Difference between revisions of "OSM Survey Preparation and Execution"

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ToDo List for 1-Day intro OSM Survey Concepcion

• Need for a Laptop
• PT: Contracts + Tesista: Recibio Simple
• Survey site determination: 11-13 survey sites, selection based on low-medium-high walkscores, including 2-3 areas considered dangerous
• Survey material: fieldbook, paper-maps, pencil, etc.
• How to print survey maps? max 4h per survey site, printing with www.fieldpapers.org, 2 or 4 A4-sheets per site, the single sheet showing a (50m or) 100m scalebar
• Testrun in my home area (Barrio Aguilucho) => to discuss problems/define what to survey (see below)
• Entering data into the OSM database:
  • create account
  • using the iD editor
  • playgrounds and parks are the only "areal" objects; all others are points
• Using Google StreetView for dangerous areas
• Discuss option to use Android OSMTracker App for surveying, but problem may be later on: GPS coordinates, and requires GPX data to be imported in other program first (e.g. QGIS).
• Give out cash for sunblock, food/drinking, suurvey material, travel to survey site

Objects to Survey / Valdidate

• Focus on objects=destinations for walking, biking, public transit - destinations of daily errands and life (culture)
• Idea: stay in the hood, and do not use the car
• Note on "Businesses": no interest in destinations for cars (such as car repair, car breaks shops, petrol station) but for instance a bike shop, a bakery, etc. Note, a petrol station may be of interest if it has an ATM, and should be mapped as ATM!
• POI Categories:
  • Tiendas Comestibles
  • Restaurantes
  • Tiendas Comerciales, Servicios
  • Cafeterias, bares, pubs
  • Bancos, cajeros autom
  • Parques (juego niños, con banco, min size?)
  • Libros (biblioteca + libreria)
  • Entrenimiento (cines, instal. deportivas, museos)
  • Edu: Escuelas, Sala Cuna, Jardin. Infantil, Univ.
• Farmacioas, Hospitales, Cesfam, SAPU, etc.