[OSM-talk] GNIS quality improvement, was: USGS Topo maps

[Michal Migurski]

This is a great idea, especially the non-improved GNIS points in your neighborhood.

Where do OSBugs go, though? I'm under the impression it's a bit of a graveyard, and your description sounds like something that should allow people to push fixes right to the map themselves. Make them understand they have direct influence, rather than shipping their input off to a bug tracker to die.

-mike.

On Nov 28, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote:

> On that matter -- I've been working on an idea for a GNIS microtasking
> platform. What it would do is:
> 
> * Show a random non-improved GNIS point in your neighborhood - name + map
> * Allow you to 1) drag the point to the correct location, 2) flag it
> as no longer existing or 3) flag it as incorrect name.
> * The collected improvements would be pushed to OpenStreetBugs or
> something similar.
> 
> I already have a skeleton app but wanted to get some feedback on the
> idea before I move forward. Anyone interested in helping develop this?
> Ideally it would be adaptable to any point data imports that need
> similar cleanup.
> 
> Martijn
> 
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Greg Troxel <gdt at ir.bbn.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> writes:
>> 
>>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Ian <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> FYI: Most of the information present on USGS Topo Maps should already be
>>>> present on the map due to an import of the GNIS dataset a couple years ago.
>>> 
>>> And fixing that import so that the GNIS points are better aligned by
>>> your local knowledge is very welcome!
>> 
>> Agreed - most of the GNIS points need more position accuracy.
>> 
>> But, USGS Topos != GNIS.  On the USGS topos I have, the POIs such as
>> churches, cemeteries, schools, libraries, etc. are positioned very
>> accurately.  GNIS is clearly a different dataset.
>> 
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