[OSM-talk] Street Complete

[Greg Morgan]

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:06 AM, James <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Mean while in other common wealth countries like Canada or Australia,
>> it's not economically viable to pave every road. This is a very closed view
>> on the world we live in.
>>
>
> Heck, that's pretty true in the US as well; I actually did the research on
> this for a bet recently.  Unpaved centerline miles outnumber paved
> centerline miles by around 3:1 in Oklahoma and closer to 7:1 in Oregon
> (with over 60 of those unpaved centerline miles being Portland city
> streets!).
>

It feels like the map orients itself to urban mapping too much.  My stereo
type is that if an urbanite runs into a dirt road they usually tag it as a
track.  I laughed when I came a cross dirt road that was silky smooth and
could comfortably fit three semi-tractor trailers as a highway=track. Or
there is the well maintained AZ 88[1] that was downgraded to unclassified
from tertiary[2] presumably because the road is unpaved.  There are mile
markers, a state ref number, and at least one hotel.

I've used a number of these phone applications.  Each has their strengths
and weaknesses.  Pick one or more to meet your mapping needs.  In the case
of StreetComplete I thought that the whole point of the application was to
read OSM data; ask a few questions; and change the map.  There's another
weakness of the application.  Every location is not covered by cellular
networks.

[1]
https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=33.527969006834496&lng=-111.31676532746405&z=17&pKey=sS6f6s5B_jMurb7qt4bfeQ&focus=photo
[2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/124976509
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