On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 13:58 +0000, John Smith wrote: Not sure if this is what others had in mind, but rather than just focus on cycling, I think a general council bugs reporting system would be useful to complain about other things like pot holes :) > > I've downloaded/used the OpenStreetBugs code to produce the Council Bug > Report: > > http://bugs.bigtincan.com/ > > I was thinking today that this might be a foot in the door for talking to > council/state roads depts about potential partnerships maps wise. In this > instance we could be given an email address and a boundary and then when a > bug is reported an email could be sent to the relevant council about it. > >
Now this is a brilliant idea John! I currently work for the North Sydney Council, and some of the engineers there are slowly starting to use OSM - as it's almost better than some of the maps we currently use in some aspects of our jobs. In my job at the Council I need to reference several maps - OSM being the main map that I use. <rant> I've done quite a few GPS surveys mapping in stuff around North Sydney (and Camden), adding in lots of detail (except for house numbers - I'll do that when my areas of interest are more detailed) - so seats / toilets / playgrounds in parks are starting to appear :) I'm also able to collaborate with the local walking group in North Sydney - which would be an ideal target to distribute walkingpapers to. </rant> A council bug report like yours John would be excellent in this case, as some residence report potholes / graffiti / "bugs" in rather vague terms that makes it difficult for our engineers / rangers / contractors to locate. Having a council bug reporting system could also spur other councils / residence to contribute to OSM as well. Aside, I've also requested a few more rendering features I'd like to see in http://maps.bigtincan.com/ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Aussie_Mapnik_Style_Changes They are amenity=drinking_water and amenity=waste_basket Thanks for rendering benches and bbqs! :) -- [email protected] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
