Talk:LatAm/Projects/Mapazonia

What should we indicate in the wiki profile?

I would propose to have a basic guide on how to map the region specially on the most universal thing which is nature rather than the also important administrative such as regions.

We could start by making a simple list of the most common tags we would be using for

• forest areas,
• rivers,
• water falls,
• small communities,
• mining.

Another interesting proposal would be to have example areas that are well mapped pointed out in the wiki. For example for a river junction see this: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/2.72330/-52.96762

We could also discuss if we may map with the square system for a better administration on the future

Some task suggestions

Here are some tasks this project could work on:

• Brazilian Federal nature reserves and indigenous lands are completely mapped. The next step is to map state-owned nature reserves. WikiProject Brazil/Unidades de conservação gives one approach to that.
• There are some very large "natural=wood" polygons in the map (examples: 192956700 192956700, 185481723 185481723). Those are very likely to be imprecise (for exemple, there must be some roads, villages and rivers inside them) so they should be revised and perhaps deleted.

Also, when mapping a river which serves as administrative boundary (or boundary of a protected area), it is important to remember to replace exisiting administrative bondary by the new river geometry.

Camadas IBGE

Seria útil resolver essa issue [1] para que os mapeadores possam identificar nomes de rios e estradas ao mapear.

Highway: unclassified vs track vs path

The wiki says the following:

• highway=unclassified: public, non-residential ways that are less important than tertiary roads
• highway=path: non-motorized ways with unspecified usage (the mapper doesn't know what it is intended for) or with multiple primary uses (two or more uses are recognized but none can be said to be the main intent of the path, eg.: combined footway and cycleway)
• highway=track: private ways in farms and managed forests

Many of those qualities are not apparent from satellite imagery. If very uncertain, use path.
There may be a few farms, and forests in nature reserves can be said to be managed. Elsewhere, the Amazon rainforest is not managed, so tracks would be nonexistent there. The distinction between unclassified and path can initially be approximated based on the path's width (at least 3 meters wide for motor vehicles). This will be incorrect sometimes, but I think it is safe to assume future ground surveyors will fix that. --Fernando Trebien (talk) 12:16, 17 December 2017 (UTC)