[Talk-GB] University of Northampton new campus - mapper required

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Fri Jul 13 22:49:14 UTC 2018


Rather than point as to what not to do .. it would be best to point to 
what to do.

So where is the 'best' OSM mapped university? Use that as an example of 
what to do.

On 14/07/18 08:26, Dan S wrote:
> I hope this is not too much of a side-issue, but: one hopeful request 
> - pleeeease don't use amenity=university for each object in the 
> campus, as was done for some other universities.
>
> I don't think UK uni tagging is yet consistent across towns, but the 
> wiki's advice looks broadly ok imho!
>
> Cheers
> Dan
>
>
> föstudagur, 13. júlí 2018 skrifaði David Earl 
> <david at frankieandshadow.com <mailto:david at frankieandshadow.com>>:
> > The University of Northampton is opening a new campus very soon 
> between between Bedford Road and New South Bridge Road. They would 
> like to get a detailed campus map onto OSM as soon as possible, 
> ideally by August 1. I haven't looked but I'm assuming this would have 
> to be a ground survey as it is all new buildings so won't be on 
> satellite (though maybe some building footprints might be), and in any 
> case that wouldn't get down to the level of access doors, or building 
> occupiers. If copyright permission can be obtained, I'm guessing they 
> may have plans that could serve part of the job.
> > They would be open to employing someone to do the surveying, 
> especially as it has a short timescale. I can't really do it as it's 
> too far from home to do repeated trips or fit it into my current 
> schedule, otherwise I'd have jumped at it (I worked with the contact 
> doing Cambridge University maps, and I'm sending this with her 
> permission).
> > If anyone is interested, please contact Amy Moore in their estates 
> services department: Amy.Moore at northampton.ac.uk 
> <mailto:Amy.Moore at northampton.ac.uk>
> > David
> >
>
>
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