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Openstreetmap - Mapping Galway City
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I'll defiantly concede that coverage can be spotty due to lack of contributors on the ground, however where resources (free imagery, out-of-copyright maps, local knowledge) are available a huge amount of mapping has been done.
One example I love to use as an example is the Cavan area. If you look you can see where the satellite imagery ends and the massive difference between the two areas.
OSM will always be a work in progress. Take my efforts for Galway. I plan on having the major elements mapped out before the end of the summer but where I want to get to is something along the lines of Clacton-on-Sea in England or, well, basically anywhere in Germany, Poland, Holland etc where OSM has overtaken all other maps in terms of detail and accuracy.
Long way to go, but its a hobby and if my hobby can benefit others, all the better
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just downloaded this OSM editor app for Android, it's working very well so far & once logged in any changes are easily uploaded
OSMapTuner, from here: http://osmaptuner.salzburgresearch.at🌦️ 6.7kwp, 45°, SSW, mid-Galway 🌦️
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Sponge Bob wrote: »The Bing High res imagery that we can trace off was promised for June 2012. Patience.
What sort of coverage would the Bing imagery have? Is it the existing ones that are live on Bing now? They stop in Furbo, which is disappointing.0 -
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Seemingly they "Have" West Galway inc City and most of Mayo and will have the rest this year. Bottom of Irljidels link. They got Wexford up fairly sharpish ( less than 2 months I think it took and Wexford Boards users narrowed down the time and date because of schools and churches etc to within an hour. )
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civis_liberalis wrote: »Just a quick note to thank the guys that are working on this and DaCor specifically, because I had to go down to Merlin Park Hosp. today and was in a hurry (nothing serious) and wouldn't have had a clue where I was going only for I remembered that DaCor mapped it out.
Thanks a million.
I helped out a small bit, with other places, but I don't really want to be adding stuff unless I'm 100% certain of it.
Glad to help. Since I started this thread 20 or more people have also contributed to the map for Galway and its surroundings.
I haven't gotten much done over the last month due to work kicking my ass, but one bit that I did may be of use to others here, its details for UCHG.
Fair play to you for adding info, the more the merrier. I've done a serious amount for Galway, but most of that is what I like to think of as "the structure". The fine detail comes from the "crowd sourcing" aspect so anything you (or anyone else) can add is useful.
Adding details like school's, post boxes, church names and denominations, hiking trails, cycle lanes etc etc is what makes OSM powerful. Because all the data is open and fully configurable, if you wanted, you could create a map of the world showing only the locations of clothes shops in Ireland, Hosptials in Europe, Campsites that allow caravans etc etc.This is a great idea and I commend you for your dedication to the it. Do we know why the correct images will be lost/removed?
Also is there any stock or archive of older images of streetviews with dates in Galway City? It would be aprticularly useful in tracking unauthorised developments etc. in the town and I would greatly appreciate any pointers for this.
Unfortunately my own 'broadband' is so poor I cannot use any software like you mention. Even boards takes an age to load.
With regards to losing the current imagery, see here
Older imagery of streetview level, sorry I cant help you. I'm sure some is around, just dont have a clue where it would be.
As for you connection, if you use something like JOSM you can do an inital download of an area, work on it to your hearts content for a day or two and then upload. We are talking kb's here, not mb's or gb's so even on dial up a changset with 1,000 modifications wouldnt be more than 2-3 mins on a dial up connection, likely less
To give an example of the possibilities with OSM, please see examples from ITOworld
- Galway Schools
- Golf courses in Galway City & its environs
- Sport & recreational facilities in Galway
- Speed limits in Galway City & County
Anyway, you get the idea. Every link I posted shows an incomplete set of information btw
If you need some real-time help to get you started there's usually ppl online in the irish osm-ie irc channel who'd be more than happy to help.
use this link to connect to irc channel via your web browser0 -
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They 'had' it when I posted over two weeks ago here.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79308796&postcount=48
Maybe it was too cloudy and needs redoing ....they have standards you know.
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I downloaded NavFree a few days back (an android app which uses OpenStreetMap for sat nav guidance, and allows you to download maps for free offline navigation), searched Rahoon Road, and "Rahoon Road, Claddagh, Galway" came up. Same again for "Tuam Road, Claddagh, Galway". I registered with OSM to see what craic with Claddagh was, and saw that it's the only place in Galway city saved as a suburb - so it's probably assigning most of Galway to it by default.
