Tom Chance wrote: > Getting buildings right is extremely time-intensive work
It shouldn't be. The tools should help. JOSM has a plugin called Fuzzer which will trace from imagery ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/Fuzzer), and a built-in tool to square up edges. This should be ideal for getting building outlines in with minimal effort, and I would recommend people use it. <frederik> "Where is the real RichardF, and what have you done with him?" </frederik> Oh, ok then. Potlatch 2 has a similar squaring-up tool already (thanks Matt), and will in time have Fuzzer-like capabilities. (There's a wonderful ActionScript 3 library for that. There's a wonderful AS3 library for most things, in fact.) I don't know what the quality of StreetView is like in your area, but I would weep if someone were to blindly trace from StreetView in Charlbury without ever having visited it. The building outlines just aren't that great. Let's not lose sight of OSM's strengths in an enthusiasm to slurp as much free data as possible. cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/building-shapes-from-OS-Street-View-tp5091506p5093902.html Sent from the Great Britain mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
