Personally I prefer to take GPS tagged photographs when trying to pinpoint something outside. However, this method doesn't (reliably) work everywhere (e.g. in urban canyons). When the signal is too weak for a GPS fix or non-existent, there are other methods to resort to. For example specialised apps, maps.me, create an OSM note in OsmAnd, or produce a rough drawing of the area; although I really try to avoid the last one.
In your specific example, maps.me should be able to toggle the wifi availability at specific POIs, including cafés. - Svavar Kjarrval On sun 25.sep 2016 18:11, john whelan wrote: > > If we go back in time OSM started with people cycling round carrying a > GPS tracker device and photographing street signs. > > Now we have other ways of collecting data and to be honest often it's > a matter of ensuring what we have in the map is up to date. > > Imagery is fine as far as it goes but it falls down on details such as > does this building have a cafe with WiFi available? > > HOT is one of the players here, they have volunteers mapping from > imagery but having details added to the map from mappers on the ground > makes the map richer and more useful to others as well as HOT and the > NGOs. > > Locally I try to remember these sort of details and enter them in JOSM > when I get home but what sort of other methods are there available? > > OSMand and POI editing springs to mind, JOSM on a tablet or laptop. I > don't think iD would work unless it was burning up data on a phone > plan or in a WiFi area. > > Walking papers sounds interesting, but could we produce a custom map > that shows just the highways and say buildings we'd like tagged? > > Vescuppi would work but again if we are to make of use the > crowdsourcing techniques in some ways pioneered by HOT of maperthons > and iD we need something simple and a way to focus in on those > elements that we'd like extra tags on or need verifying because they > are more than say five years old. I'm thinking of cafes with WiFi here. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks John > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
