NKAmapper
commented
2 years ago Thank you for taking an interest in the Nordic region. I have noticed that you are currently processing highway/stream crossings in Norway. I think an even more useful task would be to add the missing highways in Norway. Only 4% of the highways are missing, and they are readily available here from our approved import: Import/Catalogue/Roadimport(Norway)/Update.
The process would be quite simple:
- Load all highways from OSM for a given municipality.
- Load the "missing" file from the wiki for that municipality into JOSM.
- Use the to-do plugin in JOSM to step through each missing highway and connect them to the existing highway network.
A few notes:
- Only select missing highways of type unclassified/residential/service/cycleway/footway/steps (the others are already in OSM).
- Use the background imageries "Norway Othophotos" and "Kartverket N50 topo" to verify each highway.
- Put highway=track on highways which are for tractors only (based on the aerials).
- Skip any duplicate highways (there are a small number of "false positives").
kfremd
elgaard
houtari
Task description:
This task is looking to improve the map data in the Nordic region: (Åland Island, Denmark, Faroe Island, Finland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Norway, Svalbard, and Sweden).
We will also use all available aerial and street level imagery assets available in OSM. We intend to edit the roads, looking to focus the following:
• Alignment • Missing roads geometries/road names • Surface tags • Road classification • Restrictions • Destination information • Speed limits • Variant names and Translations
Additionally, we may edit some other map features such as water bodies, natural features, land use features, buildings, and possibly boundaries. All features that will be edited will have a source listed in our change set comments.
We will be processing this according to OSM and adhering to the Organized editing guidelines.
The team will be adding changeset comments that follow OSM changeset guidelines with the added comment of #MSFTOpenMaps in the comments to help identify edits made to the map by our team.
Error Detection:
We will use the validator in the JOSM tool to look for errors, following the wiki as well as the LearnOSM guidelines. We will also process a number of Atlas Checks in the region to help with identifying problematic data.
Data improvements:
Our team will often be posting map notes more commonly in this region, based on provided feedback from our users on map features in OpenStreetMap. This can be related to roads, natural features, buildings, or points of interest. We plan to investigate these using available and approved Open data sources. We will attempt to add as much as we can to the map using these insights but will likely need help from local mappers for features that we cannot verify ourselves.
Additional Info:
Our team is planning on beginning its work in these countries within two weeks from this post. We look forward to working with the community on these efforts and to help build a better map for everyone. Please do not hesitate to reach out here or openmaps(at)Microsoft.com if there are any questions, comments, or concerns. Thanks, and happy mapping!