User:B-unicycling

Work in progress!

Putting Clonmel's History on the Map

Useful apps for field work

Mapillary - a photographic capture app which results in data comparable to GoogleStreetview, can be used by pedestrians, on bicycles or in cars

StreetComplete - app which helps collect data about streets (names, lighting etc) and houses (house numbers/names, no. of levels, roof shapes)

OSMTracker - App to track routes which can be uploaded to OSM then. Allows the user to add notes and photographs along the way.

How to map using iD editor or JOSM

Use node for traffic lights, traffic signs, plaques, benchmarks, pumps, holy wells etc.
Use way for walls, town walls, streets, lanes, pedestrianized streets, paths etc.
Use areas for (separate) buildings, graveyards, GAA pitches etc.

How to map buildings

Define as building	tags
Define as Area	essential tags	additional tags
Private buildings	building=yes (but please be more specific using the following)
house	building=house	addr:housenumber addr:housename addr:street addr:city
See more possibilities at key=building
Public buildings	building=public
library	amenity=library (add name, opening hours, services) name=	opening_hours=
museum	tourism=museum name=	opening_hours= website= wheelchair=no/yes/limited wikipedia= museum_type=
gallery	tourism=gallery name=	opening_hours= website= wheelchair=no/yes/limited
police station	amenity=police name= (Clonmel Gardaí Station)	phone= start_date= (for date of opening) police=barracks
pub	amenity=pub name=	opening_hours= old_name= website=
school	building=school alternatively amenity=school name=	old_name=

Plaques & Memorials

	essential tags	additional tags
	memorial=plaque inscription=	direction= [add angle or wind direction of where panel is facing] width= height= mapillary= [use mapillary ID]
	information=board board_type=history inscription=	direction= [add angle or wind direction of where panel is facing] mapillary= [use mapillary ID]
	historic=monument name= inscription=	architect= mapillary= [use mapillary ID]

Benchmarks

Benchmarks are survey points chiselled into walls and stones. They were used by Ordnance Survey in the 19th and 20th century and some can still be found today.

Essential tags	Additional tags
man_made=survey_point	width= height=
benchmark=yes	ele:1913= [elevation according to 25'' map; please add source=25'' OS map]
source=survey	survey_date=
	direction= [add direction the benchmark is facing]