[OSM-np] [MapKathmandu] Re: Suspicious edits in some areas in Kathmandu

Wed Oct 10 08:56:14 BST 2012

data quality has always been an issue for any kind of geographic data. We
need more mappers from different localities for this and need to grow our
OSM community. But location is only one aspect of data quality, attributes
provide life to the data. it is also high time to agree on standard for
object (like roads, hotels, tea shops, co-operatives, tuition centers). we
should have discussions on these topics.

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Nama Budhathoki
<namabudhathoki at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Mappers,
>
> It would be good if those who have local knowledge could correct those
> roads. Leaving incorrect data in OSM for long time will have detrimental
> effect to our effort. Many people raise questions of data quality in
> user-contributed data. It is difficult for them to accept that ordinary
> people can produce amazing maps. If those suspicious minds see these
> incorrect roads, it will only help them to spread mistrust about the whole
> dataset.
>
> Nama
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:01 PM, amrit karmacharya <amrit.im at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> yes, i have been tagging highway=motorway, for those roads which have 2
>> lanes and carry much traffic. i have checked these roads in google
>> satellite images too. as per the common tags used, i thought this was the
>> best tag to use. if someone feels otherwise, we should have a discussion on
>> it. i shall revert them back for now.
>>
>> and manoj, as initial part of MapKathmandu project, i have traced many
>> roads referencing bing and google satellite image. i have also used the gps
>> traces for accurate positions. I have tried to trace many roads in
>> baluwatar area as we are doing a mapping party there on  13 oct saturday.
>> these roads have been traced through satellite imagery only, so i agree
>> that they are incorrect, and we plan to check and correct it during the
>> mapping party. i would be very thankful if you could correct them *ASAP *as
>> it would help the mapping event. I would also like to invite you to this
>> event. the venue is Biruwa Ventures. we welcome every assistence.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Rajeev Amatya <rajeevamatya at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Would be great if amrit fixed it since he knows these roads better.
>>>
>>> we do not use highway=motorway. Highway=trunk is the best we can go. Use
>>> of highway=tertiary is being considered/discussed.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Aashish Tripathee <
>>> helloworld at aashishtripathee.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just have a look at this:
>>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=27.7143&lon=85.3224&zoom=14&layers=M
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:13 AM, Aashish Tripathee <
>>>> helloworld at aashishtripathee.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  I've fixed some of them but he had tagged really a lot of roads with
>>>>> highway=motorway and, so before reverting more back, I wanted to ask, what
>>>>> sort of roads are to be tagged that way? I mean with highway=motorway? That
>>>>> isn't even included in the tags for roads of Nepal in the wiki (
>>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal/Roads)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Rajeev Amatya <rajeevamatya at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> i think amrit has been mistakenly tagging the roads as
>>>>>> highway=motorway.
>>>>>> please fix them asap.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Aashish Tripathee <
>>>>>> helloworld at aashishtripathee.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On JOSM, please see the author of that. I also mapped Baluwatar
>>>>>>> region around a month back but not now. Please check who is doing that
>>>>>>> incorrect mapping in JOSM so that we can contact him/her.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Oct 9, 2012, at 18:06, Manoj Thapa <manoj.thapa at outlook.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > Dear All,
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I am mapping Baluwatar and Maharajgunj area from last few months
>>>>>>> and i am quite familiar with these areas. From last few days i am happy to
>>>>>>> see other few friends mapping  on these area as well. Many roads they
>>>>>>> mapped were wrong and some road are not there in field. I corrected those.
>>>>>>> but today i find same problem on other areas of Kathmandu. please see light
>>>>>>> blue roads (motor roads) in image on the attached file. At the mean time, i
>>>>>>> also noticed that this person is randomly mapping in different areas. How
>>>>>>> do we check this?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Manoj
>>>>>>> > <osmOct9.jpg>
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