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Day 7, Exploring new tools.

Posted by Lekoro on 16 February 2016 in English.

I am just over a year using openstreetmap, first trained by Fingal County Council trainers as part of the #MapLesotho project.

This year has been different, we have all upped our game with OSM especially with quality and accuracy of the things that are mapped. I have just learned to use OSM Inspector, taught to me by Dave Corley

This tool allows us to detect errors done by other mappers and lets us fix those errors either by ID Editor, Potlatch and JOSM. "We are the fixers"

I think will use this tool over the coming years to make sure that the map of Lesotho is up to standard for use by the planning system in Lesotho.

Location: Mapantiting Ha Makhoathi, Ha Khechane, Maseru, Maseru District, 160, Lesotho
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Discussion

Comment from DeBigC on 16 February 2016 at 14:01

Nice work Lekoro. Do you think this tool or keepright is better? What is the advantage of this one?

Comment from Sanderd17 on 16 February 2016 at 17:03

Keepright is more specialised in technical mistakes (misspelled tags, wrong geometry, …), while this tool allows you to inspect some thematic data.

It allows you to see all boundaries, all addresses or all waterways f.e. and check which ones are missing and how they are tagged.

It’s a great tool, but only useful for the themes offered.

Comment from JIBEC on 17 February 2016 at 21:30

you should have a look at Osmose, you might like it too : http://osmose.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/

like every quality tool, it has strengths and weaknesses

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