On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Glen Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the best place would be a new page under the Progress Tracking > heading of our wikiproject page. Perhaps, though, it should simplified > statistics with a date (e.g. RSA has x km of road, of which x% is gravel, y% > is ..., and 53% is unnamed -- 2 Mar 2012). > > One thing I would caution is that this type of data has the shelf-life of a > dairy product (maybe the long-life type in this case). Eventually it will > become outdated unless the ubiquitous "they" keeps the wiki up to date.
Why not regularly generate a country by country report using an automated tool? Nothing I did requires human input. > Durban data was imported from data from the eThikwini (spelling?) > municipality (look under import coordination). > > Gauteng is often only from traced aerial imagery, therefore few names unless > somebody on the ground survey's it. People generally trace what they're > interested in, so that probably explains the low road count in Limpopo. > Prince Edward islands are only populated by a few scientists, and I think > they're also declared as nature reserves, hence no infrastructure at all. > > The best way to fix unnamed roads is to get out there and get the data. And > when street signs are missing, urban areas contain many other clues about a > street's name. So with a bit of work it is possible to get the good majority > of names. > > Mapping party? That's what I am doing :). When is the next one? > Glen (~Tinshack) > > On 02 Mar 2012 7:22 AM, "David Richfield" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting analysis! I'd definitely say you should post it to the > wiki, but I have no sensible commentary to contribute. > > -- > David Richfield > [[:en:User:Slashme]] > +27718539985 > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ZA mailing list > [email protected] > http... > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ZA mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za > _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za
