I started out with buildings, but got a bit excited in my local area; getting down into trees, power lines, fences, driveways etc.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-34.84928/138.52277 Not super pretty looking. Nowdays, I tend to map the primary houses only, and perhaps significant features like a tennis court or pool if present. http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/-34.8808/138.5473 I wouldn't worry about tracing the individual parcels of land - there are better data sets which are maintained by various governments, either at cost or as open data (vicmap cadastre, psma's cadlite, etc); but to my knowledge no one is flying LIDAR equipped planes over AU cities and publishing the data yet re buildings. Anyway once you get past your street/block/etc; I'd recommend you start tracing buildings along your way to work or a similar commute. That lets you use a tool like Vespucci OSM Editor or Keypad Mapper 3 to collect data, if you are a public transport user or tend to walk from A to B. Another piece of data that is quite interesting is building:levels. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:levels If you work in the city as I do, it becomes fairly easy to tag the multiple story buildings with the same tools. http://osmbuildings.org/?lat=-34.92556&lon=138.60092&zoom=16 On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Paul Norman <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Will Rouesnel [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 1:34 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [talk-au] Adding residential properties? > > > > A simple example starting with my own house - how should residential > > buildings be tagged? > > > > The block they sit on is more of a land use concern, but the specific > > buildings don't occupy the entire block - and seem like they should be > > tagged "house". > > > > Is this a correct way to go about things? The goal here would be to get > > my local area updated with street numbers so generated addresses can > > provide navigation to specific locations. > > > > Would it be correct to trace the outline of the blocks, and label them > > with the address and tag the land as "residential" use? Would this be > > likely to accomplish the overall goal (provide street numbers for my > > area)? > > My practice is > > - Add the buidings from imagery, generally with building=house and > building=shed > > - Add address info from a survey, either with field papers + pen or > geotagged photos > > - Add other interesting features from the survey (paths, mailboxes, etc) > > - Trace out the landuse, generally as larger than single blocks, but > using separate polygons for areas split on major roads > > This generally involves an initial imagery-based mapping for buildings, > trees, paths, and other stuff visible from imagery, a survey, then a > final mapping using survey notes + imagery. > > It helps having buildings mapped already when collecting addresses. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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