[talk-au] Usage of Openstreetmap at EMSINA

[Adam Steer]

Hi, great to see OSM in the emergency management space. Alex (or
anyone) - what's your feel on EMS users also contributing to OSM? is
there awareness around, say, heading to the field with OSMand+ and
adding temporary closures if they're relevant (eg this bridge is going
to be closed for months, lets flag it).

And what training is missing for people to do that? (do the OSM
community think its a good idea even?)

...these are super naive questions and have probably been discussed a
lot already. It would be great to get a 'current impression'.

Thanks,

Adam

On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 at 16:37, Michael Collinson <mike at ayeltd.biz> wrote:
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> Graeme,
> You are one with Steve Coast on seeing that as a major focus.
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> Yes, use and of use.  Anecdotally, I have a peripheral connection with a small commercial app map/routing library and have hobby-business apps Android apps based on it. Yes, definitely of use particularly on longer roads ... which bit do I want to aim for? Either by visual indication or by searching then routing.
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> Mike
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> On 2022-08-26 04:15, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
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> One thing that I'd love feedback on if possible is street numbers, particularly for rural areas?
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> Does anybody use them & are they of any use?
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> Thanks
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> Graeme
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> On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 at 11:37, Alex Sims <alex at softgrow.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> 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”.
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>> Feedback from participants I’ve spoken to:
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>> The price is right, free!
>> Good coverage of health facilities
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>> Uses of OpenStreetMap I’ve not noticed before, mainly background maps
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>> Find a police station (SA Police) https://www.police.sa.gov.au/about-us/find-your-local-police-station (via ESRI)
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>> And oddly an attribution where OpenStreetMap is credited but its SA government mapping
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>> Bus Stop location map https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/stops?id=16490
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>> 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.
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>> Alex
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