Of course, a large water-filled hole, without vehicles around it, describes both an inactive quarry and an inactive large-scale building site. Given the current state of the world's economy, there are a certain number of the latter around, because the developer went broke.
------Original Message------ From: Liz Sender: [email protected] To: OpenStreetMap talk mailing list Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Quarry or construction? Sent: May 14, 2010 4:58 AM On Fri, 14 May 2010, Steve Bennett wrote: > Can someone offer some tips on how to distinguish a quarry from a > construction site? They seem to look pretty similar from the air - > lots of dirt and vehicle tracks, sometimes piles of dirt. > > Eg: http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-37.946025,145.093174&z=16&t=h&nmd=20100416 > > (Note, I'm looking for general tips, not a determination on that > single instance) > > Steve curved vehicle tracks suggest quarry presence of straight lines which suggest buildings under construction area with large pooled water with copper-ish discolouration suggests quarry i'd check council minutes for the area and see if you can use a search engine to find what this land is used for Even if you get he street names off another map. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
