On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Sachin Dole <sd...@genvega.com> wrote: > by the way, its a new construction by a builder, so satellite imagery has > not caught up yet. i know it is a sub division because i purchased a home > there.
Welcome to OpenStreetMap! You are getting involved, from the start, with what I consider the very best type of mapping. You are putting your neighbourhood on the map. :-) It's good that you know that aerial imagery is letting you down. Some mappers rely on it too heavily and fail to understand that imagery can mislead your mapping, even if relatively current. On the other hand, aerial imagery, when relatively current, can be a helpful addition to your in-person survey. I'm not on the ground at your new home (that would be a creepy coincidence) so you really are the local expert. Being new doesn't mean that some remote mapper can do a better job than you can. On the other hand, you can certainly learn from our experience where our situations are similar enough. I've mapped a few new neighbourhoods during and after construction. Here are some really general broad strokes of what I do. Don't get in the way of the construction. I don't trespass. Now if it isn't clear that a site is closed, I might lean towards mapping. As an owner you may have additional rights that I don't as a local neighbour. No aerial imagery, so I use a GPS to create a track file of my mapping when I can. If not, I'll sketch a map by hand until I can get more information. Add the road center lines once they are clear. Usually, if the curbs have been poured, that will be the layout of the finished roads. Add road names once the signs or temporary signs are posted. I've frustrated at how late these signs show up. I don't bother mapping lot numbers, etc. Not my thing. Add building addresses once they go up. Add parks, trails, playgrounds, public benches, post boxes, drinking fountains, etc as the neighbourhood amenities get filled in. And once you are finished, you aren't really "finished". At that point, or honestly, probably even now, you'll be bitten by the OpenStreetMap Bug. You'll just want to keep mapping. You'll update your neighbourhood when a new restaurant opens or closes, when coffee shops come and go, when a gourmet burger bar moves in. And that's the very best thing you can do for OpenStreetMap. You can make and keep the places that you see every day, or week or month, up to date and accurate and complete. :-) Hey, also take a look to see if there are local OpenStreetMap related events you can attend, like Mappy Hour or #maptime. Meeting with other local mappers is a great way to keep your collective work coordinated in a friendly way. And it's fun. Best Regards and Happy Mapping, Richard _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list newbies@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
