[talk-au] Keeping SA roads up to date

[Daniel O'Connor]

Would be good to setup monthly run of https://github.com/q-bits/osm-scripts
but I lack the ability to do it.

It might not detect roundabouts; but will pick out name differences and
unknown roads. We got it down to under 300 at one point, I think.



On 25 Apr 2017 11:31 AM, "Alex Sims" <alex at softgrow.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I “dogfood” OpenStreetMap and use it in my GPS for directions. I was a bit
> surprised when I came across an almost two year old roundabout on a main
> road that wasn’t mapped. I’ve mapped it now at http://www.openstreetmap.
> org/changeset/48106706#map=15/-35.5205/138.6359
>
> This seems to be a problem that, as editors were not picking and mapping
> up this change. Maybe no editors travels this way, but still I was a bit
> embarrassed by the non-editors in the car.
>
> I found a number of data sources with no hint of it such as aerial imagery
> or Strava cycling data. GPS tracks hints at it but I can’t be sure. I did
> find it in the Roads data set on data.sa.gov.au but not on “State
> Maintained Roads”.
>
> As a suggestion, it looks as though we need some sort of comparison
> process for generations of “State Maintained Roads” to identify and
> validate changes. Another solution is to recruit more editors.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Alex
>
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