Hi, > Welcome, and there's a saying about stupid questions that comes to > mind, "The only stupid question is the one left unasked"
Good one :) > Are you talking about Ponta Delgada? I did some looking but can't find > reference to the new construction you mention (it could be due to me > being both/either not being able to read Portuguese and not being > familiar with the area). Right, it's in Ponta Delgada. This is the oficial website: http://www.portasdomar.pt You can see a nice picture there. > But the short answer is "as soon as somebody adds the changes!" The > shoreline data is updated less frequently in the renderers than the > other data (once every few weeks?). But as soon as you or someone else > adjusts the shoreline data, and adds the ways, points and polygons > corresponding to the new construction it will make it's way into the > database, and then it will be rendered by mapnik/osmarender/cloudmade. I see, so I it's up to contributors to do those changes. Wasn't sure about that. > > What you may wish to do is see about getting aerial photos/GIS data > from the local government or the University that is compatible with > the OSM license, you could also always go old school with a pen and > paper, or just walk the new shoreline with a GPS. Then you'd want to > edit the corresponding shoreline polygon to match. It's not hard to walk the shoreline but there's a small restricted area so I'll check first for photos/GIGS data. Thanks for your great help! Regards, António Lima
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