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150667701 over 1 year ago

Hi Awinebotima, thanks for contributing to the map in Ghana. As a new mapper you should be aware that OSM uses multiple imagery sources and they all do not have the same alignment so the data may not align with some or any of them at a particular place.

With the help of GPS traces we are able to correct these and save these offsets in a database. osm.wiki/Imagery_Offset_Database#JOSM_Plugin

Kindly read a little about this and always check before you realign objects.

Your realignment was not properly done and unfortunately has to be reversed.

Reverted by: changeset/150724677

138139123 over 1 year ago

Hello, you mapped way/561145062 as Statoil but that brand does not exist in Ghana. Was it Star Oil you saw?

See this note for reference: note/4212797

150297867 over 1 year ago

Hi Ziggyentumi@20, welcome to OSM and thanks for contributing to the map in Ghana.
Kindly note that names are only added to buildings when they are publicly known. I doubt h1, h2 are real names. You might have done this out of ignorance but don't use the name tag to add random names.

Regards,
Sam

63060197 over 1 year ago

Hi Mateusz,
you are definitely correct. This should be place_of_worship. It's an edit from my early days and I guess OsmAnd didn't help with a good suggestion.

Fixing it right away.

149463296 over 1 year ago

Hello Vida, welcome to OSM.

I think what you are trying to add are street lights and should be mapped as:

highway=street_lamp

but not:

tourism=viewpoint

You shouldn't add name=Light pole to the poles because it's just descriptive text and not actual names of the poles. Tagging them as street_lamp is enough.

Regards,
Sam

149324238 over 1 year ago

Hi Perey, welcome to OSM and thanks for contributing to the map in Ghana.

You have added valuable changes but note that names are unique and are only added to objects that have publicly known names such Lawra Market, Konto Hotel, and Baptist Church nearby. Buildings may have names but not all buildings do and certainly, many buildings in an area cannot have the same name so review your changes and remove the names of the buildings.

You can say hello in the OSM Ghana community on Telegram https://t.me/osmghana

Regards,
Sam

149263511 over 1 year ago

Are these communities as in a village/town? Community centres are mere gathering places in communities.

147934378 almost 2 years ago

Hello Victor, welcome to OSM and thanks for contributing to the map in Ghana. This is a valuable contribution.

Just one little issue, adding just 'Road' as the name of a road is not good practice. If we add just 'Road' to every single road then we wouldn't able to tell them apart. Only add the name if the road has a known name like Adeiso Road nearby. Review your edit when you map again.

Happy mapping!

Regards,
Sam

147860537 almost 2 years ago

Hello Nana Sarfo, welcome to OSM and thanks for contributing to the map in Ghana.

The changes you made here have quite a number of issues.
1. Pay attention to existing features before adding to them. You have created highway=primary in places where highway=residential already exist. Consult highway=* to learn how to map highways properly.

2. You have added names of people owning/living in buildings as building names. That is not the practice in OSM. Only add names to buildings when they are official names e.g Jubilee House, Aseda House.

3. You have a lot of values written in upper case e.g addr:district=KUMASI. KUMASI should be Kumasi, nevertheless Kumasi isn't a district. You should understand the tags you use before you use them.

The number of issues with this changeset are a lot and I've had to unfortunately revert it. changeset/147884698.

I'd like to invite you to the OSM community in Ghana on Telegram (https://t.me/osmghana) so you can ask questions and learn from the community.

Best regards,
Sam

141308652 almost 2 years ago

Hello Benedicta, why did you add "Wine and liquor shop" as the description of this ATM node/5776851160? It seems out of place for me.

147415817 almost 2 years ago

Hello _jay_21211, this changeset has been reverted by changeset/147607606.

OpenStreetMap is a public good and not your personal property. Refrain from deleting data to suit your wishes. You can download the data and do whatever you want with it but removing data added by other volunteers is strongly discouraged.

146986498 almost 2 years ago

Hi Abdul thanks for taking time to contribute to this project.

I will advise that you read the instructions on Maproulette carefully because your current edits are adding more problems.

If you are to continue mapping please map the outline of the buildings neatly and orthogonalise the shape by pressing S. You should also replace the existing node with the new outline (refer to challenge instructions).

Happy mapping!

Regards,
Sam

146826352 almost 2 years ago

Based on the description you added I've tagged it as an advertising agency.

146826352 almost 2 years ago

Hello Ekow, what kind of business does Interactive Digital do? You currently have only the name and some address details. It will need a physical tag (office, shop, or amenity) to make it a complete POI.

146716863 almost 2 years ago

Hello Dampare, welcome to OSM and I hope to see you continuing to add to the map in Ghana.

As you requested for a review, one thing you must note is that the name=* tag is used for formal names of places and when used, the name value should not be all upper case letters.

Do not add names to buildings unless the really for names e.g Aseda House, American House, Jubilee House etc.

I've made changes to your contribution but note this moving forward.

Happy mapping!

Regards,
Sam

145719888 almost 2 years ago

Welcome to OSM Bruce, that is a valuable addition to the map in Ghana. I slightly modified you contribution by moving the hotel details to a separate node as I assume the hotel includes opposite building.

144102864 about 2 years ago

This whole area cannot be a building. Your change has been reverted via changeset/144146514

142658329 about 2 years ago

Hello Seiduz, welcome to OSM. This building is too small to be a hostel. Can you verify if you tagged the correct building?

140858214 over 2 years ago

Keys without the contact prefix are equally valid.
This is more of an update than an import. The name of the company has changed so I updated the names and added information gathered from their website. Each of item has a source tag

140775509 over 2 years ago

Hi Hamdaway, refer to my comments about adding names in your first changeset. Here I see you have mapped the wall as a building. That is invalid. Search for wall in the iD Editor and apply the appropriate tag barrier=wall.

Happy mapping!

Regards,
Sam