[talk-au] Mapping opportunities along the Great North Walk

[Ewen Hill]

Dion,
   Thanks for your hard work to date and good luck with your trek. I am
happy to help you off-line and this is open to conjecture however I would
...
1. Create a single master relation and attach all elements to this
2. Where the track may split into two (e.g into the town/skirting around
it) perhaps create alternative more localised relationships
3. I would attach all benches, seats, potable water points etc. to the
master. This will allow users to easily download everything they need. This
is probably frowned on however in planning the Munda Biddi Trail attack, I
have found this invaluable ... and critical to the planning for water
points. Others will disagree.
4. I would suggest using mapillary to upload some sections of the track
where it is complex. You can then upload these images and rework the route
accordingly and have the appropriate sign posts.
5. Have fun and enjoy - don't get bogged down in mapping whilst enjoying
the trip.

Ewen

On Thu, 27 Dec 2018 at 15:47, Dion Moult <dion at thinkmoult.com> wrote:

> G'day all!
>
> I've started walking the Great North Walk and was miffed that I couldn't
> immediately find a good online map showing the full route from Sydney to
> Newcastle. Instead I found incredibly difficult to navigate websites,
> paywalled
> online maps, and maps split up into many smaller pages.
>
> I decided to walk it myself and create a map for it here:
>
> https://thinkmoult.com/map-of-the-great-north-walk-sydney-to-newcastle.html
>
> Out of curiosity, I was wondering what things I can help map while I'm on
> this
> route? I am not currently aware of a single "route" / multi-line in the OSM
> database that describes the Great North Walk.
>
> I considered mapping the sign posts, but they are quite plenty and
> probably of
> little benefit.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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>
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Warm Regards

Ewen Hill
Internet Development Australia
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