Colombia/Project-Kaart groundwork
Kaart Groundwork
Kaart conducts ground surveys for improvements to OSM data. A list of editors can be found on Kaart wiki page. OpenStreetCam imagery can be viewed here.
Bogota (Sept 2017)
- Ground Focus - Visual collection of street names, verification of oneway streets
- Issues - Many streets were unnavigable due to size or steepness of road, Many streets were mapped in OSM as residential when they were stairs or footways
- Post Processing - Street name consistency, turn restrictions, turning lanes, surface types and lanes
Community Editing Suggestions -
Cartagena/Barranquilla (Feb 2018)
- Ground Focus - Visual collection of street names, verification of oneway streets
- Issues - Many streets were unnavigable due to size or steepness of road, Many streets were mapped in OSM as residential when they were stairs or footways
- Post Processing - Street name consistency, turn restrictions, turning lanes, surface types and lanes
Community Editing Suggestions -
Cali (Feb 2018)
- Ground Focus - Visual collection of street names, verification of oneway streets
- Issues - Many streets were unnavigable due to size or steepness of road, Many streets were mapped in OSM as residential when they were stairs or footways
- Post Processing - Street name consistency, turn restrictions, turning lanes, surface types and lanes
Community Editing Suggestions -
Medellin (March 2018)
- Ground Focus - Visual collection of street names, verification of oneway streets
- Issues - Many streets were unnavigable due to size or steepness of road. Many streets were mapped in OSM as residential when they were stairs or footways
- Post Processing - Street name consistency, turn restrictions, turning lanes, pedestrian crossings, surface types and lanes
Community Editing Suggestions - Many of the streets in the steep East and West neighborhoods are incorrectly labeled as streets when they are steps or footways. Fixing these would be very helpful for automobile as well as pedestrian navigation. Checking on the through-ness and continuity of the existing residential streets and working on classifying living streets vs residential.
Barranquilla (September 2021)
- Ground Focus - Visual collection of street names, verification of oneway streets, focusing on updating and refreshing areas covered in the 2018 trip.
- Issues - Many streets were unnavigable due to size or steepness of road. Many streets were mapped in OSM as residential when they were stairs or footways
- Post Processing - Street name consistency, turn restrictions, pedestrian crossings, surface types and lanes.
- Editors who participated on this trip: Corban8, Toddtodd
- Mapillary images gathered.
Community Editing Suggestions - Many of the streets in the steep East and West neighborhoods are incorrectly labeled as streets when they are steps or footways. Fixing these would be very helpful for automobile as well as pedestrian navigation. Checking on the through-ness and continuity of the existing residential streets and working on classifying living streets vs residential.
Cali (September 2021)
- Ground Focus - Visual collection of street names, verification of oneway streets, focusing on updating and refreshing areas covered in the 2018 trip.
- Issues - New construction areas had not been updated in OSM and false connections of residential ways.
- Post Processing - Street name consistency, turn restrictions, pedestrian crossings, surface types and lanes.
- Editors who participated on this ground survey: InnerPace, WarpathPeacock
- Mapillary images gathered.
Community Editing Suggestions - Update new construction in OSM and help fix false connections of residential roads to help with routability.
Bogota (October 2021)
- Ground Focus - Visual collection of street names, verification of oneway streets, focusing on updating and refreshing areas covered in the 2017 trip and areas not covered.
- Issues -
- Post Processing - Street name consistency, turn restrictions, pedestrian crossings, surface types and lanes. Additionally we focused on cycleways.
- Editors who participated on this ground survey: vespax, JacksonSarah, JAAS, Corban8
- Mapillary images gathered.
Community Editing Suggestions - Update new construction in OSM and help fix false connections of residential roads to help with routability.
Medellin (November 2021)
- Ground Focus - Visual collection of street names, verification of oneway streets, focusing on updating and refreshing areas covered in the 2018 trip and areas not covered.
- Issues -
- Post Processing - Street name consistency, turn restrictions, pedestrian crossings, surface types and lanes. Additionally we focused on cycleways.
- Editors who participated on this ground survey: AnonJason, hayduke1275
- Mapillary images gathered.
Community Editing Suggestions -
Cartagena, Sincelejo, Monteria (November 2021)
- Ground Focus - Visual collection of street names, verification of oneway streets, focusing on updating and refreshing areas covered in the 2018 trip and areas not covered.
- Issues -
- Post Processing - Street name consistency, turn restrictions, pedestrian crossings, surface types and lanes. Additionally we focused on cycleways.
- Editors who participated on this ground survey: CoolGuyJake, Toddtodd
- Mapillary images gathered.
Community Editing Suggestions -
Ibague, Pereira, Armenia, Manizales (January 2022)
- Ground Focus - Visual collection of street names and verification of oneway streets.
- Issues -
- Post Processing - Street name consistency, turn restrictions, pedestrian crossings, surface types and lanes. Additionally we focused on cycleways.
- Editors who participated on this ground survey: JAAS, Toddtodd
- Mapillary images gathered.
Community Editing Suggestions -