[OSM-talk-ie] DIT study of Balbriggan

[Colm Moore]

Hi,


Over time, Stabilo_boss, others and I have added a fair bit of detail to Balbriggan, such that the map there is generally in a better condition than the surrounding towns, the big difference being that the the other towns generally have a higher percentage (but still low) of individual houses mapped than Balbriggan. As a mapping exercise, Balbriggan would therefore be of less use than the other towns. There will of course be extendable data.


That said, from a town planning point of view, Balbriggan is probably more interesting than the other towns.


I wouldn't overly worry about third-party mappers interfering.


Features that could be added by the students:

* Individual houses and other buildings (landmark buildings fairly well mapped).
* Retail and other service businesses;
* Non-roadway street features, including paths and street furniture;
* Confirm street names (there's the usual fuzziness with unsigned legacy roads);
* Addresses;
* Bus routes
* Update construction;
* Rural features;
* Local road numbers, if available.

If the students are to be assessed on their work, then each should be given two tasks (a) surveying, recording and mapping everything in one neighbourhood to get experience at mapping different keys / tags and (b) doing the same for one type of key / tag over a wider area to understand differences between areas.


Colm


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