OpenStreetMap
Hello hello strange website I do not fully understand! I have begun mapping out my Town! The grand town of Northampton! I saw a lot of the suburbs, and even parts of the town centre were missing residential housing features, so I began adding buildings on a road I know quite well as I used to live there. I know I missed a few sheds, but I am not about to guesstimate their locations under trees. Cheers!
Discussion
Beachd le b-unicycling 11 An Gearran 2024 aig 18:21
Welcome to this noble cause!
It’s very much a learning by doing and learning by asking around, in my experience.
You have your work cut out for yourself in Northampton anyways.
Beachd le silversurfer83 11 An Gearran 2024 aig 19:28
Nice of you to publicly say Hello :)
Welcome and happy mapping
Beachd le chris_debian 12 An Gearran 2024 aig 18:11
Well done.
Have you tried it with AI assistance?
https://rapideditor.org/
This is a powerful tool, but remember the responsibility is yours, when you edit the map, so don’t just blindly follow the suggestions. For example, a shadow or a group of trees could be wrongly interpreted. Perhaps use it to inform your mapping?
Cheers,
Chris
Beachd le 0235 13 An Gearran 2024 aig 11:22
There is someone very active in southwest Northampton who is a brilliant template for what can be achieved, especially how they handle roads, crossings, curbs etc.
Northampton is a large place, and will be a big task, as it has some very empty areas.
Make sure to check out the osm wiki for help, and we are lucky in the UK we have “cadastral parcels” which you can use to perfectly lined up the satellite images with the real world!
Best of luck!