[talk-au] Discussion C: mapping on the street

[Herbert.Remi]

Discussion C: mapping on the street
OSM is great. I showed it to an organisation as large A0 maps of Canberra. The largest size that I could print. The maps still covered the whole board table when I left. I demonstrated an android app to the CEO. They had never heard of OSM of course. "Its a bit like Google maps." I cannot tell you how often I have heard that. I hope it will get the conversation going. Thank you for everybody's efforts. :-)
But to the point…

mapping on the street
It is new and exciting, with people in the cafes but OSM says the street building site. We have all experienced this.
JOSM and ID editors are excellent, but you cannot take them with you. The ACTmapi Images 2019 are great, but they are almost a year out of date. GPX tracks help but the editing is post-processing. It would be ideal to correct the maps in real-time on the street. Canberra is changing so fast, it is hard to keep up with.
It would be best to map on the street. When something needs correcting mark it with a comment (or photo) for correction immediately (FIXME). The app would run on the smartphone continuously showing the most current maps, can this be done?
I welcome your comments.
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