On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Brian Quinion < [email protected]> wrote:
> > Should we investigate buying aerial photography for some of these > un-loved > > places which would allow us the capture the base road structure and > > land-usage prior to any actual visit and speed things up a lot? The > > photography that Mikel and eye have been sorting out for Gaza Strip is > > costing $11 (£7.50) per sq km for 2 meter accuracy, 1 month old colour > > images (with the associated rights to derived mapping from them). > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Palestine_Gaza > > Please, please NO! > > Mapping an area after it has been traced is: > > a) almost as much work as without the tracing (you still have to go > down each road to look for missed features) > b) very unsatisfying because it doesn't look like you have achieved > anything > > I hate doing area that have been traced, I even hate doing areas that > *I* have traced. And its harder to build a community if an area *appears* to be done. A big white gap on the map, or a mapping party is the best thing for creating community. This will not only get the mapping done, but will also maintain the area once it is completed. We should save purchasing aerial imagery for places that are really hard to access, like Gaza. > > > It is however nice to fill in extra details that can only easily be > done from aerial images like building outlines and other large > features - I'd love to buy some aerial imagery for Sheffield for > instance - but only once the basic mapping is *finished* please! > > > Thinking ahead, should be set up an Aerial photography team who sort out > > the purchasing and hosting of commercial photography as and when > required? > > I can see the point, but do this with great care please or I'm sure > you will loose some dedicated mappers. > > -- > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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