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Practical advise for massive edits? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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I live in an area where tons of data is missing. I mean the whole areas with no street addresses, missing streets, missing bike routes, etc.

Is there a guide or special tools for preparing to make massive edits like this? Is there a particular work flow that people use or resources? How do I even get started?

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[–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

https://openstreetmap.community

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thank you :)

I tried the Matrix and the Discord last night, but couldn't find anything for the UK, never mind Wales.

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 1 points 8 months ago

@Tippon @infeeeee

With the project starting in London the mailing lists have a lot of inertia behind them for British mappers. If you join I'd recommend a dedicated email address.

There's a full listing on the wiki, but talk-gb is probably the biggest.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mailing_lists

They also have a local chapter that organises quarterly projects, but I don't think they host much in the way of discussion.

https://osmuk.org/