[OSM-talk] Seoul

[Andrew Errington]

On Wed, September 9, 2009 09:52, andrzej zaborowski wrote:
> 2009/9/8 Andrew Errington <a.errington at lancaster.ac.uk>:
<snip>
>> By the way, I just requested the creation of a talk-ko mailing list,
>> but nothing's happening there yet (only a handful of mappers here!).
>
> It seems a number of mappers have been discouraged by the mass
> importer deleting their data,
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/vineldi/diary/6970

I agree that this is an issue, but the mapper could find out who
deleted/edited their work and contact them to ask why (although they go on
to say that the language barrier makes this difficult).

It is also true that there was very little data a year ago, but a couple
of months ago there was a bulk upload of major roads from government data.
 In some areas this has duplicated roads that were already there.

There has also been bulk uploads of POIs from two sources, mp2osm and
http://kr.open.gugi.yahoo.com.

The POIs were present before I started mapping, and the major road upload
was added after.  In my town there were no streets or local roads, so I
have been focusing on those.

I am not sure if I like what has happened, but on the other hand it has
added some shape to an otherwise blank canvas.  I have found that some of
the uploaded POIs are non-existent in real life, or in the wrong place.  I
have also found that the kind of POIs are a little banal- mostly clinics
and fish restaurants.  Fortunately my town is small, so I can add streets
without worrying about the major roads, and I can verify each POI as I
encounter it.

I am hoping that the talk-ko mailing list can start addressing issues like
this.  At the moment there is no cohesion with mappers, their data, and
their discussions in Korea.  In the meantime, even a small town takes a
while to map...

Andrew