Not a bad idea at all, Adam, but I think most of them would be too busy doing their job at the time, to worry too much about mapping!
Thanks Graeme On Sat, 27 Aug 2022 at 01:09, Adam Steer <adam.d.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, great to see OSM in the emergency management space. Alex (or > anyone) - what's your feel on EMS users also contributing to OSM? is > there awareness around, say, heading to the field with OSMand+ and > adding temporary closures if they're relevant (eg this bridge is going > to be closed for months, lets flag it). > > And what training is missing for people to do that? (do the OSM > community think its a good idea even?) > > ...these are super naive questions and have probably been discussed a > lot already. It would be great to get a 'current impression'. > > Thanks, > > Adam > > On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 at 16:37, Michael Collinson <m...@ayeltd.biz> wrote: > > > > Graeme, > > You are one with Steve Coast on seeing that as a major focus. > > > > Yes, use and of use. Anecdotally, I have a peripheral connection with a > small commercial app map/routing library and have hobby-business apps > Android apps based on it. Yes, definitely of use particularly on longer > roads ... which bit do I want to aim for? Either by visual indication or by > searching then routing. > > > > Mike > > > > On 2022-08-26 04:15, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > > One thing that I'd love feedback on if possible is street numbers, > particularly for rural areas? > > > > Does anybody use them & are they of any use? > > > > Thanks > > > > Graeme > > > > > > On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 at 11:37, Alex Sims <a...@softgrow.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> > >> I’m at the EMSINA (Emergency Management Spatial Information > >> Network Australia) PDP day as part of AFAC (Australasian Fire and > Emergency Service Authorities Council) 2022 Conference in Adelaide and > finding a few “OpenStreetMap used here”. > >> > >> > >> > >> Feedback from participants I’ve spoken to: > >> > >> The price is right, free! > >> Good coverage of health facilities > >> > >> > >> > >> Uses of OpenStreetMap I’ve not noticed before, mainly background maps > >> > >> Find a police station (SA Police) > https://www.police.sa.gov.au/about-us/find-your-local-police-station (via > ESRI) > >> > >> > >> > >> And oddly an attribution where OpenStreetMap is credited but its SA > government mapping > >> > >> Bus Stop location map https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/stops?id=16490 > >> > >> > >> > >> My own observation and I suppose the reason I’m here is there are > plenty of users of our mapping but not much feedback from users as to what > they want, which we are probably willing to map. > >> > >> > >> > >> Alex > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Talk-au mailing list > >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-au mailing list > > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-au mailing list > > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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