Does OSM have a way to show that photo is available at a particular node? I'd rather contribute photos and photospheres to OSM than Google Earth/Streetview, but if they're not easily found and viewed by users there's not a lot of value. Thanks,
David On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 10:45 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Keith > > Thanks for your map contributions and for joining this discussion. > This discussion was about establishing general principles for the use > of the viewpoint and image tags rather than any criticism of your > specific edits. > No disrespect was intended to you or your website. > > You say "Regarding the accuracy of the photos trust me you will have > to drive to that point and have a look yourself" > There is no dispute about the accuracy or value of the photos, rather > questions of whether to link to them in OSM and what object the link > should be attached to. > > Take two examples: > Node: River crossing (5536892190) > The photo contains valuable information on track conditions but it is > not taken from a viewpoint "A place where tourists, visitors, hikers > might like to visit and take photographs. A place, often high, with a > good view of surrounding countryside or notable buildings. Sometimes > called a vista point or scenic area/point, lookout or overlook" > The photo would have been better linked from the ford Node: 5536892207 > rather than creating a viewpoint. > > Node: SE (5536892237) > Again this photo conveys valuable information about track conditions > on the descent to the beach but is not taken from what can be > described as a viewpoint. If anything, I think the photo should be > linked to that section of track. > > Tony > > > I am the author of bushtrax.com and added those links to OSM. I also > have > > added quite a few 4wd tracks from the gpx files on the same site. As I > have > > found out another person has added one of those files under their name. I > > just filled in all the relevant info. > > > > <rant> > > Regarding the accuracy of the photos trust me you will have to drive to > > that point and have a look yourself, I have been photographing the coast > > using moving map software and a gps for nearly 17 years. > > > > The viewpoint aspect is just that, I am standing on the Barron Lookout > and > > this is the view. I don't see the point of putting the viewpoint icon on > > the road out the front of the Bremer Bay Caravan Park. > > > > The tracks over time are realigned due to shifting dunes storms washing > > them away or the managers of the land have deemed the track unsuitable > and > > altered the route. It also maps the rehabilitation that is carried out by > > volunteers and the land managers staff. Some of the earliest efforts go > > back as far as 1991, They are still there and in use today. > > </rant> > > > > I have found plenty of these photos on other forums etc over the years > but > > they just used to link to the photo and left the photo on the server. No > > problems from me. As in the case of of a Fairfax journalist who pinched > one > > early this year, he made himself look like fool. > > > > Keith > > > > Keith > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Thanks, David Findlay
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