OpenStreetMap
Project HotSpot within the Inland Empire in Southern California
Posted by The Temecula Mapper on 24 November 2010 in English.In response to Project HotSpot (well, not really; the job started beforehand), details were added to a couple of the Inland Empire's tourist attractions and a small family fun center:
Old Town Temecula:
OSM: osm.org/?lat=33.49372&lon=-117.14813&zoom=17&layers=M
Mapquest: http://mapq.st/h/6-m90p
Pechanga Resort & Casino:
OSM: osm.org/?lat=33.455877&lon=-117.105734&zoom=18&layers=M
Mapquest: http://mapq.st/h/7-MVpVDbSU
Mulligan Family Fun Center:
OSM: osm.org/?lat=33.559504&lon=-117.201102&zoom=18&layers=M
Mapquest: http://mapq.st/h/5-Ram7ZGbm
Obviously, much more work still needs to be done along the surrounding areas.
Discussion
Comment from !i! on 24 November 2010 at 07:15
How do you contribute? To me this sounded that it is dedicated to the local communities only, right?
Comment from liftarn on 24 November 2010 at 10:59
You can easily map using satellite images, but it also needs local input on things like street names and such.
Comment from The Temecula Mapper on 24 November 2010 at 17:13
My diary post is centered around the OSM Project of the Week: Project HotSpot, but more at the local level in lieu of the top 10 vacation spots. One of the points of HotSpot is: Can OSM have more detailed maps of tourism locations than MapQuest?
@!i! Local knowledge combined with pen-and-paper surveys with the help of Yahoo! images and existing OSM map data to line up the vector artwork. I normally print the Yahoo! images and the existing OSM data to serve as a starting point to record map features, using a pen and paper.
@liftarn No doubt about it; the Yahoo! images certainly helped, but the local businesses, their names, attractions, and other amenitites had to be locally surveyed. If you browse around Temecula on OSM, you'll notice that I still have some surveying to do :)
Comment from nmixter on 24 November 2010 at 20:19
Looking good. Keep up the good work. I live in northern ca and have been down there several times. Its nice to see the area finally getting some love.