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

Wed Oct 10 10:21:05 BST 2012

there is no tertiary, trunk, unclassified roads.

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:45 PM, bibekshrestha at gmail.com <
bibekshrestha at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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*
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