Another aspect to work on is to write down or brush up some of the agreed ways of doing things. In my experience this is a good opportunity for a newbie. Someone new reads wikis and instructions differently. Finds mistakes or unclear bits. Together with the mailing list as a feedback pool this is another area to work on. However not is not everyone's cup of tea.
On 8 April 2020 7:31:20 pm AEST, 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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