Re: [OSM-talk] Building Detection using Machine Learning

2016-12-24 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 24 Dec 2016, at 19:57, Oleksiy Muzalyev > wrote: > > example, I would like to be able to hide in the JOSM existing already > power-lines, roads, paths, etc. in order to map farlmland, woods, grassland, > etc. Perhaps, it is possible in JOSM, but I could not find it ye

Re: [OSM-talk] Building Detection using Machine Learning

2016-12-24 Thread Oleksiy Muzalyev
It reminds me how in 60s and 70s it was widely believed that the computers will be doing text translation instead of human translators. We realize now, fifty years later, that is actually a hard problem. And it is still impossible to translate a novel or a poem by a computer program alone. I

Re: [OSM-talk] Building Detection using Machine Learning

2016-12-24 Thread Christian Quest
One example: OpenSolarMap... We first start by crowdsourcing building roof orientations using a very simple webapp (no need to register, open to anybody). When enough contribution match they are considered OK (at least 3 more than all other contributions). Then, these contributions were used to t

[OSM-talk] Wiki TagList and TagKey/exists templates

2016-12-24 Thread François Lacombe
Hi, I'm seeking information about the TagKey/exists template which is currently rolled out on several wiki pages. We use to use the Tag template which adapts the link color whether the corresponding page exists or not. Why have we to add the "exists" key word? I find this redundant although an ex