[Talk-us] New MapRoulette challenge - fix railway crossings

Martijn van Exel m at rtijn.org
Tue Aug 4 21:52:34 UTC 2015


It certainly helped speed things up the last time! What I remember is
prizes get a little messy to organize if you allow non-US participants
to enter. Other than that all you need is commitment from a company.
Perhaps an Amtrak gift card!
Martijn van Exel
skype: mvexel


On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:
>>
>> I didn't want to make the instructions too convoluted. We can always
>> go back in and manually check for these 'unjoined crossings'. I am
>> just mentioning it here because there's a lot of more experienced
>> mappers here.
>
>
> The instructions are fine. Most of what I've found are false positives and
> crossings that need railway=level_crossing. Most that needed the
> level_crossing are unconnected although not all. A few were missing the
> street/footway/track and some are now bridges.
>
> We still need to do a lot of work on streets in rural areas. I've ended up
> fixing a few in order to add the crossing.
>
> Would be nice if a company were to offer some "prize" for getting this
> completed. Union Pacific is pushing for rail crossing safety. We should
> consider approaching UP and BN for some incentives for getting people to map
> crossings. Martijn, you have more experience with offering prizes, what is
> your take?
>
>
> --
> @osm_seattle
> osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us
> OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch



More information about the Talk-us mailing list