Re: [Talk-ca] Mapping buildings in Canada by 2020

2017-11-23 Thread Tim Elrick
There are in fact, quite some German based mappers, mapping in Canada. So, you are right: let's just get more active mappers - worldwide; it is, however, still easier to activate them locally. I will pass on your positive experience with JOSM to my group for the next event. Cheers, Tim Am

Re: [Talk-ca] Mapping buildings in Canada by 2020

2017-11-23 Thread john whelan
>I would have to run a query now to find out if the relative number of active mappers is higher in one country than the other, but that's not my point. But how do you determine where a mapper lives and don't forget many armchair mappers map in a different location to where they live. JOSM and

Re: [Talk-ca] Mapping buildings in Canada by 2020

2017-11-23 Thread Tim Elrick
Hi John, Thanks for your feedback and background information. I think, we are on the same page. I am concerned with quality too, while mapping should remain enjoyable. We shied away from JOSM for newbies because it seemed more technical to my groups members. I personally like JOSM better, and

Re: [Talk-ca] Mapping buildings in Canada by 2020

2017-11-23 Thread john whelan
The issue is the quality of the mapping, nothing else. I attended one of these geoweek events and we used JOSM with the building_tool plugin. The mapping of buildings was accurate even though 75% of the mappers had never used JOSM before. There was no formal validation done but I verified each