[Discuss] OpenStreetMap in Victoria

[Corey Burger]

On 7/29/07, Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/29/07, Hristofor Todorov <chris.todorov at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I guess that's good news because not everyone who would want to help has
> > a gps :) In that case what exactly needs to be done, because from what I
> > read from Nick's original post he said:
> >
> > On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 09:42 +0100, Nick Black wrote:
> >
> > > We take GPS units and walk, cycle or drive
> > > around all the roads and footpaths we can find, noting their names and
> > > attributes. Once back at the desk, we then upload all the data we
> > > collect to create the maps you see at openstreetmap.org.
>
> Thats right - we take GPS units to map stuff with, and I will have a
> load of GPS units to lend out to anyone who wants to use them.
>
> Recently Yahoo have allowed us to  work from their aerial imagery,
> which means a lot of the tracing can be done from the comfort of a
> chair.  But, we still need to get the names of the streets - which
> means walking down them.  At a mapping party in London recently, we
> had a lot of success with printing out aerial imagery and noting down
> road names on the maps, and then uploading the data.
>
> Another problem with satellite imagery is that it isn't always current
> - so new developments won't appear, requiring a good old GPS.
>
> Finally, satellite imagery provided by Yahoo is typically only
> available for urban areas.  So mapping downtown Victoria will be no
> problem, but if people want to go out further and map some rural
> areas, a GPS unit could also be required.
>
> So - I'll have some GPS units which will be useful for some stuff.
> Having a laptop will also be helpful, as will print outs of yahoo
> images and OSM maps.

The Yahoo aerial imagery covers all of the Saanich Peninsula, running
west all the way until just past Thetis Lake before Goldstream. Thus
we have all of Greater Victoria covered.