[talk-au] Vicmap data copying

[Steve Bennett]

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Humm .. there are places I've been before GPS... One example:
>
> I know the road is there as I've been on it. However it is now closed for
> vehicles - inside a National Park. I've mapped bits of  it into OSM as it
> may be of use to walkers. The bit I cannot 'see' with imagery I've
> connected with very apparent straight lines. I do have copyright maps of
> the area but I'm not looking at those now (they were current when I was
> there ... many years ago!). I'm not going back there, I've many other (new
> to me) places to go. Nor would I request someone to go there. Someone
> probably will go there .. but I'll leave their interest and trip up to
> them. So I'm adding stuff that I think is of use, an indication rather than
> accurate in some places .. but those bits are straight lines and anyone who
> knows the area will know that those are not 'truth'.
>

Yeah, someone (you?) added lots of tracks through the Victorian Alps in
very low detail. It was actually incredibly helpful, and really motivated
me to go through and improve them all - rather than starting from a blank
slate. And in certain areas, I get a real kick out of doing very high
quality aerial mapping like this: http://bit.ly/1hXv9KZ


> I've been deleting the tag "name={Unnamed]" and adding the tag
> "unsigned=yes", in one case I 'know' the roads name .. but my source I
> remember as a street directory . So I cannot use it untill the memory fades
> a bit more. In most cases I've been past some of the roads .. and there is
> no street sign (indeed most have no power poles nor street lighting). In
> this case I think it can be changed without 'knowing' as the intent is
> clear - there is no local sign to get a name from .. at least not when the
> tag was added.
>
Sounds sensible.

What about this confusing one: http://bit.ly/1hXvwVK

The picnic ground/campsite is literally signed "No Name", and that's how
everyone refers to it. I have no idea what the history is. (And there's a
corner on the way up Mount Buller called 'Unnamed corner').

Steve
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