> If you are an active local editor, please contact us. We would like to hear from local editors, so that we can be aware of what makes BiH unique.

> On Jan 5, 2019, at 11:53 AM, Michal Fabík <michal.fabik at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 12:02 AM Jonathon McClung > <jonathon at kaartgroup.com> wrote: >> If you are an active local editor, please contact us. We would like to hear from local editors, so that we can be aware of what makes BiH unique. > > Hello Jonathon, > unfortunately, Bosnia doesn't really have an OSM communtiy in the > sense of mappers' cooperation or coordination of their efforts. There > are very few active mappers to start with and they're not interested > in communication for reasons I'm not sure of myself. Here's a few > worth mentioning, you might want to contact them individually: > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ljubop - very active in the > northeast of the country, good quality contributions but doesn't seem > to be focused on anything in particular. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Kulin%20Ban - did a lot of work on > road network, in particular he categorized all the roads in the > Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Muslim/Croat part of the > country). > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Lutalica_1974 - has been quite > active for many years, again, not focused on anything in particular. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/alenmahovic - did a tremendous > amount of work in the early days of OSM in Bosnia, mostly to do with > landuse. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/damirex - not very active lately > but seems to be very knowledgeable when it comes to historical > heritage. However, his edits are quite sloppy and he doesn't like > foreigners touching "his" data. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Janjko - one of the most active > mappers in the Croatian community, maps in Bosnia too from time to > time. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jonwit - an American mapper with > contacts in Bosnia, active around Visoko. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/crv303 - a German mapper with > contacts in Bosnia, active around Prijedor. > > Be warned that, with the exception of the last three (who might also > be following this list), communication with the above is difficult or > outright impossible, at least in my experience. > > As for any tips for mapping Bosnia, here's a few from me: > - We need as many GPS traces as possible, especially from windy > mountain roads. The terrain is very hilly so there's a lot of > perspective distortion in the aerial imagery. We need traces to be > able to align it properly. > - Information about road surfaces is important as even some of the > high-category roads lack tarmac and are hardly usable in winter. > (Example: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/43.8433/17.9049) > - Many of the roads in the residential neighbourhoods of larger cities > are only wide enough for one car but they aren't one way streets. It > would probably be useful to tag this explicitly (lanes=1+oneway=no) to > give them a penalty in routing algorithms. > - Be careful when tagging speed limits. Local law distinguishes > settlements (marked with traffic signs with settlement name, speed > limit 60), built-up areas within settlements (speed limit 50) and open > road (speed limit 80). These limits aren't indicated explicitly with > traffic signs. Moreover, speed limit signs are only valid until the > next intersection according to the law, however they are often posted > incorrectly, as if they were valid past the intersection as well. This > sometimes makes it difficult to tell what speed limit applies to a > given road section. > - Most towns could use mapping of HGV restrictions (max. weight for > bridges, underpass heights, access restrictions for town centres) to > prevent HGV traffic routing through them. > - Addresses sometimes have "bb" instead of a house number. It's an > abbreviation for "no number" in the local language and it's often the > case in industrial areas on the outskirts of towns where streets > aren't well defined. Incidentally, this is also where a lot of HGV > traffic is headed. > - If you happen to go through Doboj, you could map the electric > vehicle charger there. It's advertised by the roadside and it's one of > the only two or three in the country. It's a shame it isn't in the > map. :) > - Don't worry about landmines. People ask about them all the time but > you won't run into them unless you go far off the beaten track. > > I can't think of anything else at the moment. If you have any > questions, just ask. > Have a great time mapping Bosnia! > > -- > Michal Fabík > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ba mailing list > Talk-ba at openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ba