[talk-au] New User Surge.

[Andrew Davidson]

You could start off by reading the good practice guidelines:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice

how things are tagged in Australia:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines

and if your interests are in mapping cycling infrastructure:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle



On 28/01/17 22:10, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Probably a good time to introduce myself.
>
> I'm Cameron Shorter, a bicycle rider, and software developer (for
> geospatial open source applications).
>
> I live in Frenchs Forest, ride to the beaches and the city, and have
> been adding in some connector paths that were not on OSM yet, (in
> particular I'm hoping to improve data which drives OSM bicycle routing
> engine).
>
> I'd be happy to hear any advice on how I could improve my edits. Based
> on feedback so far, I could probably do a better job of commenting my
> edits.
>
> Cheers, Cameron
>
>
> On 27/01/2017 9:52 PM, Andrew Davidson wrote:
>> Good news people. There seems to have been a surge in the number of
>> new mappers in Australia:
>>
>> http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-suspicious?country=3&hours=96&mappingdays=10&tsearch=&anyobj=t&comp=%3E&value=1000&action=c&obj=n#5/-30.600/148.425
>>
>>
>> and they all seem to be *very* interested in making sure every park is
>> on the map. Rivers and meadows are quite popular too.
>>
>> In other news:
>>
>> https://mic.com/articles/166654/pokemon-go-hack-altering-openstreetmap-data-may-create-new-spawn-points-in-the-game
>>
>>
>>
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