[Talk-GB] MapRoulette challenge to add highways

[Marjan Van de Kauter]

Hi,	

First of all, a big thank you to everyone who worked on the tasks in the "Add Highways" challenge! Your efforts are much appreciated.

Since almost all of the tasks were completed over the weekend, would you be interested in more leads for missing highways? I could share an additional set later this week. 
Phil, this time the geographic scope will extend beyond the area in and around Kent, which is where the previous tasks were concentrated because we started with a selection of the data we have.

Jez, thank you for pointing out that it's recommended mappers try all the openly available aerial sources. That's a valid remark indeed. Some of the tasks currently marked as "skipped" might be solved by consulting the additional imagery sources.

Marjan

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> 
Sent: Friday 20 January 2023 13:10
To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] MapRoulette challenge to add highways


On Fri, 2023-01-20 at 11:43 +0000, Jez Nicholson wrote:
> Thanks Marjan.
>
> My money is on this spotting new housing estates. It is worth 
> reminding mappers to try all the aerial sources available. My first 
> site 
> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmapr
> oulette.org%2Fchallenge%2F37397%2Ftask%2F145777316&data=05%7C01%7Cmarj
> an.vandekauter%40tomtom.com%7Cbfce8b663d1949290a6c08dafadfd730%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C638098136537912870%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iOVlF%2FTsoHRsgq7jbXtuHY6IMSZttvlYW%2FNkZqSbVs0%3D&reserved=0 wasn't visible on any so I marked as 'too hard/can't see'. My second site https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaproulette.org%2Fchallenge%2F37397%2Ftask%2F145777403&data=05%7C01%7Cmarjan.vandekauter%40tomtom.com%7Cbfce8b663d1949290a6c08dafadfd730%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C638098136537912870%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RrSjykk3xdjO150QpJjjMTlIxj9s1wKzM6933UoSAVs%3D&reserved=0 has some of the roads in Esri World Imagery.
>
> A quick look at Google Maps aerials may confirm, but obviously we 
> cannot use that as a source.

There is OS Opendata Roads which we can use as a source, for this area square TR if my memory is correct.

The one I have looked at so far have been within allotments and farmyards, not actual missing public highways.

Is there a reason why they are all in or around Kent.

Phil