They aren’t glamorous. They might not be pretty. They can be useful,
but there is one seldom-spoken benefit to mapping a local shopping
mall. It is so satisfying.
What is so satisfying about mapping a local mall, or cluster of shops?
It’s a mapping project of Just The Right Size. More substantial than
adding a single POI, faster than adding a village. Mapping a mall is a
nice meal; more than a snack, less than a feast. But perhaps best of
all, mapping a mall is a task that can be completed. Mapping a mall
can be a perfect 30-minute mapping project including survey and
tagging.
Find out more about this Project of the Week, including tagging
suggestions at the project page on the OSM wiki.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Project_of_the_week/2010/Oct_20
This is your Project of the Week. Submit your own projects or offer
suggestions to inspire and inform other mappers.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Project_of_the_week/Proposals
How do you map inside the mall where GPS doesn’t work?
I'm referring to what is sometimes called a mini-mall, or plaza. Smaller, and more "outdoors" than an indoor mall.