[OSM-talk] best practice examples in the wiki

[Joe Richards]

It would be useful if there were some common mapping scenarios in the wiki, as a library of examples of common problems encountered and their efficient solution, almost like a story rather than a tag dictionary.  This could include information like:
 * the way the data was captured (type of GPS at the time, notes kept, software used, survey strategy/pattern)
 * a few photos of the type 'scene' since some geographical features are called the same thing but look a bit different in different places/countries/instances
 * tools used to map it, including some detail on which features were best captured/checked in each tool, videos for that scenario if available
 * a bit of a story on the types of tagging used, stuff like whether nodes or ways were shared or split etc
 * decisions made, e.g. clustering or spreading of features
 * resulting map fragment in various renderers - showing what is good about this setup
 * any notes on how well this information is used in current routing software

It could be a great library for people who are starting out to see some of the more common tricks of the trade and get some inspiration towards elegant results.  If you have anything like this already on your personal wiki User pages why not share the link?


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