[OSM-talk-ie] What are your 'must map' features?

[Tadeusz Cantwell]

Hi Rebecca, street pictures are very useful for mapping, esp. if they are
in OSM friendly software like Mapillary or OpenStreetcam as there are
plugins where a mapper can see pictures taken in the area being mapped.
Taking pictures 360 around the monument would also be useful as signs, road
markings, power lines, etc can be mapped from the imagery. In fact, it's
often the pictures that seem mundane to others, are the ones with the
details needed to improve the map.

On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 at 15:56, Rebecca O'Neill <rebeccanineil at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm happy to help with some of the Wikimedia Commons element if I can.
> Right now we are running a photography competition to get people to take
> photos of National Monuments and structures listed by the National
> Inventory of Architectural Heritage and upload them to Commons:
> www.wikilovesmonuments.ie
> I'd love to see a lot of the more obscure images (that won't ever have a
> dedicated article) be used!
>
> On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 at 14:53, Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > (although I do not map in Ireland):
> >
> > * turn:lanes and destination signs, I find this very useful when they
> > are mapped.
> > * wayside shrines (or listed buildings in general) with photos on
> > Wikimedia Commons
> > * dog parks
> >
> > m.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 1:26 AM Colm Moore <colmmoore72 at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > So, for whatever reason, some of us are interested in specific
> > localities or projects, e.g. minutely mapping a whole village or
> > neighbourhood, all the roads in a county or perhaps something more
> > specific, e.g. mapping all shops in a chain or technical, e.g. I do a
> fair
> > bit of debugging of disconnected roads.
> > >
> > > There are some features that I feel I 'must' map, e.g. if something has
> > a reference number (road, bus stop, rubbish bin (Dublin City Council has
> > them)), I want to map it. I *really* like mapping / filling in details on
> > electrical transformers (I'm the most recent editor of 2,274 of 2,285
> > transformers mapped in Ireland). I can smell them at 50 metres! :) Or
> > rather, I've mapped so many I can tell in a neighbourhood where I am
> likely
> > to find one.
> > >
> > > I also run scripts through Over-Pass Turbo a few times a month,
> > searching for police stations, post office infrastructure and power
> > facilities that need their tagging improved. I also map pipelines &
> > storage  tanks. I've mapped lots of railway, but there are relatively few
> > feature left to map.
> > >
> > > Most of the time, mapping driveways an houses bores me.
> > >
> > > Colm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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