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I'm trying to start mapping, but it's hard to find out were to start and what kind of edits are good enough to be a real contribution. I could find enough information about editors, but there isn't a good starter-guide on what kind of edits are welcome and how to make quality data. Some people asked the same question here, but didn't get any useful answers. So I'll try to ask some more specific questions.
Somewhere on this site I read this:
So I just started adding meta data to objects. I added a local bike shop and some address information, I changed the surface of a road and made some more of these minor edits.
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Yes, absolutely. That's one of the things that distinguishes OpenStreetMap from other maps - any person in the world with appropriate knowledge can share their knowledge with everyone.
Definitely. Keep in mind that some editors have keyboard shortcuts to make all corners exactly 90 degrees, that's quicker and more accurate than adjusting corners manually.
Some ideas:
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For most of my edits in my home city, I basically never use my GPS. Note Bing aerial imagery is very good, which helps. The road network is practically complete, although there's always a few paths, tracks and service roads around that may not be mapped. Mostly just by adding some shops, amenities, postboxes, roundabout names, speed limits etc... normally from 'memory' / local knowledge of passing by it earlier in the day. Just a little every day will eventually build up a comprehensive map. These sorts of things are all positioned relative to the surrounding existing objects.
(09 Aug '13, 02:21)
robbieonsea
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You have! You can download the gps data (Potlatch2, JOSM) which other mappers have uploaded to the osm.org server. You can use that data to align the bing imagery (a single gps trace recorded by yourself would not help here anyway as gps has a bunch of errors, too).
Yes, sure. To indicate for other mappers where your data is from, you can simply use the
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I started mapping a week ago and here are some sources that povided me with useful information:
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Another thing helpful to find local mappers is this site by Pascal Neis: http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/oooc?zoom=12&lat=53.02128&lon=5.67841&layers=B00TFFFFFT
(14 Aug '13, 09:09)
SomeoneElse ♦
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@SomeoneElse: I would recommend the tools listed on Nearby_users instead (can be updated if needed).
(14 Aug '13, 14:11)
aseerel4c26 ♦
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You know that there is a forum for the Dutch community at http://forum.openstreetmap.org/ ? You can get in touch with them for projects to work on.