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

Wed Oct 10 10:22:11 BST 2012

we have trunk and unknown roads

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:21 AM, amrit karmacharya <amrit.im at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>> --
>> Bibek Shrestha
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>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/bibstha
>> "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.", Eames to
>> Arthur, Inception 2010
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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