LaoshuBaby
commented
1 year ago FYI: This issue was forward to talk-cn mailinglist by other mapper:
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-cn/2023-March/000232.html
Besides, some mapper shown a example to alert the community that default Bing imagery usually out-dated: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SK53/diary/399392#comment52802
Perhaps this document is of help to you: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Chinese_tagging_guidelines
If you have question and want to reach out China local community, methods of communication listed below are commonly used and recommend:
- Telegram: @OSMChina
- Mailing list: talk-cn
jerrychong25
kfremd
Task description:
This task is looking to improve OSM map data in China. We will be using any available aerial and street level imagery assets in OSM to make these improvements. Our team's primary focus will be on the following map features:
• 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 of the features that our team makes edits to will have a source listed in our change set comments. Additionally, when making any edits, we will be 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 roughly 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 at openmaps(at)Microsoft.com if there are any questions, comments, or concerns. Thanks, and happy mapping!