[OSM-talk] Rutland - collecting POIs

[Nick Whitelegg]

>This weekend is the Rutland mapping party. I hope the non-UK members
>of the list will excuse me sending a Rutland-related posting to the
>main list, as the general approach could be relevant to other mapping
>weekends. (Follow-ups could go to talk-midlands if it drifts off the
>general point.)

>By the end of the weekend I hope we'll have all of Rutland's roads,
>plus a smattering of footpaths and cycleways. But as we're passing,
>should we try and mark a few Places of Interest, too?

>Three that spring to mind are tourist locations; pubs; and churches.
>There are doubtless many more possibilities, but we won't have time to
>do everything, and concentrating on a couple will make it much more
>likely that we get consistent coverage. Rich data like this makes it
>easier for us to produce real-world maps that will be of interest to
>the great unwashed - I don't believe there is yet a Rutland pub map in
>existence, for example.

>Mindful of David S's point that OSM shouldn't try to do everything,
>that some things are best left outside the OSM database and reserved
>for mashups, the POIs could be stored somewhere else if need be.

Whilst agreeing on David S's point on things like, say, path blockages, I 
think anything that would appear on an OS map would have place in OSM, so 
pubs, churches, car parks etc should certainly go in. When I am out 
surveying in the countryside I do this - typically recording pubs, 
churches, places, car parks, viewpoints, hill summits and footbridges on 
paths.

Nick
Would this approach find favour, and if so - given Rutland's
predominantly rural character - what should we concentrate on?

cheers
Richard


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