Hi all, On 20 July 2012 14:57, Andy Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > GB mappers, our Aussie friends need our help. Large swathes of Australia > have been decimated by the redaction process so if like me your UK area is > looking pretty clear please turn some attention to fixing some areas down > under. If you do I'd suggest you subscribe to, or keep an eye on, the > archive of the talk-au mailing list where requests and discussion on the > redaction process are being made by some mappers. > <snipped details on remapping>
I've been fixing up parts of Perth where I live and thought I'd share a few thoughts. Large parts of Perth and the rest of WA were in decent shape after the redaction. The worst effects are a lot of major roads which were originally mapped by contributors who declined the new CTs or where intersections and stretches of road were refined by tracing when Nearmap became available; and In some areas suburb size areas were originally traced by one contributor and have been largely lost. I think also a lot of rural towns and rural highways are in poor shape. However, I've seen a lot change over the last week. Personally, I've repaired major roads in the southern suburbs (and filled in gaps in adjoining residential roads) as well as try to repair the roads through the city centre. Other local mappers have certainly been doing there bit too. But why I'm writing this email is to say Thank You to those UK and european mappers who've helped tracing roads in the suburbs and rural towns and generally fixing up the map. While I don't monitor edits throughout the Perth region via tools I have seen problem areas be patched up and, wondering who might be working there, found several UK contributors who've done significant work even though none of us Perth residents have spoken up to ask for help or offer guidance to support your efforts. So once again Thank You. So I'd like to say a few things about the map in Perth and WA. - First off the coverage is improving and I'm sure we'll get back to most roads on the map pretty soon (particularly within greater Perth region). - Street name coverage however has never been great and needs a few more locals to survey. It's something I haven't done much of lately but needs attention. - Road classification is a mess. It's something that's quietly frustrated me ever since I discovered OSM and I really don't know where to start to improve the situation. And lastly: a few areas that could do with attention from anyone who has time and energy to help: - Mandurah: http://osm.org/go/swll4QbE- - Pinjarra: http://osm.org/go/swlpYFKv- - Dunsborough: http://osm.org/go/swKnigAZ- - Carnarvon: http://osm.org/go/s1DjTuMg-- - Broome: http://osm.org/go/tjy9_zp I believe these areas have good Bing coverage and don't seem to have much recent local activity (post redaction). All your help is greatly appreciated. Possibly Armadale: http://osm.org/go/sww6u5Qv-- and Midland: http://osm.org/go/swxurea9-- could be included in this list though these areas seem to have active local people so maybe not necessary. There are many other rural towns which don't have complete street coverage including South Hedland, Esperance, Gingin to name a few but I think many of those weren't complete to start with. I hope no one living and mapping in these towns is concerned about me mentioning them here. Kindest regards, Arie. P.S. Andy, if this mail doesn't make it through to talk-gb-westmidlands would you please forward it on. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
