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64365392 over 6 years ago

Hello, just another note, these are probably better off as residential or unclassified roads. Let me know if I can help explain more. osm.wiki/Key:highway

64365418 over 6 years ago

Sorry, and the orange primary roads too. Those are usually for connecting major towns or the biggest urban streets.

64365418 over 6 years ago

Thanks for mapping! In this case I think some of these roads are classified too high, the secondary roads should probably be tertiary or unclassified. Here are a few examples for that: osm.wiki/Highway_tagging_samples/urban

Also the changeset comments should describe what you are mapping, such as "adding a road" -- in this case it says creating an artwork, but I don't see any on this changeset.

Let me know if you have any questions!

60396804 over 6 years ago

Hello, I saw all your edits adding points of interest and businesses in Nigeria, thank you! It’s really impressive. What source are you using for the data? Maybe others can help you add the information as well. And I have a suggestion too, as well as adding points, it would be helpful to add the names to the roads themselves too. If you have any questions on how to do that let me know and I can help.

Thanks,
Andrew

49997739 over 6 years ago

Thanks for mapping! When mapping roads it's good practice to connect them to the surrounding road network so people can use them to route. Thanks!

50449858 over 6 years ago

Hi there, thanks for mapping! in this case tertiary is probably too big of a road for this location, it's probably best to be unclassified or even track. A good way to find out is to look at surrounding roads, and there's also the Highway Tag Africa guide I recommend taking a look at osm.wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa -- let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

61117191 over 6 years ago

Hi there, thanks for mapping. Make sure to connect roads that should be connected, like here: osm.org/way/355357786#map=19/-9.25752/35.14533

thanks! Let me know if you have any questions.

Andrew

50863949 over 6 years ago

Hi there, thanks for mapping -- when mapping roads make sure to follow the classification that is used in Africa, you can read more here. In some cases you added small roads that were tagged as tertiary, which are generally for bigger feeder roads osm.wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

59852985 over 6 years ago

Hi there, thanks for mapping. Make sure not to add roads where they already exist -- you may need to zoom in to make sure it's not there already. It looks like someone fixed it for you. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

61010378 over 6 years ago

Hi there, thanks for mapping. When mapping buildings or other features, the Name field is meant for the proper name of something -- such as McDonalds or North High School, not a description such as "house" -- if you don't know the name from local knowledge it's best to leave it blank. Thanks!

62714315 over 6 years ago

Hi, thanks for mapping! When mapping roads it's good practice to make sure they link up to the surrounding road network so people can use them for routing or directions. Let me know if you have any questions.

62168001 over 6 years ago

Hi there, thanks for mapping! However when mapping roads, if you don't know the name of something, just leave it blank. the Name field is for the official name like "Highway 1" or "North Street", not a description. Also, tertiary roads are local feeders, these roads look more like unclassified or residential or even track. Here is more info about highway tags in Africa osm.wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa

Thanks again, hope you come back!

58758188 over 6 years ago

Ah thanks. Good to know.

58758188 over 6 years ago

hi there, I don't see osm.org/way/586350679 on any imagery or GPS traces, is it a brand new road?

56202760 over 6 years ago

Hi there, thanks for mapping. When there are more than one building in an area please map them each individually, not as one huge building.

63615126 almost 7 years ago

see these buildings for example osm.org/changeset/63615126#map=19/6.20551/7.07129

62450801 almost 7 years ago

Thanks for mapping! You said this is a bridge and only has one lane, I think those are not correct so we'll fix them. You may want to ask your team lead for more help. Thank you!

62451233 almost 7 years ago

Hi Danirazi, thanks for mapping. However you are adding these as land use, they should be buildings instead

63615126 almost 7 years ago

Thanks! it looks like they all still have name=building though, you should take that off

62327043 almost 7 years ago

Thanks for mapping, however the names you're adding look like temporary things, or a reminder to yourself for when you are staying somewhere. OpenStreetMap is for permanent things, I would suggest if you wanted to add dates you export the data or use another map service with OSM as a base that you can annotate yourself. UMap is a great tool for example osm.wiki/UMap