[OSM-talk] using the crowd to label OSM

[tim]

That's great!

source:jeepney driver

Would be nice to see the map that they sketched on - could be cool
giving the completed osm back to them, although I bet they have all
the maps they need in their heads :)



On Nov 12, 2007 1:12 PM, maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For the past couple of months, my current workload doesn't permit me
> to travel much, at the same time, most of my immediate neighborhood
> and city (Marikina in Metro Manila) is pretty much covered in OSM.
>
> Now, without a GPS I'm using mostly Potlatch, I am trying to
> systematically map other areas  around Metro Manila.  Although I am
> generally aware on the type of roads within these areas, I do not know
> most of the names for the residential roads.
>
> I then thought of asking jeepney drivers
> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepney] to help me with  tagging
> streetnames.  These drivers do not know much about mapping or even the
> Internet.  So I printed out an area of OSM (the jeepney routes they
> travel) and asked a group drivers to label them.
>
> It is really a funny sight watching them argue and discuss on their
> mental maps.  In the end, they were able to label most of the streets
> I printed in a few minutes, which may take me a few more days of
> surveying.
>
> cheers,
>
> maning
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