The Balbriggan task was created by DeBigC in November 2020, but had been neglected and put into draft status for a while in favour of larger tasks. It was re-activated in May 2023, and the mapping was finished shortly after. Validation took another month or so.

Contributors

ContributorTasks mappedTasks validated
b-unicycling*10115
jonnymccullagh*0100
ibanez*020
eireidium*143
Jonako*150
Eoin O’Mahony*114
DeBigC*110
ShemaEK40
pink droyd*20
᚛ᚐᚋᚐᚅᚇᚐ᚜ 🏳️‍🌈*20
Smef09*10
tadcan*10
Contributors to the Balbriggan task. The asterisk marks advanced mappers.

Building mapping

building typesNov 29 2020May 5 2023post validation
buildings in total3576,8009,400
yes183998672
house1114,4006,800
addr:street146319804
addr:housenumber113118118
apartments02727
semidetached_house046179
detached0017
terrace0260
residential4207
construction049
shed41,0001,400
garage087116
greenhouse054
bank000
public000
hotel000
commercial74650
industrial112528
retail31015
office111
school212626
church233
hospital000
farm_auxiliary03439
ruins024

A great number of more than 9,000 buildings being mapped show the usefulness of the task for the smart town of Balbriggan. A bit of local knowledge is needed to bring the number of building=yes down a little further and to find the banks and hotel buildings.

Other things mapped during the task period

TagNo. before taskNo. after validation
natural=tree8963
landuse=grass280,723.3 ㎡348,810.2 ㎡
amenity=parking84,545.7 ㎡106,040.4 ㎡
leisure=park202,790.7 ㎡195,866.2 ㎡
leisure=pitch121,248.7 ㎡129,011.4 ㎡
highway=footway15.7km26.6km
traffic_calming1372
generator:source=solar01

The previous table shows that many more things than just buildings get mapped during the task, even though they are not part of the task.

Tasks for the future

Very few house numbers are mapped so far in Balbriggan. As usual, it requires local mappers to take on the task of walking around with EveryDoor or StreetComplete to make the map really useful for sat navs and delivery services.

Quite a few building=house need to be taken a look at (using mapillary or local knowledge) and possibly retagged as building=retail/ commercial, especially along the high streets (Dublin Street, Bridge Street).

Many more businesses still need to be added to the map as well. More Mapillary would also be useful.

Mapillary since 2021-01-01 for Balbriggan.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to map and/ or validate the Balbriggan task!