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Revert a full changeset

Have you seen this? https://revert.monicz.dev/

OpenStreetMap NextGen Development Diary #24 — Public Launch

If you want to change OSM logo, this diary post is not the best place to petition for that.

OpenStreetMap NextGen Development Diary #24 — Public Launch

Oh, but I have. Yet you must have skipped sections 1.3.2, 2.1, 2.3, 3.3, 4.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.3.

OpenStreetMap NextGen Development Diary #24 — Public Launch

This project still continues to use COPYRIGHTED and TRADEMARKED “OpenStreetMap” name. You have not been given permission to use that branding for this project. It is extremely misleading to call this “OpenStreetMap NG” when this is your personal toy, not an official OSM “next generation” project.

Just because OSM data is free to use, doesn’t mean “OpenStreetMap” name is.

You should rename this project.

New Esri World Imagery

Imagery offset is NOT intended for imagery taken at oblique angles. If you are doing that, then you are mapping wrong or don’t understand what it is.

New Esri World Imagery

You can still trace buildings, even with skewed imagery. Trace them based on their roof lines, and then move entire buildings to align them with visible corners on the ground.

Testing data upload

A big problem with using a single account that hides multiple users is that if one user makes a bad edit, there’s no way to reach them to inform of their mistake, so they will continue to add low quality data, and no easy way to find all edits from that one user. Worse still, if someone intentionally makes malicious edits, your whole account can get banned and all your efforts will go to waste.

EveryDoor is a mobile app that specifically has a mode for adding trees. And its UI can be switched to the Russian language, if your participants are more comfortable with it, as opposed to the English language.

Also, as I mentioned above, MapComplete works on mobile too.

And for less technically savvy people there are various paper maps projects which help with field surveying and recording and then can be used to help input data while back at a computer.

Testing data upload

Have you also seen https://mapcomplete.org/trees.html ? And StreetComplete and EveryDoor apps can also map trees while out and about.

Testing data upload

Also please see osm.wiki/Organised_Editing

(Clickbait title) Experienced OSM Mappers should NOT map OSM. Here's why.

OSM is my hobby on which I (used to spend) quite a lot of my free time. And yes as you said, I was spending multiple hours a day reviewing my osmcha feed and fixing intentional and unintentional mistakes on the map. And yes, one project by overly enthusiastic youth mappers broke me and my will. There were just too many changesets per day from too many people with too many mistakes to review to keep up. So I pretty much gave up. Reviewing is still EXTREMELY important task that not enough people do. Given a choice I’d rather edit and review than write documentation. 🫤

Building drawing tips, a perfect guide

But you neglected to include one extremely important step: after you draw a building based on its roof shape, you have to move and align it to the building’s base. Aligning building to it’s roofline will position it in the wrong location

I’ve been getting robbed and cut out wayyy too long!!!

Considering you made 0 edits, what would you like to include? 🤨

What's New In Every Door 5

QR codes are convenient on the go, but I don’t think raw information encoded in them should be added as website= values.

For one, such QR codes are often encoded to contain URL shortners, and as website=* states, url shortners should never be used.

Often connected to the first point, URL shortners or just plain URLs encoded in such QR codes often contain tracking url parameters. And such parameters should be tripped out, again, as documented on the wiki.

QR codes are a good starting point in getting the proper value for osm.wiki/Tag:website=, but it shouldn’t be the ending point.

I would highly discourage using raw data from QR codes as the value for website= tag.

Mapping the New Casino in Rio de Janeiro

What’s exactly did you map? Your account shows 0 edits.. 🤔

Delhi Cantonment

Vespucci is a general-purpose mapping app, similar to iD, Rapid and Josm on desktop. It can do everything, but because of that it’s a little bit awkward to use(at least in my opinion).

EveryDoor, on the other hand is a purpose-built app for mapping nodes, such as addresses, businesses, and other features that can be mapped as nodes. (Although it can tag buildings too)

StreetComplete meanwhile is great for “data enrichment”. It adds additional attributes to existing features simply by asking guided questions. Don’t need to know all the proper tags - it takes care of that.

So for example you can map a road with Vespucci and then use StreetComplete to quickly add surface type, quality, width, speed limit, lights, name, etc.