Thanks. I am going to ping Andrew Buck. this is something I could do Saturday morning if I have a complete list of what is needed.
H Heather Leson [email protected] Twitter: HeatherLeson Blog: textontechs.com On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Claire Halleux <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Heather > Definitely! That's the kind of material currently pushed by Blake Girardot > and the Training WG, even if it's not done in a Gdoc but likely through the > wiki, we are still gathering pictures and investigating licensing issues. > Anyone who wants to help on this is welcome to join our discussion or > meetings. > > Huts had been a bit part of a recurring discussion, which explains the > specific posting. > Thanks, > > Claire > > > Claire Halleux > Volunteer and Member of the Board > +243 99 256 9980 (Kinshasa, DRC) > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team > > http://www.hotosm.org/ > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Heather Leson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nick and others, >> >> Last week Andrew was helping someone identify and tag mines. Today, Nick >> is explaining huts. >> >> Do you think that it would help to have a basic compilation of tags, >> satellite screenshots and pictures to help guide new mappers for this >> region? We could simply start a google doc for pictures, tags and just keep >> adding it. >> >> It might help with accuracy. >> >> Let me know and I can help. >> >> heather >> >> Heather Leson >> [email protected] >> Twitter: HeatherLeson >> Blog: textontechs.com >> >> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Nick Allen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> A recent post on this list led me to investigate the tag building=hut. >>> >>> I'm not entirely sure that I remember it's history within HOT, but I >>> believe many of us started using it on round thatched dwellings at the >>> start of the Ebola outbreak. I've been creating a circle of the correct >>> size and tagging the way as 'building=hut' in much the same way as we >>> create a rectangle / polygon on a square sided structure and tag it >>> building=yes. The info on the main tagging wiki at >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building shows the tag being >>> used on an area, not a node. >>> >>> I've had a quick look on overpassturbo for part of Liberia, and there >>> are clusters of the tag, in some places on a node & in others on a polygon >>> - on at least one occasion the node has a comment similar to '7 huts'. >>> >>> A quick query on taginfo for building=hut; >>> All 832415, >>> Node 8113 >>> Way 824247 >>> Relation 55 >>> >>> The purpose of creating the polygon was for the clever GIS folk to >>> analyse and create population estimates, when used in conjunction with the >>> landuse=residential polygon which needs to be traced fairly closely around >>> the perimeter of the cluster of buildings to allow accurate estimates of >>> population for a village / hamlet / town (Something to do with area >>> calculations). I suspect that it is still being used for that purpose, and >>> will continue to do so. Also if the building is traced it appears on the >>> map, but if it is a node it does not. On the basis you can do a more >>> accurate calculation on the area from the polygon & you can't do it on a >>> node that could represent an unknown quantity of buildings I think we need; >>> * When remote mapping an area, unless the task description says >>> otherwise, create a polygon for the round dwelling and tag it building=hut >>> * To ensure our own training & reference sites, such as wiki pages, >>> LearnOSM and slide shows or other materials are up to date - if it's wrong >>> & you can't fix it, at least highlight it so someone can. >>> -- >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> Volunteer 'Tallguy' for >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team >>> >>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy >>> >>> Treasurer, website & Bonus Ball admin for >>> http://www.6thswanleyscouts.org.uk/ ([email protected]) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> >
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