Mapbox Organized Editing, Missing Roads

jmty8 · 2024-05-24T06:43:12.620Z

Hello from the Mapbox Team!

We’re going to start a new project Missing Roads.

The Missing Roads project will be focused on the addition of the new and missing roads to improve the overall road network connectivity and visualization. Places with missing roads will be automatically identified by the internal tools built by Mapbox developers based on GPS traces.

Here is list of features we will be commonly focus on:

Missing roads
Roads geometry
Surface tag (paved, unpaved)
Access tag*

*We’re aware of local mapping and conditions. If there is a possibility that the road could have a special access tag and in case there is no ground truth we will leave a note or mark the access as unknown.

The task will be mainly focused in the USA for the next couple of months and will include addition of the missing roads across all states. The predicted amount for now is 3000 missing roads.

We will use a unique hashtag - #mapbox_missing_roads

For edits we will use all available sources on OpenStreetMap site itself, sources with ODbL license, Mapbox datasets and tools**.

**For cases where there is not enough ground truth data from the OSM (Backgrounds, Overlays, etc) we will use collected Mapbox telemetry data, GPS traces, knowledge of the on the ground test drivers, etc. to produce the edit. We are ready to share all sources that we will use for mapping in case and provide as much context as needed.

More details:

Link to the Github ticket.
List of data team members.
Link to our Wiki page.

We will be able to answer all the questions that arise right under this announcement.

You can also reach out to the project coordinator directly at yauheniya.karnaukhava@mapbox.com(Evgeniya) and osm-edit-escalations@mapbox.com or post a comment in a changeset.

We’ll share the results after finishing the first iteration in the GitHub ticket.

Also, in case of project scaling the future results will be provided quarterly in the /mapping repository in the comment section of the Project’s ticket.

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

Richard · 2024-05-24T08:35:37.676Z

If you’re adding unpaved roads outside cities, please make sure you add surface tags, even if just as broad-brush as surface=paved or surface=unpaved.

jmty8 · 2024-05-24T09:08:07.522Z

We will take into account. Thank you for your comment.

Minh_Nguyen · 2024-05-25T04:29:40.086Z

Thanks for the details you’ve provided. The GitHub issue links to the documentation for highway=*, which is written generically for a global audience. Since you’re editing in the U.S., you may need to consult the U.S. classification guidance as well. It won’t matter as much for driveways, like the one you gave as an example, but the regional guidance will be useful if you encounter anything more major.

Do you plan to indicate one-way streets at the same time as part of mapbox_roads_attributes? In the past, some mapping teams have tried to detect one-way streets based on telemetry data, but it can be quite unreliable unless there’s a very high volume of traces along the street.

jmty8 · 2024-05-27T07:02:09.242Z

Hi, @Minh_Nguyen! You’re totally right. Will update the links and introduce team.
Btw I forgot to mention oneway tag in this project, my fault. We will make oneway edits in terms also of this project for new roads so we will use #mapbox_missing_roads. And we will use all ground truth sources and not only telemetry.
We will announce the Road attributes project separately, and it will focus more on road attributes, so the hashtag and task there is different, although there are similar objects to be mapping.
Thank you for your recommendations!

jmty8 · 2024-05-27T07:13:10.776Z

github.com/mapbox/mapping

Project Missing Roads

opened 01:45PM - 23 May 24 UTC

evgeniyakarnaukhova

# Introduction The Missing Roads project will be focused on the addition of the… new and missing roads to improve the overall road network connectivity and visualization. Places with missing roads will be automatically identified by the internal tools built by Mapbox developers based on GPS [traces](https://www.mapbox.com/telemetry). Example: ![Screenshot 2024-05-23 at 16 37 42](https://github.com/mapbox/mapping/assets/52066436/c8ccda0a-dd96-407a-8881-40baf6bc0660) # Types of Activity Here is list of features we will be commonly focus on: - Missing roads - Roads geometry - Oneway tag - Surface tag (paved, unpaved)* - Access tag* *We’re aware of local mapping and conditions. If there is a possibility that the road could have a special access tag and in case there is no ground truth we will leave a note or mark the access as unknown. Also we will add surface tag at least for roads outside of cities. ### Geographical scope and timeframe The task will be mainly focused in the USA for the next couple of months and will include addition of the missing roads across all states. The predicted amount for now is 3000 missing roads. ### How to find Missing Roads edits All edits made by our team in this project will have the hashtag **#mapbox_missing_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. The team will use OSM ID as the main tool for 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) ### Documentation used for mapping: 1. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Way 2. Tags: 2.1 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tags 2.2 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States/2021_Highway_Classification_Guidance 2.3 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:oneway 2.4 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access 2.5 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface ### Sources 1. All available sources on OpenStreetMap site itself: 1.1 **Backgrounds** or Satellite imagery (the latest ones based on dates in the Background panel info). Example: ![Screenshot 2024-05-23 at 16 42 32](https://github.com/mapbox/mapping/assets/52066436/a103539b-4c2e-4934-bb5d-67dd469091d2) 1.2 **Photo Overlays** or Street-level sources (Mapilary, Bing Streetside etc.) 1.3 **Overlays** (OSM GPS traces, Tiger Roads etc.) 2. Sources with ODbL license 3. Mapbox datasets and tools** **For cases where there is not enough ground truth data from the OSM (Backgrounds, Overlays, etc) we will use collected Mapbox telemetry data, GPS traces, knowledge of the on the ground test drivers, etc. to produce the edit. We are ready to share all sources that we will use for mapping in case and provide as much context as needed. # Results The results of our review made by our team in OpenStreetMap will be provided quarterly in the /mapping repository in the comment section of the Project’s ticket. In the USA there are at least 3,000 cases of missing roads by the end of May '2024. # Contact We welcome feedback from OSM mappers as local knowledge always prevails. If you have any questions about a specific edit done by the Mapbox team inside this project or want to suggest some improvements in the editing process you can contact project coordinator [yauheniya.karnaukhava@mapbox.com](mailto:yauheniya.karnaukhava@mapbox.com) (Evgeniya) or post a comment in a changeset. In cases of the general Mapbox mapping activity feedback and suggestions, please, contact [yuliya.razukevichus@mapbox.com](mailto:yuliya.razukevichus@mapbox.com) or [tatsiana.koval@mapbox.com](mailto:tatsiana.koval@mapbox.com) or use general contact e-mail: [osm-edit-escalations@mapbox.com](mailto:osm-edit-escalations@mapbox.com). More information about team : [Wiki page](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapbox)

jmty8 · 2024-05-27T08:03:52.299Z

UPD

Types of Activity

Here is list of features we will be commonly focus on:

Missing roads
Roads geometry
Oneway tag
Surface tag
Access tag

Documentation used for mapping:

Way - OpenStreetMap Wiki
Tags:
2.1 Tags - OpenStreetMap Wiki
2.2 United States/2021 Highway Classification Guidance - OpenStreetMap Wiki
2.3 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:oneway
2.4 Key:access - OpenStreetMap Wiki
2.5 Key:surface - OpenStreetMap Wiki