[OSM-talk] Featured images for christmas week

[John McKerrell]

On 21 Dec 2007, at 18:49, Andy Robinson ((blackadder)) wrote:

>>
>> I don't know whether to be impressed at the level of detail you've
>> gathered, or depressed because of how small it makes my own  
>> efforts look
>> ... :-(
>
> Well, its my local area and since I started to map it in 2005 it  
> shouldn't
> be a surprise that I use it as a bit of a testing area. Some of the  
> earliest
> ways (sub 50 ID numbers) lurk in there.
>
>>
>> One question - what's the source for the residential=building data  
>> (the
>> rectangle-ish areas at the sides of the roads)?
>>
>
> It's a mixture of manual survey and artistic impression. The  
> beginning and
> end of each run of houses is easy to do by taking a photo of the  
> boundary
> position which when synchronised in JOSM to the GPX track gives you  
> a pretty
> accurate location. The setback from the road is guesswork and  
> doesn't yet
> sit right with the width of the road at every zoom level. The  
> thickness
> again is guesswork and where I'm trying to give an impression  
> rather than
> being precise. The same applies to the total run of the building,  
> which in
> most cases is actually semi detached or detached housing which  
> should really
> be drawn as individual blocks. Maybe in a couple of year's time  
> I'll feel
> like going to that extent! for now I'm just making a single  
> continuous run
> where there are only residential homes along the run. If something  
> else
> interjects I take a photo of it and tag appropriately.
>
Hmm... now you've got me thinking of things I can do in my area  
without having to cycle for 20 minutes (yes I know some people have  
it worse than that ;-), and I have aerial imagery to use too so I can  
get each little semi-detached block!

John