[talk-au] Opening a discussion on OSM Mapping and Online Hazard reporting

[BOUNDY,Paul]

Hi Cam_Daw
Thanks for the link to Open Street Bugs

I'll add this into the mix of conversations I'm having elsewhere.

Who hosts and develops this site?


regards
Paul Boundy
Massbug
Marrickville and South Sydney Bicycle User Group
The other type of Bug

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From: talk-au-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-au-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of cam_daw at fastmail.fm
Sent: Friday, 21 August 2009 0:54
To: talk-au at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [talk-au] Opening a discussion on OSM Mapping and Online Hazard reporting

On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 13:58 +0000, John Smith wrote:
Not sure if this is what others had in mind, but rather than just focus
on cycling, I think a general council bugs reporting system would be
useful to complain about other things like pot holes :)
> 
> I've downloaded/used the OpenStreetBugs code to produce the Council Bug Report:
> 
> http://bugs.bigtincan.com/
> 
> I was thinking today that this might be a foot in the door for talking to council/state roads depts about potential partnerships maps wise. In this instance we could be given an email address and a boundary and then when a bug is reported an email could be sent to the relevant council about it.
> 
> 

Now this is a brilliant idea John!
I currently work for the North Sydney Council, and some of the engineers
there are slowly starting to use OSM - as it's almost better than some
of the maps we currently use in some aspects of our jobs.
In my job at the Council I need to reference several maps - OSM being
the main map that I use.

<rant>
I've done quite a few GPS surveys mapping in stuff around North Sydney
(and Camden), adding in lots of detail (except for house numbers - I'll
do that when my areas of interest are more detailed) - so seats /
toilets / playgrounds in parks are starting to appear :)
I'm also able to collaborate with the local walking group in North
Sydney - which would be an ideal target to distribute walkingpapers to.
</rant>

A council bug report like yours John would be excellent in this case, as
some residence report potholes / graffiti / "bugs" in rather vague terms
that makes it difficult for our engineers / rangers / contractors to
locate.

Having a council bug reporting system could also spur other councils /
residence to contribute to OSM as well.

Aside, I've also requested a few more rendering features I'd like to see
in http://maps.bigtincan.com/
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Aussie_Mapnik_Style_Changes
They are amenity=drinking_water and amenity=waste_basket

Thanks for rendering benches and bbqs! :)
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