This task outlines work to improve OSM data in Nicaragua, such as the road network, coastlines and inland water, and land use and land cover polygons -- remove duplicates, correct geometry, fix incorrect tags and other similar things.
Improvements that will be addressed include the following:
Correcting road connectivity issues and network issues such as missing roads and alignment according to OSM and local guidelines
Correcting coastline and water features
Correcting land use polygons where needed, such as removing duplicates, correcting the boundaries, fixing incorrect tags and other issues. These are features like airports, national parks, forests, colleges and universities, and so on
Other one-off fixes.
Mapping Guidelines
The team will follow OSM and local policy, along with any other guidelines as appropriate. We also emailed the talk-ni list for feedback and suggestions.
Some coastlines are connected to administrative boundaries, in which case we will adjust both if appropriate.
Where we see them, we will remove the source=PGS tag, which was from an earlier coastline import that needs to be cleaned up. We received a message on the India coastlines project requesting this, and it is commonly done in other coastline improvement edits.
The team will use the imagery and data sources specified below for mapping in the country.
When in doubt, the team will use the existing tags and data which are used locally. The history in JOSM (ctrl-H) identifies what previous mappers added and their notes and/or explanations regarding changes made. This history can also show if a previous mapper has visited that area or has expert knowledge or sources.
Our team uses the hashtag #adt (for Apple Data Team) for our edits.
Area of Focus
Throughout Nicaragua
Tools
The team will use JOSM for completing the task. JOSM has validation warnings for road networks and other possible issues that are important to prevent improper changes.
Task Description
This task outlines work to improve OSM data in Nicaragua, such as the road network, coastlines and inland water, and land use and land cover polygons -- remove duplicates, correct geometry, fix incorrect tags and other similar things.
Improvements that will be addressed include the following:
Mapping Guidelines
The team will follow OSM and local policy, along with any other guidelines as appropriate. We also emailed the talk-ni list for feedback and suggestions.
For water and coastlines, the team will follow OSM coastline guidelines, waterways policy such as water and natural=water and local policy along with any other policy as appropriate.
Some coastlines are connected to administrative boundaries, in which case we will adjust both if appropriate.
Where we see them, we will remove the
source=PGStag, which was from an earlier coastline import that needs to be cleaned up. We received a message on the India coastlines project requesting this, and it is commonly done in other coastline improvement edits.The team will use the imagery and data sources specified below for mapping in the country.
When in doubt, the team will use the existing tags and data which are used locally. The history in JOSM (ctrl-H) identifies what previous mappers added and their notes and/or explanations regarding changes made. This history can also show if a previous mapper has visited that area or has expert knowledge or sources.
Our team uses the hashtag #adt (for Apple Data Team) for our edits.
Area of Focus
Throughout Nicaragua
Tools
The team will use JOSM for completing the task. JOSM has validation warnings for road networks and other possible issues that are important to prevent improper changes.
Sources
The team will apply image offsets as needed.
Changeset Comments
The team will provide changeset comments that are in compliance with OSM changeset guidelines.
Error Detection
The team will check for errors visually and using JOSM validation warnings prior to committing the changeset.
In addition, the team will review its work in accordance with validation guidelines such as the OSM Wiki and LearnOSM validation guidelines
How can you help
We have posted a number of MapRoulette challenges related to issues with the road network.
Contributors
For more information
Our community lead is Teddy Ahlvin and our editing leads are Jon Westlake and Erica Olson. To get in touch with Teddy, you can email or contact him via OSM. (https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/LessThan3Nodes) All of our leads can be reached via email.
OSM Wiki