WikiProject Finland
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OpenStreetmap.org Finland
This page contains information relating to mapping activity that is specific to Finland. There's also an OSM mailing list for talking about Finland specific subjects, as well as own area in OSM forum
If you are in to IRC, there is #osm.fi @ ircnet.
Goals
If you have a goal that you are working towards or one that you would like to see get done (and are maybe willing to get the ball rolling) then add it to the list here, create a section where it can be coordinated and tracked, and a way of measuring progress. And then get on with it :-)
Project goals
- Get more people involved.
- Please help improve the Finnish Wikipedia article on OpenStreetMap
- Write more pages in Finnish on the OSM wiki, like introduktion på svenska
Translating
The following, albeit few, guidelines for translating the Wiki pages are in Finnish:
- Lopullinen tarkoitus on suomentaa, ei kääntää.
- Englanninkielisten sivujen rakenne on muotoutunut hitaasti rönsyillen, mutta voimme jaotella asiat selkeämmin.
Major Mapping goals
- Map all major roads (Moottoritiet, Valtatiet and Kantatiet)
- This goal will be reached rather soon. Now (January 2008) 49 out of 67 major roads are complete, and most of the rest are partly mapped.
- Map major cities
- Map minor cities
- Map everything else
- Get professional help.
- Lots of people drive along the highways, but for collecting good coverage of lower level roads people like postmen, taxi drivers, truck drivers, elk hunters etc. would be a valuable resource.
Data sources
Positive Municipalities
Some municipalities have been happy to provide us with some data, the table below lists them with the data type given.
| Municipality ? | Data | Imported |
|---|---|---|
| Hämeenlinna | Boundaries | Yes |
| Mäntsälä | Boundaries | Yes |
Potential
- One potential source for road and street data is Digiroad, see Potential Datasources#Finland. It is not currently available under a suitable license.
- For rail data a potential source would be the Finnish Rail Administration. See Potential Datasources#Finland.
POIs
Some "POI"s provide lists with their data, but none of them specify any licenses or how free they are. The table below has some links and request status information for some providers.
| Who ? | Where | Import ok? | Imported ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hesburger | [1] | Permission granted | No |
| S-Kanava | [2] | Pending request | No |
| Teboil | [3] | No | |
| Neste | [4] | No | |
| Lidl | [5] | No |
Guidelines
Editors
Two OSM editors are available, one for on-line (Potlatch) and one off-line editing (JOSM). Potlatch requires a browser with Flash and JOSM requires Java. Both editors have their plus and minus sides. Most of the more experienced mappers prefer JOSM as it's actually easier to use once you learn it and it provides a much more wider array of tools than Potlatch.
JOSM
JOSM is the most powerful editor for map editing. It requires a working Java implementation to work, fortunately there are Java implementations for more platforms than there are of Flash.
With JOSM you work off-line. You can load in your traces from local GPX files and manually download OSM data for the region you'd like to work on. No changes are made to the OSM database before you upload them.
For more information see JOSM or JOSM user manual in Finnish
Potlatch
Potlatch is a flash applications and runs directly in your browser and requires a working Flash plugin. For many users that's ok, but it can be a problem for users of more exotic hardware or operating systems. (For example, it does not work with the free swfdec based plugin yet).
Potlatch can automatically display Yahoo! background images (where available) and autodownloads any GPS traces available and map features from the OSM database. You need to upload your own GPX traces before Potlatch can display them. All (in practice) edits are made on-line and modifications are stored directly in the OSM database and therefore requires you to be on the Internet. You must be careful when you are editing.
For more information see the Potlatch page or Potlatch user manual in Finnish.
Editing notes
- Please update this page with any kind of progress you might make
- Inform others of what you doing and where
- Set your home location in map view user settings so others can find you
- Use the article discussion page for any kind of commenting/rfc, let's try to keep this page clean of that
- Please make sure your ways are done properly. With the new 0.5 API and editors this should be automatic.
- If you make mistakes, fix them immediately. Don't upload fucked-up edits from JOSM. Think before you click in Potlatch as edits are live.
- Use the JOSM validator plugin to check your edits
- Do not give road tags for nodes, but only for roads.
- POIs are good. Add as many as you like.
- Add both fi (name, name:fi) and sv (name:sv) street names if they exists
- Set road number (ref=, int_ref=) if you know it
- Set postal code/zip code (postal_code=) if you know it
- Set is_in (is_in=Suburb, City, Country) tag for POIs and street
- Always tag with correct tags, don't use wrong tags just to get something rendered. If you would like something to get rendered that's not, file a bug report on trac.
- Do NOT trust blindly to landsat images when editing. Good GPS tracks are more accurate than poor satellite images and there is no need to move those roads made already unless you really know what you are doing. For example compare same location from Yahoo Maps and Google Maps
- A great tool for comparing is Transparent map comparison
- Do not use every GPS track point when making ways/roads but simplify.
