On 18 September 2012 02:02, keith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, this is my first post here,
Hiya :) > Just wondering if anyone can help with a couple of things: > > * Is there anyone on here or does anyone know any mappers based in or near > Kerry. I'm not aware of anyone in particular, and sadly won't be close to Tralee this weekend (living in Kilkenny myself, with regular Mayo and Waterford trips). If nobody answers on twitter nor this mailinglist, your last chance is to use tools like http://www.itoworld.com/product/osm/map?area=6164:3&style=_default_osm_sessions to find some local editors. For example you could try messaging http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SeanTralee or http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/dquirke1 , even though they seem to be new at OSM. > * Does anyone have any suggestions for mapping cycle facilities. First get to grips with the cycle lanes tagging scheme, which can be a bit confusing. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle Other bits of information that are usefull are the different kind of barriers (bollards etc), the maxspeed on roads (to avoid busy streets, see http://www.cyclestreets.net/ as an engine that takes this into account), the access tag (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access), bike parking, and various amenities like rental/repair, fountain, convenience store, street names (English and Irish), etc. > The reason I ask is that the Kerry Bicycle Festival are holding a mapping > event next Sunday, I have basic knowledge of OSM so it would be great to get > some more experienced people involved. > > The idea is to get a groups together and all head off to map the cyclepaths > and bike parking etc and upload it to OSM. > > Also I have never been to a mapping meetup/event so any advise on the best > way to run this would be appreciated. > > http://kerrybicyclefestival.org/events/cycle-mapping/ We saw that, it looks great :) First do a few edits on your own to get a good feel of things. Did we guess correctly that your OSM username is 'vool' ? You'll be working with people with little experience of OSM or even computers, so probably stick with the Potlach editor. Plan your mapping party. Print some http://walking-papers.org/ and divide the town into neighbourhoods that each group will survey. Give each participant a quick primer on OSM, and hand them the walking papers plus a checklist of items to take a note of. One of the nicest way to take down notes is to use a camera. No need for big pictures (many megapixels), but avoid blurry images and remember to include plenty of context around the subject. If the cameraman is also carrying a smartphone or GPS, the photos can later be geolocalised inside the osm editor. Some smartphones will record the location themselves, but it's hard to rely on that until you know who you're dealing with. Another common way is to record "waypoints" with your gps or smartphone (dont have a smarphone myself to give advice, but http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android and http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Apple_iOS are a good place to start). You can either name your waypoint something insightfull, or just jot down the info on paper. Once you've gathered the data, get the interested people in a room with a few laptops. Be prepared to either do most of the work yourself, or to do a lot of handholding. Log into #osm-ie on irc (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Irc), we'll be able to give you quick advice. Last but not least, do a "before" and "after" screenshot of the mapped areas, and blog about it :) Cheers -- Vincent _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
