[talk-au] OSM Notes

[Warin]

On 26/1/22 14:48, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
> Changing subject from tracks for a minute :-), I was reading the 
> weekly Newsletter yesterday & spotted this article 
> https://www-openstreetmap-org.translate.goog/user/AngocA/diary/398423?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN&_x_tr_hl=en-GB 
> <https://www-openstreetmap-org.translate.goog/user/AngocA/diary/398423?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN&_x_tr_hl=en-GB>, 
> concerning clearing up all the outstanding OSM Notes in Colombia.
>
> Strangely enough, I've been working on clearing them around the GC 
> over the last several days, & thought, good on 'em, why don't we do 
> the same?
>
> According to Pascal, there are currently ~4500 open Notes across 
> Australia, but the creation of new ones seems to be smashing the pace 
> at which they're resolved:
> https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=Australia
>
> Looking at open notes only:
> https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country-custom?c=Australia&query=open 
> <https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country-custom?c=Australia&query=open>
> they go all the way back to 2013! Just glancing at them though, most 
> of them could probably just be closed, as the "problem" is already 
> mapped, there's not enough detail / info to resolve it & so on?
>
> So, what do we all think?
>
> As I said, I've cleared almost all of the GC, except for a few that 
> need further work / survey. How would we like to do things - work on 
> our own local areas / go through the list from old > new or vice versa 
> / pick random items?


I have a few OSM projects ... not likely to add another one :)


At the moment I am detailing hospitals in NSW, add missing ones when I 
find them .. Using the DCS Base map and Imagery as my source, but going 
through a list from NSW Health (yes copy write, but I use it as a prompt 
to find them on the DCS base map). I probably have a few more days on 
this. Then I'll pick up the next 'most useful thing' to map.


I also 'patrol' the OSM Inspector QA too for areas, Australia wide, and 
routes, Sydney centric but includes India Pacific etc. I either fix 
these or contact the mapper or sometimes both, depends on the mapper and 
frequency of error.

I do occasionally use 'Keep right' QA tool too .. but only locally .. 
too many problems to remove them all even locally.


Good luck to those that chose to help. The UK has far more mappers per 
unit area then we do so there are more hands to do things, so don't be 
too disheartened by any comparison, we do very well considering the 
number of mappers and the total area. .