortunately, while they 
> have confirmed the existence of the latter two they have not 
> identified their position.
>
> The names of towns and villages were originally added in 2014 first by 
> *rwst* with /source=GNS/ and /gns_ufi=* /and in 2014 by Pierzen_import 
> adding Sierra Leone place nodes and Unocha pcodes.
>
> WAMM have supplied a spreadsheet with the data collected and want to 
> know if it can be added to OpenStreetMap. There are a lot of new names 
> of smaller communities and confirmation of the names that the locals 
> call their communities. This is not a problem and can be checked 
> against the existing data already on OpenStreetMap.
>
> I want to know how you feel about adding the market and water_pump 
> data that does not yet exist on the map. In Africa the existence of a 
> market and/or a water_pump is not only important information for the 
> locals, it is important information for any medical or humanitarian 
> teams carrying out any assessment or intervention in the area. I wish 
> to add this data to the map near the name of the community with a 
> fixme stating that the existence has been confirmed but the location 
> is not yet known. The fact that it is there will be spotted by 
> subsequent mappers and hopefully they will be able to move it to it’s 
> correct location.
>
> Look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Regards
>
> Ralph (RAytoun)
>
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