[talk-au] Calling all geogeeks in the Sydney region!

[Andrew Harvey]

I've prepared some MapRoulette challenges for Thursday would appreciate any
comments from the community if you see any issues with this. (we have the
waiver for NPWS datasets)

1. NPWS (air) Landing Sites. The task is to check this on the imagery, and
either create an https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:aeroway%3Dhelipad
or https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:emergency%3Dlanding_site if none
already exists in OSM. I'm also asking for a surface tag where possible
and operator=National Parks and Wildlife Service +
operator:wikidata=Q6974770 where the source data indicates NPWS is the
owner. Useful to know in an emergency and need air evacuation.

2. NSW Fire Station Operators, aharvey, daviewales, ConsEbt, ortho_is_hot
have all contributed on this one and we've fixed 22% already. The emphasis
here on using either the implied name of RFB/RFS or the NSW LPI Basemap to
provide a clear answer on when the NSW RFS operator and operator:wikidata
tags should be applied. (useful to know where the rural fire brigades are
located)

3. NPWS (water) Landing Sites. Wharfs, pontoons, slipways and boatramps.
I'm asking users to confirm this from the imagery and map in OSM if not
existing. Useful when roads are closed due to fires and you need another
way out.

4. NPWS Roads. This is mostly fire trails or other management trails. I've
done a comparison to identify roads from their data not already in OSM, the
task is asking people to check this on aerial imagery and possibly also the
NSW LPI Basemap and if it's all confirming the same thing then map it.
These roads can be useful for fire management, but also tagging the surface
and 4wd_only can be helpful to in knowing routes which would be ill advised
to take in a 2wd car.

I am very conscious that to not ask people to blindly import and make the
map worse, so trying to only do this where we have a few sources all
agreeing with a high confidence.

On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 at 14:43, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> For those in in Sydney, quoting from John Bryant's announcement at
> https://t.co/r80D9yNw0h?amp=1 ...
>
> With Andrew Harvey & Stella Blake-Kelly, we're pulling together an
> informal, hands-on, geospatial social hacking/training/meetup session,
> around the general theme of bushfires and maps.
>
> A couple of ideas for activities (but also, bring your own ideas):
> - OSM mapathon (mapping & tagging isolated buildings, bushland, and other
> relevant points of interest)
> - desktop mapping and coding with various sources of bushfire spatial data
>
> It's about learning, sharing what you know, and making friends in the
> geospatial community. All welcome. Bring a laptop!
>
> When: Thursday 9th January, 6pm
> Where: Vibewire, 525 Harris St, Ultimo
>
> Huge thanks to Vibewire for providing the space, and OSGeo Oceania for
> providing pizza.
>
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