Here's a write-up, photos, and the map (before/after) for the mapping party held during Wikimania:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/aude/diary/14605
In sum, we gave a workshop, followed by taking ~25 participants out on the streets of Haifa to collect map data, broke into 4 smaller groups. Big thanks to Eugene (seav), MADe, Zvika, Yarl, and Polimerek, all experienced mappers, who helped lead the groups, as well as the Hebrew speakers who accompanied us.
The map (http://osm.org/go/xtTsF0inF-) is drastically improved, with excellent follow-up by the mappers to get the information entered into the map.
We've also uncovered a bunch of RTL bugs in OSM, and could use help to address them.
Cheers, Katie
On 16 August 2011 04:42, aude aude.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
The map (http://osm.org/go/xtTsF0inF-) is drastically improved, with excellent follow-up by the mappers to get the information entered into the map.
Excellent. I really missed good maps while traveling in Israel. Especially bus routes on real map would have been handy.
Is it just me or why aren't sidewalks on the map?
We've also uncovered a bunch of RTL bugs in OSM, and could use help to address them.
In the website or the map renderers or in the editors? -Niklas
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Niklas Laxström niklas.laxstrom@gmail.comwrote:
On 16 August 2011 04:42, aude aude.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
The map (http://osm.org/go/xtTsF0inF-) is drastically improved, with excellent follow-up by the mappers to get the information entered into
the
map.
Excellent. I really missed good maps while traveling in Israel. Especially bus routes on real map would have been handy.
Bus routes would be awesome and think/hope that we'll have them in OSM for DC by next summer, and in some useful formats for attendees.
Is it just me or why aren't sidewalks on the map?
We usually work in stages:
1) add the basics, like roads 2) then shops, buildings, etc. 3) further details like sidewalks 4) even more details like, sidewalk curb cuts and tactile paving, for accessibility / pedestrian routing 5) when the map is mostly complete (e.g. Germany), add details like individual trees :)
Haifa is somewhere between stage 1-2; Washington DC is at stage 2-3
Also, in cities, sidewalks are often assumed to be there, sometimes tagged as an attribute of the road (sidewalk=left/right/both) instead of as separate ways.
We've also uncovered a bunch of RTL bugs in OSM, and could use help to address them.
In the website or the map renderers or in the editors?
All of above... though we've fixed the most critical website bugs. As I have time, I can try to document them better in one place.
Cheers, Katie
-Niklas
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Excellent. I really missed good maps while traveling in Israel. Especially bus routes on real map would have been handy.
Bus routes would be awesome and think/hope that we'll have them in OSM for DC by next summer, and in some useful formats for attendees.
Only one site which I know with - only simplified - bus routes in Israel on the OSM background is http://www.bus.co.il
-- Daniel // Leinad
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 09:42:03PM -0400, aude wrote:
Here's a write-up, photos, and the map (before/after) for the mapping party held during Wikimania:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/aude/diary/14605
In sum, we gave a workshop, followed by taking ~25 participants out on the streets of Haifa to collect map data, broke into 4 smaller groups. Big thanks to Eugene (seav), MADe, Zvika, Yarl, and Polimerek, all experienced mappers, who helped lead the groups, as well as the Hebrew speakers who accompanied us.
I'm sad I missed the workshop. I would have loved to learn some of the things folks did to map buildings etc. Is there a document/howto online somewhere?
sincerely, Kim Bruning
2011/8/19 Kim Bruning kim@bruning.xs4all.nl:
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 09:42:03PM -0400, aude wrote:
Here's a write-up, photos, and the map (before/after) for the mapping party held during Wikimania:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/aude/diary/14605
In sum, we gave a workshop, followed by taking ~25 participants out on the streets of Haifa to collect map data, broke into 4 smaller groups. Big thanks to Eugene (seav), MADe, Zvika, Yarl, and Polimerek, all experienced mappers, who helped lead the groups, as well as the Hebrew speakers who accompanied us.
I'm sad I missed the workshop. I would have loved to learn some of the things folks did to map buildings etc. Is there a document/howto online somewhere?
You can try:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide
or if you are lucky - you may find the nearest mapping party and simply join:
2011/8/16 aude aude.wiki@gmail.com:
We've also uncovered a bunch of RTL bugs in OSM, and could use help to address them.
I improved the RTL support of MediaWiki. However, I am not familiar with the OSM source code (or OSM in general) so I'm not sure if I could easily help here..
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Robin Pepermans robinp.1273@gmail.comwrote:
2011/8/16 aude aude.wiki@gmail.com:
We've also uncovered a bunch of RTL bugs in OSM, and could use help to address them.
I improved the RTL support of MediaWiki. However, I am not familiar with the OSM source code (or OSM in general) so I'm not sure if I could easily help here..
The main OSM site is built with ruby on rails, then there is a plethora of other components in a variety of programming langs and related but independently developed tools, such as mobile apps.
I'm willing to help myself, but have a zillion things to do, so not sure how much I can do on my own.
Cheers, Katie
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