[Talk-us] Night of the Living Maps
Russ Nelson
nelson at crynwr.com
Sat Oct 27 17:49:18 GMT 2012
Richard Welty writes:
> however, there are vast areas (like most if not all of WV) where
> the alignment of TIGER 2005 is really awful, and TIGER 2011/2012 is
> a significant improvement. since the latter is available as an
> image layer which i know works with JOSM and i understand works
> with Potlatch, it's pretty reasonable to load up a spot in the
> desert and compare unedited data with 2011/2012 and realign. just
> don't remove the reviewed tag, that shouldn't be done without a
> ground survey.
Some counties of NY had or have that awful alignment of which Richard
speaks. Putnam, Ontario, and Warren Counties come to mind. I've spent
a ridiculous amount of time aligning these roads.
I remove the tiger:reviewed=no tag only when I've been somewhere and
seen that the sign matches the name= tag (or one of them, anyway).
I use my Columbus / Visiontac V-900 GPS logger with audio notes to
make a note of the road name as I pass it, or any other notes that I
think need mapping, e.g. road surface, stop signs, traffic lights,
etc.
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