OpenStreetMap

Mapping marked hiking trails in Czech Rep.

Suchý Miroslav Suchý - miroslav.suchy.cz/presentations/2016-OSM-LabeElbe/

  • first marked trail in 1874
  • most dense network in EU
  • considered most sophisticated in the world
  • 3000 guidposts, 40k km trails, 1600 maps
  • plus horse, bike, MTB, wheelchairs trails
  • KČT

KČT

  • 30k members
  • 1400 maintainers
  • each trail should be checked every 3 months
  • data are proprietary

  • single track: 200+ km long
  • gaps in OSM
  • not even list of track

  • HOSM
  • Missing Maps
  • own instance of taskman: taskman.poloha.net

  • Split into 7k squares
  • each square up to 3x3km
  • New/Done/Validated/Invalidated

    • What is "done" and "validated"?

    • trust previous mappings?
    • done even when guideposts are missing?
    • done when ref is missing?
    • fine with "done" not ok for "validated"
    • db of guideposts' photos @openstreetmap.cz

    Other problems

    • Marked trails only in map
    • location of biking guidepost
    • color of trails and tag kct_barva=

    Progress

    Challenge

    map more than 100 km of trails and get powerbank. Write to miroslav@suchy.cz.

    End

    - miroslav.suchy.cz/presentations/2016-OSM-LabeElbe/