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Mapping My Hometown

Posted by Maanya on 27 May 2016 in English. Last updated on 30 May 2016.

Welcome to Yelahanka

### 13.1N , 77.5E (degrees) I reside in a place called Judicial Layout near Yelahanka, which is ~21 km north to the Bangalore city. It is skirted by two beautiful campuses namely, the University of Agricultural Science and the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, making it a perfect escape from the otherwise concrete jungle. Yelahanka Railway Station Source: Skyscrapercity

Status prior to my mapping task:

screen shot 2016-05-24 at 2 35 17 pm

Most of the basic amenities and road networks in and around my residence is already on OSM.

Inclusions made:

screen shot 2016-05-26 at 2 10 15 pm

I tried to focus on two major aspects:

  • Checking for the correctness of the already existing edits.
  • Adding features that were overlooked.

screen shot 2016-05-27 at 5 04 01 pm

List of features that I tried including into the OSM:

  • Tagging my home, adding street names, clinics, agricultural fields, eatery, parks and buildings.
  • Tried to amend spatial extent of a lake and fixing roads that were misaligned.
  • Contacted a local mapper in my area and attempted to resolve a note.

My Experience

The idea of adding spatial information to a map has always excited me. I really enjoyed my time mapping!!

What could be improved

Supplementing mappers with finer resolution satellite imagery.

Thank you

Thanks for visiting Yelahanka!! Hope your navigation was smooth with most of the edits in place.

Discussion

Comment from joost schouppe on 27 May 2016 at 14:22

By Indian standards a small town indeed, but I believe it should be tagged as something larger than a hamlet :) Check this site for some guidance on the appropriate tag.

If you want to work on it a bit more, it’s always strange to see so many houses without streets to get to them.

Anyway thanks for contributing, keep it up!

Comment from BushmanK on 27 May 2016 at 14:53

Good practice is to place abbreviations (like GKVK) into short_name= value.

Comment from vandir1234 on 28 May 2016 at 01:52

good - muito bom

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