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Uzice is a town in the Zlatibor district, in the Republic of Serbia. According to the 2011 census report, there were 52,646 inhabitants.

It lies on the banks of the river Djetinje. The medieval ruins of the then very important city have been preserved. Uzice was the seat of the Partisan army in the fall of 1941. In 1946, the name was changed to Tito’s Uzice in honor of Josip Broz Tito, and the old name was returned in 1992.

Uzice is a major center of the metal and machinery industry and fruit growing. Administrative center of the municipality of the same name and Zlatibor district.

Just look at the difference, how it looks now & how it did look before the change was made to a map:


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https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Micromapping is a huge deal for me, I just love all the details u can enter into the map. Micro mapping or micro-mapping in OpenStreetMap (OSM) refers to the mapping of small-scale features. This may include mapping such objects as a building entrance, as well as the footway and steps leading to that entrance. Another aspect is to improve the visual representation of scenery for 3D for example. Therefore this includes improving geometries (buildings, land use, …) but also adding very small objects such as city furniture (street lamps, benches, …) and village green (trees, hedges, …)

Pros and cons of micro mapping;

Pros:

  • allows 2D routing
  • helps in indoor positioning systems
  • brings a lot of details to the DB
  • If done properly it will ease mapping in previously empty regions

Cons:

  • more time consuming to enter data for mappers
  • requires more accurate information (sometimes consumer GPS is not sufficient)
  • sometimes makes it harder for beginners to alter the data
  • If it is required in some proposals on osm wiki, it may discourage people from using it (technical) increase of volume will increase requirements in processing power

Click on image bellow to see map of Uzice in OSM: Stroud Green Road garden fences patch