[Talk-GB] How to map new housing?

Dave F davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com
Fri Mar 8 14:38:59 UTC 2019


Hi
Welcome to OSM.

Mapping new developments is trickier without aerial imagery, but there's 
quite a bit you can do to make it more accurate than guesswork.

  * if you're mapping the roads use the GPS to walk down their centre,
    if it's safe to do so, of course)
  * Takes *lots* of photos. Videos are even better
  * If there is something already mapped in OSM Field Papers may help:
    https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Field_Papers
  * I found that many new estates have a certain amount of conformity.
    Try offsetting a copy of the road centre lines to use as guidelines
    ensuring buildings equidistant from the road & the same width

To map larger buildings you can walk walk around it taking waypoints 
with a GPS whenever you're in line with the plane of a building's side. 
These points can then have a way drawn with their opposite number to 
create the buildings outline. Make sure you're far enough away from it 
to avoid GPS interference.

Cheers
DaveF



On 08/03/2019 10:35, Dave Abbott wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm quite new to OSM, and am wondering how I might go about mapping new
> housing plots in my area.
>
> In general, there is nothing on the imagery - I know I can walk the new
> streets and map them with GPS - but how to go about mapping the new
> buildings?
>
> Is there a guide I can look at?
>
> TIA,
>
> Dave Abbott
>
>
>
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