- When tracing roads - particularly winding, rural ones - you should add enough points to make each curve look like a curve. Don't just put one or two points per bend. Remember, you are drawing a map, not just a routing diagram.
Highways
Outside urban areas / Taajamien ulkopuolella
Kylien ja kaupunkien tiheästi rakennetuilla alueilla sovelletaan hieman eri ohjeita (katso seuraava otsikko): tieverkossa tavallaan olennaista on yhteyksien tärkeys suhteessa toisiinsa. Esimerkkinä Itäväylä Helsingissä, tienumero 170 mutta rakenteeltaan lähes moottoritie lähiöiden välissä ja keskellä, merkataan trunk tai primary (samoin Kehä I, nro 101).
| Road type | Tag/Key | Numbering | Road sign example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eurooppatie | highway=motorway or highway=trunk | int_ref=E?, ref=1-39 | |
| Moottoritie | highway=motorway | ref=? | |
| Moottoriliikennetie | highway=trunk | ref=? | |
| Valtatie | highway=trunk | ref=1-39 | 
|
| Kantatie | highway=primary | ref=40-99 | 
|
| Seututie | highway=secondary | ref=100-999 | 
|
| Yhdystie | highway=tertiary + surface=paved, surface=unpaved | ref=1000-9999 | 
|
| Paikallistie (Since 2006, officially same as Yhdystie) | highway=tertiary + surface=paved, surface=unpaved | ref=11000-19999 (not signed) | N/A |
| Other | highway=unclassified or highway=residential | ref=????? if known. See [6] for more information. | |
| "Mökkitie", Soratie, metsäautotie | highway=track | N/A |
Within urban areas / Taajamissa
| Road type | Tag/Key | Comment in Finnish |
|---|---|---|
| Moottoritie | motorway | Kuten taajamien ulkopuolellla, vain virallisille moottoriteille. |
| Erityisen tärkeä seudullinen pääkatu | trunk | Suuremmat kaupungit: palvelee pääasiassa kauko- tai kauttakulkuliikennettä sekä sisääntuloliikennettä sekä on kaksiajoratainen ja nopeusrajoitus suurimmalta osaltaan vähintään 70 tai tienumeron mukaan kuuluu trunk-luokkaan ja em. nopeusrajoitusehto täyttyy. Pienemmät taajamat: vain tienumeroiden mukaan, kuten taajamien ulkopuolella ts. taajaman läpäisevä valtatie 1-39. |
| Seudullinen pääkatu | primary | Palvelee pääasiassa kauko- tai kauttakulkuliikennettä sekä sisääntuloliikennettä |
| Alueellinen pääkatu | secondary | Palvelee pääasiassa kunnan sisäistä yhdysliikennettä, esim. lähiöstä keskustaan |
| Kokoojakatu | tertiary | Kokoaa liikennesolun liikenteen pääkaduille tai yleisille teille |
| Asuinkatu | residential | Tien reunalla enimmäkseen asutusta |
| Katu | unclassified | |
| Kävelykatu | pedestrian | |
| Pihatie | service | Pyörätietä leveämpiä tai erityisesti autoille tarkoitettuja väyliä tonteilla. Pedestrian lähinnä tiheästi rakennetuissa ympäristöissä. |
| Pihakatu | living_street | |
| Kevyen liikenteen väylä | cycleway or footway (surface=paved/unpaved) | Useimmiten cycleway, lisäksi foot=yes, tai footway jos pyöräilylle on lähellä soveltuvampia reittejä tai se on kielletty. |
| Taxi/Bussi tie | Kuin yllä mutta lisäksi: motorcar=no, psv=yes, (foot=yes jos sallittu kävellä) |
Light traffic / Kevyen liikenteen väylät
Here's a small guide to help us with all the different types of footways and cycleways.
| Photo | How to draw | How to tag road A | How to tag road B | Comment in Finnish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | highway=residential cycleway=lane foot=yes (optional) | not applicable | Yhdistetty pyörätie ja jalkakäytävä kiinni ajoradassa. Huom! Näin merkitty pyörätie ei tule näkymään Mapnik- eikä Osmarender-kartalla, joten pyörätien piirtäminen omana tienään ja omaisuuksilla highway=cycleway, foot=yes on hyvä vaihtoehto. |
 |  | highway=residential foot=yes | not applicable | Vain jalkakäytävä ajoradan reunassa |
 |  | highway=trunk | highway=cycleway cycleway=track foot=yes (optional) | Kevyen liikenteen väylä ajoradasta erotettuna |
 | highway=residential | highway=footway surface=unpaved (optional, if applicable) | Väylällä B liikennemerkki nro 421 Jalkakäytävä | |
 |  | highway=cycleway cycleway=track foot=yes (optional) | not applicable | Itsenäinen kevyen liikenteen väylä, liikennemerkki 423 tai 424 |
 | | highway=cycleway cycleway=track foot=no | not applicable | Itsenäinen pyörätie (liikennemerkki 422 eli vain pyöräily sallittu) |
 |  | highway=cycleway cycleway=track motorcar=destination | not applicable | Lisäkilpi "Tontille ajo sallittu" |
 |  | highway=footway (bicycle=no optional) | not applicable | Itsenäinen jalankulkutie, jossa nimenomaisesti vain liikennemerkki nro 421 Jalkakäytävä |
 | | highway=footway bicycle=yes tai highway=path | not applicable | Pääasiallisesti jalan kuljettava polku, jolla pyöräily on teknisesti mahdollista eikä sitä ole kielletty. |
Names
As Finland has two official languages, many locations and streets have two names, Finnish and Swedish. Use the following schema to tag these.
