[OSM-talk-be] Again some basic question + interest poll mapping party Turnhout

[Jo]

Chris Van Bael schreef:
> Hi,
>
> still very new here and again some questions:
>
> 1) Which easy available logging device below 100-150 euros could you recommend?
> Below 100 euros I would only expect logging functionality, but with
> easy use and decent accuracy and quality.
>   
I would go for a QStarz BT1000 for around €100 or the next model for 
€110. There are some units of another brand that you can loan though. 
Maybe it's better to do that before you commit yourself to buying a device.
> 2) What is the division of time for adding new roads?
> The beginners guide on the wiki talks about gather data, upload data,
> edit maps, edit data, render maps.
> Now the last step is optional if I understood correct, OSM will take
> care of it automatically once I upload the data.
> Edit Data can be as time consuming as I want depending on how much
> detail I'd like to provide. (bus stops, bike tracks, other POI)
> But how much time would I need to add a basic road with only the street name?
>   
I find that when I go out mapping by bicycle at a medium speed of around 
10km/h (I tend to stop all the time for taking pictures and I make a lot 
of stubs by entering most of the side streets for making a picture of 
their type and name), I use about the same time the cycle trip took. 
This is for virgin areas and adding relations on top to indicate where 
the cycle routes are. When somebody passed there already it's a lot 
quicker and it's also less time consuming if you're not putting cycle 
routes, bus routes and walking routes on top.
> Say I walk or bycicle around in my city, continuously logging data for one hour.
> How long would I be editing the maps? 5 minutes, half an hour, an hour, 3 hours?
> Just small roads and streetname, no extra detail.
>
> 3) Who would be interested in a logging party in Turnhout?
>   
Me
> Maybe I can organize one, but I would need to know how many
> participants would come.
>   
You can expect between 10 and 15 people. The previous time it was just 
below 10. You'll get more if you make more publicity
> If there are only a few participants, we could my house and internet
> connection (5km from centre of Turnhout)
>   
If you have a garden and chairs and maybe a few tables, this might work. 
We would also like to eat though :-). Of course we could get together in 
a pub in the morning. Another place where there is food in the 
afternoon, then map some more and go to your place to enter data in the 
afternoon.
> Otherwise it would become a bit more difficult to find a venue.
>   
Are there no pubs at all that you know of in Turnhout with a little room 
and an internet connection that we could use simply in return for the 
consumptions? If you explain the purpose, you will find quite a few 
people/ café owners are open to having their town mapped (and selling 
food and drinks to a bunch of weirdos :-) You can always say that going 
out mapping makes us hungry and thirsty...

Jo