[talk-au] Working with local government

Greg Dutkowski greg.dutkowski at gmail.com
Wed Jul 22 03:31:37 UTC 2020


Thanks, I'll check it out.
Greg Dutkowski
+61 0362238495/0408238495
1 Cascade Road, SOUTH HOBART.


On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 at 12:48, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Richard Fairhurst posted something very relavent to this topic at this
> https://twitter.com/richardf/status/1285590975511957504 in particular
> http://theodi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-05-Providing-data-to-OpenStreetMap.pdf
>
> On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 14:52, Greg Dutkowski <greg.dutkowski at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Bicycle Network Tasmania are trying to improve the quality of cycling
>> infrastructure information in OSM.
>> Much has been done by volunteers in various jurisdictions, and we have
>> done lots locally, but the tagging is quite complex for cycle paths and not
>> always correct.
>> Local councils are responsible for much of the infrastructure, but they
>> usually have little interaction with OSM.
>> It would be most efficient if the councils GIS data worked in tandem with
>> OSM data so that they kept each other up to date, each storing the info
>> that is most useful for them. For instance, for bike parking, there is
>> little utility in OSM storing the asset numbers and other info that the
>> councils use to maintain their assets (although the ref tag could be used
>> as a foreign key to help keep the two in sych).
>> The Hobart councils we work with are concerned with the quality of the
>> data in OSM and the ability of anyone to change it.
>> Does anyone know of any examples we could learn from of local government
>> itself working to keep OSM data up to date?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Greg Dutkowski
>> +61 0362238495/0408238495
>> 1 Cascade Road, SOUTH HOBART.
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