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Second Attempt at OSM

Posted by Enxsjp on 12 May 2015 in English.

I have managed to grab some more time on OSM and hopefully will be able to put aside more time to learn and ask questions about this service. Thank you to those who have responded to my first diary, any help is greatly appreciated.

Again, a very brief entry but this afternoon I have been editing possible footpaths in Nepal’s forest and surrounding areas. I have never previously had to look through dense forests on satellite imagery and trying to decipher where the paths are leading to was far more complicated than I envisaged. It also made me think that a lot of us take for granted delineated paths for pedestrians and motor vehicles that allows us to travel from A to B and B to A. In this area it comes to trying to locate these in the dense forestry makes you realise the task ahead for the emergency services within Nepal who have already had to face one challenge too many.

Thinking of all those affected once again.

SD

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Discussion

Comment from DaCor on 12 May 2015 at 18:49

Your edits are most welcome :)

If you need any assistance, the OSM help site is very useful

https://help.openstreetmap.org/

Comment from Super-Map on 13 May 2015 at 12:21

Hi Enxsjp,

The first thing you must do it’s to read the beginners’guide link below:

osm.wiki/Beginners%27_guide

And follow the instructions here:

http://learnosm.org/en/

However, you must take a particular attention, between highway=path and highway=footway. Because all beginners and not only, do to often the “same mistakes”. An highway=footway is mainly used for urban paths designated for pedestrians only, a “car” can go on it, but the pedestrian have the priority. A highway=path a car can’t go on it! And a last point concern highway=track, this tag represents roads for mostly agricultural use, forest tracks etc… All information you need are in the map features.

Enjoy yourself.

Comment from Super-Map on 13 May 2015 at 12:49

Sorry I do a mistake with highway=footway, but you can see the specification here:

highway=footway

Comment from Enxsjp on 23 May 2015 at 09:38

Thanks very much for all the help and advice! The links you have provided are very useful indeed.

Many thanks.

S

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