[Talk-GB] OS and OSM

[Tom Chance]

Steve,

In Southwark I experimented with bulk importing buildings auto-traced from
OS StreetView, but gave up in favour of manually tracing from Bing imagery.
I was supplementing both methods with ground surveys.

I switched when I approached central London parts of Southwark, where OS
StreetView is of such poor quality that it was fairly useless.

In central and south Southwark I still think it provides a good "first
pass", which can be improved by tracing Bing imagery and ground surveys to
refine shapes and add addresses.

Browse around and judge for yourself.

I would also cite the errors we have found in OS Locator as a reason for
preferring ground surveys, using the OS product as a tool to indicate
possible errors to check out. We found 56 errors in Southwark.

Regards,
Tom


On 11 March 2011 10:19, Steve Chilton <S.L.Chilton at mdx.ac.uk> wrote:

> I have been asked by editor of the Cartographic Journal to write a short
> piece on the effect of the release of OS OpenData on the OpenStreetMap
> project, and I am just trying to gather my thoughts, and make sure I cover
> all bases.
> I was present at Blackadder's Society of Cartographers talk on "Why OSM
> won't be bulk importing OS OpenData" and am aware of the work Chris Hill has
> done on admin boundaries etc.
> Obviously also aware of the ITO work with OS Locator and what people have
> done with that.
> There was work on importing detailed water features, was that Chris as well
> (goes off to read back through his blog).
> Can anyone point me to others who have explored the possibilities that OS
> OpenData provided - PARTICULARLY if they can evidence WHY it is NOT of value
> to OSM?
>
> Cheers
> STEVE
>
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