I am with Brian. I have never taken data from another source and mapped it within OSM. Would it be worth covering this at Kidderminster next Saturday.
On another point. I have mapped two electricity sub stations, one near home using my GPS handheld, and a second near work using my Android tracker. Neither have appeared on the map. Why? Mary On 12 April 2010 12:59, Brian Prangle <bpran...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone > > I know that there are strong opinions on surveying being more fun and more > accurate and richer in POI/addressing/bustops/etc detail but given the scale > and remoteness of what's left to be done in the Black Country, I can't help > feeing that we should make use of all this OS data to complete the job and > at least make the map look complete, knowing that we can still survey to get > the detail/richness we want later. OSM in my opinion will always look like a > poor cousin despite its greater content while it's still got great gobs of > white space, when OS data is complete( well as complete as is possible until > we complete the job as OSMers) and available online > > I've held back ( well apart from 3 or 4 streets in an isolated little > pocket of Sandwell that's 3KM up hill from the nearest railway station and > has been bugging me for several months!) until I can get your views > > > Regards > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list > Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands > >
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