On 3 February 2011 11:51, Ed Avis <[email protected]> wrote: > I think automatically importing the OS data for areas where OSM currently > has > little to no coverage - or coverage merely traced from Yahoo imagery - is > a great idea. >
I agree. I would be totally opposed to this bot sniffing around Southwark, which we have got very close to 100% through a lot of on-the-ground surveying. I would echo Ed's observation that the OS road names have been much more accurate than the OSM data, mind you. For areas like Southwark with at least a few dedicated mappers willing to alter their commutes and check roads, the manual approach is much, much better. But what about the Lleyn Peninsula in Gwynedd, north west Wales? I've worked on Criccieth and the surrounding area for years, some others have done bits in a few other towns, but most of the county and the peninsula are still very bare after 5-6 years of OSM. I don't see anyone nipping out on their bicycle of a weekend, or altering their commute to work, to finish the basic road network in Gwynedd. I suspect the area has a very low density of IT/geo professionals. Most of the work seems to be done by tourists, like me, who visit specific areas often. If there are tools like the "no names" map and maybe an "un-checked OS Locator copied names" map, I don't see the problem with giving those remote rural areas a big boost. If anything, it might make it easier to recruit the sort of local mappers that can happily add a handful of local POIs. Best wishes, Tom -- http://tom.acrewoods.net http://twitter.com/tom_chance
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