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

Wed Oct 10 10:00:13 BST 2012

Amrit,

We had a pretty long discussion among which tags to use for roads in Nepal
and came up with some kind of agreement.
You can check what tags we use here
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal/Roads

Cheers
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 7:56 AM, amrit karmacharya <amrit.im at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Aashish Tripathee*
>>>>>> *Founder Partner*
>>>>>> *Bwingle Web Solutions <http://bwingle.org/>*
>>>>>>
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