Mapbox Improvements roads in Indonesia

mirikaaa · June 27, 2024, 3:03pm

Hello! my name is Julia, I work in Mapbox Data team. My team is interested in doing some work on the road network in India on OpenStreetMap, things like adding missing roads, making sure roads connect properly, fixing incorrect alignments, fixing spam and incorrect name, ensuring road classifications are consistent, and other similar issues.
We welcome feedback from local mappers as local knowledge always prevails. If you have any questions about a specific edit done by the Mapbox team or want to suggest some improvements in the editing process, you can contact here, email:
osm-edit-escalations@mapbox.com,
post a comment in a changeset or post a comment on GitHub project.

We have a Github page here about the project:

github.com/mapbox/mapping

Improvements roads in India & Indonesia

opened 02:42PM - 27 Jun 24 UTC

yuliyarazukevichus

### **Introduction** Our team is launching a mapping initiative to enhance the …quality of road data in India and Indonesia. Our goals include: - Correcting and improving road names for accuracy. - Fixing geometry issues. - Creating new roads based on osm imagery ### **Types of Activity** We focus on the following features: - Adding missing roads - Changing road connectivity/geometry - Adding and improving street names - Improving other objects affecting road geometry ### **Workflow** - Maproulette: We have some database of features that potentially have problems (dragged node, spam name & etc.), we plan to upload these features to Maproulette and fix them there. - Visual Assessment: We will visually inspect the road data coverage in Bengaluru and Jakarta, adding any missing roads, based on OSM imagery. ### **Geographical scope** India and Indonesia TBD (Possible contribution to 2025 Thailand) ### **How to find our edits** All edits made by our team in this project have the hashtag #mapbox_roads ### **Editing Team** All members of the team went through the onboarding process before starting editing on OpenStreetMap and are familiar with the principles of editing. New editors are guided to OSM training resources like the OSM Wiki and iD editor's Help panel. All team members can be found here: [link](https://github.com/mapbox/mapping/wiki/OSM-Data-Team-Members) ### **Tools** Team will use OSM ID and Rapid ### **Sources** - OSM imagery - street-level sources such as Mapilary or Bing Streetside - Tiger Roads - KartaView - Mapbox Imagery - Source with ODbL license https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Indonesia https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India ### **Timeframe** July - October ### Contact We welcome feedback from local mappers as local knowledge always prevails. If you have any questions about a specific edit done by the Mapbox team or want to suggest some improvements in the editing process you can contact [osm-edit-escalations@mapbox.com](mailto:osm-edit-escalations@mapbox.com) or post a comment in a changeset. More information about team : [Wiki page](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapbox)

And more about us:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapbox

Have a nice day everyone! Feel free to ask any question.

rtnf · June 28, 2024, 12:50pm

Does your team use specific changeset hashtags while editing in Indonesia?

mirikaaa · June 28, 2024, 2:50pm

Hi! This activity will use the hashtag #mapbox_roads, but the countries in which we will make edits under this hashtag will be Indonesia & India

rtnf · July 2, 2024, 6:07am

When will the mapping begin? I checked the hashtag on OSMCha, but there are still no results.

mirikaaa · July 2, 2024, 6:24am

Hi! Yes really we have not started this project yet, because according to the community rules it is necessary to notify no later than two weeks before the activity is started. So our work will only start next week.

adiatmad · July 10, 2024, 11:50am

I saw your edits with that hashtag @mirikaaa Thanks for improving OSM data in Indonesia and keep in touch with us.

rtnf · July 17, 2024, 9:15am

Hello @mirikaaa

This is not a spam name.

Yes, “aa” sounds odd for a road name. But, it’s an actual road name, used by the neighborhood (there are also cc,dd,pp,oo,yy,zz etc).

mirikaaa · July 17, 2024, 10:04am

Hi! Thanks for writing, I’ve reverted the changes. Now I will know that such names are possible. Thank you!

Dewi_Sulistioningrum · July 28, 2024, 10:53pm

Hello @mirikaaa, I am Dewi from Perkumpulan OpenStreetMap Indonesia. Thank you for the Mapbox dedicated team to improving data quality for the road network in Indonesia. We are also working on checking the quality of the road mapping in OSM. If you have any concerns with local knowledge, we are delighted to support the activity. Let’s keep connected. POI email: perkumpulan@openstreetmap.id

mirikaaa · July 29, 2024, 5:16am

Hello @Dewi_Sulistioningrum ,

Thank you for reaching out and for your work improving the road network data in Indonesia. Let’s stay in touch!