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Finnish or Swedish name, based on which one is more common |
| name:fi | Finnish name (Turku, Kokkola, etc) |
| name:sv | Swedish name (Åbo, Karleby, etc) |
There are also Same names up in the north....
Places and major lakes
See WikiProject Finland/Places
Highways
Main article and detailed lists are at WikiProject_Finland/Highways
Progress summary
| Road classification | Number Range | Completed roads | Percentage complete | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurooppatiet / E-roads | E4, E8, E12, E18, E63, E75 | 6 | 100% | Some access ramps still missing, e.g. on E75 near Lahti. |
| Valtatiet / National roads | 1-9 | 7 | 99% | Probably complete? Some access ramps still missing. |
| Valtatiet / National roads | 10-19 | 10 | 100% | |
| Valtatiet / National roads | 20-29 | 9 | 100% | Parts of some roads from Landsat. |
| Kantatiet / Main roads | 40-99 | 45 | 99% | Mostly complete. |
| Seututiet | 100-999 | 266 | 82% | Weighted sum is 266 complete out of at least 323, thus 82%. |
| Yhdystiet | 1000-9999 | 70 | Total count is yet unknown but larger than that of Seututiet. |
Total length of linear features with some highway tag:
| 36650 km | 29th January 2008 |
| 67200 km | 14th April 2008 |
| 82100 km | 20th May 2008 |
| 91000 km | 17th June 2008 |
| 100048 km | 24th August 2008 |
Railroads
See WikiProject Finland/Railroads.
Airports
Airports with (some) mapped runways and taxiways.
| Helsinki-Vantaa |
| Helsinki-Malmi |
| Pori |
| Turku |
| Kruunupyy |
| Vaasa |
| Seinäjoki |
| Tampere-Pirkkala |
Coastlines
Osmarender-ohjelman uusimman version (Quickborn) piirtämiltä alueilta jää toistaiseksi kartalta pois saaret, jotka ovat kokonaisuudessaan yhden "tilen" eli kartapalan sisällä. Älä siis toistaiseksi ihmettele jos joku aiemmin näkynyt saari näyttää kadonneen Tiles@home-kartalta mutta näkyy Mapnik-kartalla.
Coastlines are ways with the tag "natural=coastline". They can be imported from an external source. This already done for parts of Finland (e.g. Vaasa) but not the entire coast. After import, the coastlines have to be "fixed up" manually, checking that there are no gaps in the ways, duplicate nodes must be merged, and all line segments must be turned so that the water is on the right hand side (i.e. counter-clockwise for islands). Around Helsinki and Turku, some coastlines have been drawn manually in JOSM and the Java Applet.
I ran the coastline import script for Vaasa/Kokkola (more specifically, area from 63° 21° to 64° 24°), and now believe it was very bad idea, the amount of islands (and as such, required manual fixing since each one of them has the segments in wrong direction) along the Finnish coast is staggering, and I do not recommend running the coastline import for anyone else until it has been significantly improved. --Juhaz 13:49, 3 May 2007 (BST)
- My plan is to import one piece at a time and then fix up the area (close gaps, turn islands right, render in tiles@home) before I go on to import the next part. I'm beginning with the easy parts, such as Latvia and southern Sweden. I have a slightly improved version of the import script that avoids duplicate nodes and doesn't tag nodes and line segments. I have also started to fix up the Vaasa area. It is tedious work, but it can be done. --LA2 08:50, 4 May 2007 (BST)
- I created a program which makes it all easy. You can select an area, and it will create an OSM file which you can open in JOSM for further checkings and corrections. The program also checks closes polygons in which direction the segments are arranged. It considers all polygons as islands and turns the direction if necessary. Here you find it: www.lenz-online.de/divers/osm/
People involved
On a typical day about 15 people are editing OSM map of Finland. Last day's situation can be checked from the OSM Aware link
In a typical Finnish way the mappers are mostly mapping and not so much talking about it. However, some users have introduced themselves on OSM users page. Total number of Finnish OSM mappers is considerably bigger. By 11th August, 2008, the Finnish excerpt of OSM database contained edits from 384 distinct user names.
See: Category:Users in Finland
