On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 04:29:50PM -0200, Matias D'Ambrosio wrote: > The interpolation method is a lot better to map areas quickly, too. I plan > to > do a short trip on Sunday to see a performance, in that short trip I'll be > able to write down all the street names in that town, whether they are one > way and the numbers in a good quantity of the intersections. That will take > me what, an hour, maybe? I can do that just driving around with a buddy > taking notes. If we choose to use *only* the Karlsruhe schema then I would > need to actually get off the car (house numbers use much smaller signs not > always visible from the car) and walk for several hours in different days. > Not to mention I would not walk in certain neighbourhoods. It's not > practical. Many mappers don't have a GPS and a GPS' precision is often not > good enough to tell a lot from the next one; figuring out which building a > number belongs to from a satellite/aerial photograph is not easy. The > Karlsruhe schema is a luxury for areas that are already very well mapped.
But the Karlsruhe schema also includes the interpolation option. So while I do see the merit in other schemes, I don't understand what your particular problem is here. I have done some mapping with the Karlsruhe scheme and I have used interpolation all the time. Jochen -- Jochen Topf [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.remote.org/jochen/ +49-721-388298 _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
