[OSM-talk] Rutland - collecting POIs

[David Groom]

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From: "Nick Whitelegg" <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk>
To: <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Rutland - collecting POIs


> >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.

On the Isle of Wight I've tried to record the location (and name where 
applicable) of :

pubs, churches,car parks, petrol stations, hospitals

I also note that some of the following have been recorded:

hotels, schools, toilets

David

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