OpenStreetMap
Delhi Cantonment is one of the most sparsely mapped area in Delhi. It might be because it is full of military areas. As I live in the cantonment, I hope to map at least the non-sensitive areas, such as Sadar Bazar and Gopinath Bazar. By my current rate, it is likely to take at least 2 months to map these two markets alone. I want to focus on mapping areas in the cantonment. In future I might venture out to map the big Nangal area (gulp).
Discussion
Comment from MxxCon on 13 May 2024 at 21:10
I see you are using Vespucci to map. If you haven’t already, consider checking out EveryDoor and StreetComplete app. Some of the things they do are much faster and easier to do than with Vespucci. 👍
Comment from Akbar-Birbal on 14 May 2024 at 09:09
Thanks for the suggestion @MxxCon
I haven’t used them much, but from my initial use, I found them to be as efficient, but not more, in certain use cases. The tag mode of Vespucci is like Every Door. However, in Vespucci I can also use advanced features like “split into polygon” and “make a circle” which save me a ton of time.
Comment from MxxCon on 14 May 2024 at 17:28
Vespucci is a general-purpose mapping app, similar to iD, Rapid and Josm on desktop. It can do everything, but because of that it’s a little bit awkward to use(at least in my opinion).
EveryDoor, on the other hand is a purpose-built app for mapping nodes, such as addresses, businesses, and other features that can be mapped as nodes. (Although it can tag buildings too)
StreetComplete meanwhile is great for “data enrichment”. It adds additional attributes to existing features simply by asking guided questions. Don’t need to know all the proper tags - it takes care of that.
So for example you can map a road with Vespucci and then use StreetComplete to quickly add surface type, quality, width, speed limit, lights, name, etc.