So I've gone ahead and created a few more suburbs. Specifically Knocknacarra, Rahoon, Salthill, Shantalla, Westide, Newcastle and Dangan on the West side of the city (tried to put the exact spot roughly in the centre of these areas). I wouldn't be as familiar with the East side of the city, but saw that Terryland, Castlegar, Ballybaan and Doughiska were saved as "Hamlets", so I just changed them to suburbs as well.
There are a few more areas that need doing on the East side, e.g. Renmore, Ballybrit, Mervue, ? Merlin Park, but I'll leave somebody else more familiar with those areas stick them in. If I've missed any areas that could be counted as suburbs (e.g. I wasn't too sure about Rockbarton in Salthill), or if any of the points I've marked aren't quite where they should be, please let me know, or else feel free to go ahead and edit away 0 -
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Unfortunately JustMary, even though you added that informtation to Google maps, copying of that info is not allowed per Google terms of use because of the google map it is layered onto.
What would be created is a "derivative work"2. Restrictions on Use. Unless you have received prior written authorization from Google (or, as applicable, from the provider of particular Content), you must not:
(a) copy, translate, modify, or make derivative works of the Content or any part thereof;
"Content" is clarifed further on down the TOS4. Content in the Products. Google Maps and Google Earth allow you to access and view a variety of content, including but not limited to photographic imagery, map and terrain data, business listings, reviews, traffic, and other related information provided by Google, its licensors, and its users (the "Content").
This is why, after discussing it with you previously, I was not able to use your bus route info in OSM. The above was pointed out to me after I mentione dit to someone else
*nudges JM towards OSM* 0 -
Due to time constraints (work, study, life in general) I've had very little time to add more detail to the Galway map on OSM over the last 2 months (that didn't stop over a dozen new people adding info though ) so I am going to try something a little different.
OSM is about the community creating the map and what I would like to do is every week or two post up a target item to be mapped. For example, schools, ATM's, Hotels, pubs, pharmacy's etc etc.
What i am hoping will happen is all you Galway peeps will map one or two items each and by the time we move on to the next item, the bulk (if not all) of the previous item in Galway should be mapped.
I will provide details on how to do it on each post. I don't know yet if this will be a weekly thing or bi-weekly, probably play it by ear.
Anyway, first one up is ATM's. Currently there are only 7 ATM's showing up on OSM within the Galway City boundary. There most be close to 100 between in shops, garages, shopping centers etc
Target = ATM's
Method - Basic Detail
- Draw an outline of the building if one does not already exist and tag as building=yes
- If the ATM is on the outside of the building add a node on the outline of the building and tag as amenity=atm
- If the ATM is on the inside of the building, add a node inside the building and tag as amenity=atm
Add a node for each ATM e.g. there are 2 ATM's at BOI Mainguard Street, so 2 node's should be on the map
You can stop at this point, however, if you know further details you can add them as follows
Method - Greater Detail
Follow the steps above and proceed on to the following
- Building - If you know any of the following you can add
addr:street=street name here
addr:housenumber=digits only e.g. "1" or "1-2" if spans across multiple buildings
addr:housename=name of building e.g. Lynchs Castle
If the building is a bank you can add a node to the outline as close to the main entrance as possible with the following tags
amenity=bank
name=branch name e.g. Mainguard Street
operator=AIB, Bank of Ireland etc
- ATM - If you know any of the following you can add:
operator=AIB, Bank Of ireland etc
hour_on=HH:MM:SS access restricted at this time (only really applies to ATM's inside buildings)
hour_off=HH:MM:SS access available from this time (only really applies to ATM's inside buildings)
Thats it, have fun and remember the most important rule, you can not copy from other maps0 -
If it's any help, I've drawn a map of suburbs from the perspective of where the public transport and "groups of interesting things" are.
I believe that the OSM rules say you cannot copy directly from other sources, but as far as I'm concerned, you're very welcome to use the Galway suburbs map to grow your understanding of the areas.
Very handy map, thumbs up, but as DaCor said, I can't use it for the OSM map. Suburbs are harder to map out, cuz they're not exactly sign-posted on the ground and can be subjective, but I suppose unlike street names, they don't have to be 100% accurate, just so long as you get the general area correct. OSM also allows you to pinpoint a rough centre of a suburb, instead of mapping out the boundaries like you've done, and it doesn't take very long, so I'd echo DaCor and nudge you towards OSM to pinpoint the eastern suburbs on the map that you obviously know very well 0 -
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