On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Niklas Laxström <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 16 August 2011 04:42, aude <[email protected]> wrote: > > The map (http://osm.org/go/xtTsF0inF-) is drastically improved, with > > excellent follow-up by the mappers to get the information entered into > the > > map. > > Excellent. I really missed good maps while traveling in Israel. > Especially bus routes on real map would have been handy. > Bus routes would be awesome and think/hope that we'll have them in OSM for DC by next summer, and in some useful formats for attendees. > > Is it just me or why aren't sidewalks on the map? > We usually work in stages: 1) add the basics, like roads 2) then shops, buildings, etc. 3) further details like sidewalks 4) even more details like, sidewalk curb cuts and tactile paving, for accessibility / pedestrian routing 5) when the map is mostly complete (e.g. Germany), add details like individual trees :) Haifa is somewhere between stage 1-2; Washington DC is at stage 2-3 Also, in cities, sidewalks are often assumed to be there, sometimes tagged as an attribute of the road (sidewalk=left/right/both) instead of as separate ways. > > We've also uncovered a bunch of RTL bugs in OSM, and could use help to > > address them. > > In the website or the map renderers or in the editors? > All of above... though we've fixed the most critical website bugs. As I have time, I can try to document them better in one place. Cheers, Katie > -Niklas > > -- > Niklas Laxström > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -- President, Wiki Society of Washington, DC Inc. http://wikidc.org @wikidc / @wikimania2012
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