[talk-au] Usage of Openstreetmap at EMSINA

[Alex Sims]

Hi,

Comments from lunchtime

  *   Someone in my walking group is a keen mapper and always correcting things
  *   In Victoria there is great open data (data.vic.gov.au) so less need
  *   Great contribution to the community
  *   How do you run on no money and no staff?

Alex

From: Phil Wyatt <phil at wyatt-family.com>
Date: Friday, 26 August 2022 at 12:13 pm
To: Alex Sims <alex at softgrow.com>, 'talk-au OSM -' <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: RE: [talk-au] Usage of Openstreetmap at EMSINA
Well done Alex,

Events such as that are a great opportunity to chat to folks about opening up their data so we can have complete coverage. I notice that many of the Police Station points (especially remote ones) are missing in OSM but it also looks like some of their pins could also be inaccurate.

Given that lots of government agencies are also ESRI clients they could also make them available as part of ‘Community Maps Data Sharing Program’ with a suitable licence and then they would become available in the RapID editor

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/mapping/community-maps-data-sharing/

Cheers - Phil

From: Alex Sims <alex at softgrow.com>
Sent: Friday, 26 August 2022 11:34 AM
To: talk-au OSM - <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: [talk-au] Usage of Openstreetmap at EMSINA

Hi,

I’m at the EMSINA (Emergency Management Spatial Information
Network Australia) PDP day as part of AFAC (Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council) 2022 Conference in Adelaide and finding a few “OpenStreetMap used here”.

Feedback from participants I’ve spoken to:

  *   The price is right, free!
  *   Good coverage of health facilities

Uses of OpenStreetMap I’ve not noticed before, mainly background maps

  *   Find a police station (SA Police) https://www.police.sa.gov.au/about-us/find-your-local-police-station (via ESRI)

And oddly an attribution where OpenStreetMap is credited but its SA government mapping

  *   Bus Stop location map https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/stops?id=16490

My own observation and I suppose the reason I’m here is there are plenty of users of our mapping but not much feedback from users as to what they want, which we are probably willing to map.

Alex


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