[talk-au] Contributions to Road Geometry in Perth, Australia

[OSM NextBillion. AI]

Thank you cleary for valuable insights, we would be more cautious while
mapping in such areas. While Satellite Imagery is our prime resource, we’d
consider mapillary photos as well wherever available. We do have some
expert assistance in our team for interpreting satellite imagery and map
something only if we’re double sure of it’s existence. We will refer to
mappers history before editing existing data to understand if it was
created using local expertise and would change only if there is conclusive
evidence from satellite and mapillary imageries.

We will reach out to local mapping experts through forum and/or changeset
comments if we require further help.

Thank you all once again for the suggestions, we look forward to working
with you all. :)


On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 at 05:35, cleary <osm at 97k.com> wrote:

>
> Thanks for the interest in mapping in Australia and thanks for posting
> your plans on this list.
>
> I would add to the caution expressed by others.  I live in an urban
> location in Australia but I have travelled in other areas within
> Australia.  It has taken me quite some time to learn to interpret satellite
> imagery and I still have a lot to learn about this country.  After
> personally visiting areas and noting what I see, and sometimes taking
> photographs, I then return home and compare my notes with what I see in the
> imagery and I am still surprised.  I think it can be quite precarious to
> map features using just satellite imagery unless you have expert assistance
> in interpreting the imagery.  For example, a common error by others has
> been to map lines of cleared vegetation as roads when they are actually
> fences. Even where an unmapped road exists, it is probably still unmapped
> because it is a private road and not accessible by the public - many of the
> roads on rural properties in Australia are private and, if added to the
> map, need to marked as such. Farmers get annoyed about intruders on their
> farms especially as biosecurity is a significant concern in parts of
> Australia.
>
> So while I appreciate contributions to the map, I suggest that "armchair"
> mapping needs to be undertaken with a lot of caution.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 15 Aug 2020, at 2:17 AM, OSM NextBillion. AI wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> >
> > We’re a small team based out of Hyderabad, India. We would be doing
> > minimal edits in Perth and contribute to OSM in the next couple of
> > weeks, in-line with OSM and Australia specific tagging guidelines [Link
> > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines>].
> >
> >
> > Please refer our Wiki
> > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NextBillion.AI-OSM> and Github
> > <https://github.com/NextBillionAI-OSM/OSM/issues/3> project pages for
> > more information.
> >
> > Looking forward to suggestions, if any ☺
> >
> > Thanking you in advance,
> > Team NextBillion
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