[Talk-GB] Quarterly task
Jez Nicholson
jez.nicholson at gmail.com
Mon Jan 2 14:54:23 UTC 2017
+1 for 'water' as a general subject for Q1 activities, leaving it open for
individuals to interpret as they wish.
Q2 can be more data-driven, like the schools and fhrs:ids were.
Regards,
Jez
On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 at 12:37 Brian Prangle <bprangle at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> Well we seem to be no nearer reaching agreement on the plethora of
> suggestions with more people suggesting what they don't want to do rather
> than what they do want to do.
>
> The only drift I think was there was that it shouldn't be too labour
> intensive and given the season it sould be more aimed at remote mapping.
> So can I suggest something completely different which might fit the bill?
>
> How about "water"? There are loads of ways traced from NPE which are way
> off, there are loads of missing waterways, and loads of waterways crossing
> roads/railways incorrectly, also the coastline could be improved,as could
> the shape of many bodies of water etc.
>
> Regards
>
> Brian
>
> On 31 December 2016 at 23:10, Paul <Paul.bivand at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Saturday, 31 December 2016 19:31:06 BST, Jez Nicholson wrote:
>
> I would welcome a less labour intensive task this quarter. Am still
> forging ahead with fhrs:ids but with 2700 establishments in Brighton & Hove
> and only me mapping it is hard (but useful) work.
>
>
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 23:50 Rob Nickerson, <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> It's not just Notes but the fixme tag too. And yes, this will be skewed to
> areas with fewer active mappers. This is partly the point of the project -
> to help improve lesser mapped areas and to encourage us to spread the word
> about OSM! The aim for me has always been "at least one mapper in every
> town".
>
> We need to pick something for the Q1 Winter months and in my view it's
> this quarter where remote mapping best fits. Many fixme tags can be
> improved using all the new remote resources we now have access to.
>
> Rob
>
> P.s. sorry for new thread - I only read the messages via the archive.
>
>
> Ditto here, for Medway (and when I've got that down to a reasonable
> state/weather warmed up, I've got Swale, Maidstone and parts of
> Tonbridge/Malling to keep me busy.
>
> On the plus side, fhrs does give a fair coverage of:
>
> Pubs
> Social clubs
> Fast Food
> restaurants/cafes
> pre-schools
> social care establishments
>
> Though I rather think with social care ones those run by social services
> directly have their addresses obfuscated or handled centrally, for possibly
> good reasons.
>
> I'll dip in and out of quarterly projects, as the projects suit my
> survey-only methods (checking against the tools) as surveying gives me a
> reason to get on the bike or out walking.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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