Hi, my second newbie question. Do you have any advice on how to do preparation and planning for a survey, so that your time 'on site' is best used? Does anybody have a checklist or similar. Any help would be appreciated. Malcolm asked 27 May '15, 08:35 BaldMapper |
I use a GPS unit to record highways, especially unmapped service roads, as well as logging waypoints for postboxes, telephone boxes, bicycle parking stands etc. A camera is invaluable for a quick, accurate and easily referenced means of recording details of shops etc. I walk down one side of a street photographing what is on the opposite side - like a manual 'street view' if you like. Small details like opening hours of businesses can be captured by photographing signs in windows. Don't try to do too much at any one time - you will become swamped in detail. answered 27 May '15, 22:01 NZGraham |
As others have said, it depends on what you want to do. In saying that, this is what I do, regardless of what I am surveying
Some will say to map while you are surveying, and if this is what you want to do, go for it, but keep in mind it will drastically reduce the amount of ground you will cover in a single survey trip. Hopefully you are on android, if so you have a range of choices in terms of apps and each one is good at different things. A quick run-through
answered 27 May '15, 18:15 DaCor Baldmapper consider this too http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Photo_mapping ,not just as a method but just to remember the situation later.
(27 May '15, 21:09)
Hendrikklaas
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As scai has said, this much depends on what type of survey you want to do. This might help you with some background and detail/options for your survey: see in our docu wiki about Mapping_techniques (do not forget the "see also" section there) and Contribute_map_data (the "mapping" and the "QA" section). However, not every survey needs to be planned. Just be outside, do what you like to do (also a good use of "your time 'on site'"), and if you find something remarkable which is not in OSM yet, record it to add it later or add it directly. Useful for this pass-by mapping is to have a OSM-based map with you (e.g. on your mobile phone). answered 27 May '15, 10:55 aseerel4c26 ♦ It also depends on what you want to add to the map. In case you want to map e.g. house numbers, it might be useful to know in which streets they are not yet mapped. As for POIs (shops, restaurants), it's always worth checking that they still exist, even when they are already on the map. House numbers are usually pretty stable and do not have to be rechecked that often. A list of open notes is also useful.
(27 May '15, 13:10)
escada
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Can you tell us more about what kind of survey you are talking about? Just going out for mapping or something different?