Hi Ian, A warm Welcome from me too. The fact that you reach out before you start editing is a good thing. Similar Ed I can't comment on your particular question but this is certainly the right place to seek advice for questions. I myself stay away from complex large relations.
On 8 April 2020 8:20:19 pm AEST, Edoardo Neerhut <[email protected]> wrote: >I'm not the best to provide advice here Ian, so I'll wait for others to >chime in, but I just want to say welcome! > >This is an excellent introductory email and I am sure everyone will >appreciate your considered approach to editing in OpenStreetMap and >your >enthusiasm to help. > >On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 19:32, Little Maps <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, I’m Ian, I’m new to this group and pretty new to OSM. >> Being stuck inside for the foreseeable future, I’m keen to do >something >> useful. >> >> I live on the Murray River and have noticed that many sections of the >> river along the NSW-Vic border could benefit from some extra work. In >lots >> of places, the boundaries of the river, local government areas, >reserves >> and tree cover are all mapped differently, creating a mess of >intertwining >> boundaries. I hope I’m not offending anyone who has done great work >on the >> river in the past. >> >> I’ve got a lot of time on my hands and am happy to try to improve the >> mapping, taking on small chunks at a time. (I imagine it’s an >enormous job >> to do it all.) However I realise that it would be easy to stuff up a >lot of >> adjoining relationships so am keen to solicit advice from this sage >group. >> >> Is this a task you think worthy of working on? Is it something that >can be >> done by a relative newby? (I worked as a research scientist for 25 >years >> before I retired, but not in spatial sciences, so I’m used to working >> accurately and methodically on big projects). More to the point, if >the >> task is worthwhile, is it possible to invite a mentor or two to >provide >> advice and feedback on techniques and results before I make any big >> changes, so the results reach your high standards? >> >> Thanks very much for your interest, I look forward to your feedback. >Best >> wishes and stay healthy. Cheers Ian >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >>
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