Re: [Talk-GB] OSM feature density vs edits per features

2017-09-01 Thread De Sabbata, Stefano (Dr.)
: SK53 <sk53@gmail.com> Date: Friday, 1 September 2017 at 18:50 To: Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> Cc: "Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org" <talk-gb@openstreetmap.org> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OSM feature density vs edits per features I suspect the problem with Leice

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM feature density vs edits per features

2017-09-01 Thread Philip Barnes
On Fri, 2017-09-01 at 12:04 +0100, Andy Townsend wrote: > > One thing you won't be short of is the sheer volume of data. If you > like a challenge, go for it - but I suspect that you might be better > starting with somewhere with fewer variables if you want some > quantifiable results to come

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM feature density vs edits per features

2017-09-01 Thread Gregory
Disclaimer: I suppose I'm a former member of the London OSM community, and now only visit occasionally. I'd add that it's worth noting OSM in London has history similar to the city it's self. It's not a typical city/town, but many small villages that expanded & grew with centres that then merged

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM feature density vs edits per features

2017-09-01 Thread Dan S
Hi One specific possibility: I know that at least a handful of people have been deliberately filling out London's buildings, and in un-surveyed areas this is often by tracing building shapes from aerial views. This is motivated by London's "patchy" coverage: areas where mappers live, plus

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM feature density vs edits per features

2017-09-01 Thread Andy Townsend
On 01/09/2017 10:55, Neil Matthews wrote: Not a member of the London OSM community, but... Also, do you think that there might also be an effect from "visiting" OSM contributors to an area? I used to regularly walk to/from occasional meetings with companies in London and map items on the

[Talk-GB] OSM feature density vs edits per features

2017-09-01 Thread De Sabbata, Stefano (Dr.)
Dear all, my name is Stefano, and I am a lecturer in geography at the University of Leicester. Volunteered geographic information and OSM have been one of my research interests for a few years now. I have also done some very minor contributions to OSM myself, but never in London and I am not