Re: [OSM-talk] WikiProject_FLOSS (was: OSM composer not open source?)

2010-05-02 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Nic Roets wrote: > 2010/5/2 Niklas Cholmkvist : >> I added an Introduction at >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_FLOSS . I didn't put very > > The most important reason (for me at least) to write OSM related > FLOSS, is increase the rate at which tag

Re: [OSM-talk] WikiProject_FLOSS (was: OSM composer not open source?)

2010-05-02 Thread John Smith
On 3 May 2010 08:36, Nic Roets wrote: > The most important reason (for me at least) to write OSM related > FLOSS, is increase the rate at which tags are standardized. For > example, if contributors find that their favorite router generates bad > routes, they look for bugs in the underlying data. I

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting for place=isolated_dwelling is open

2010-05-02 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/5/3 Dave F. : > Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > Well, OK, but you did use the term 'households' > > Why not use the standard landuse=residential? Because this is about place and not about landuse. I understand place as a tag for human settlements which vary from very small (isolated dwellings)

Re: [OSM-talk] The Best way to show individual shops within a shopping complex?

2010-05-02 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/5/3 Dave F. : > Hi > > Does anyone have any completed examples of how best to map/tag a > shopping complex/mall where it's at the level of naming individual shops? > > The shops are directly adjacent to each other & therefore share a > party/dividing wall > > They have been mapped as areas so

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting for place=isolated_dwelling is open

2010-05-02 Thread Dave F.
Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > yes, it could be houses. It could also be a cave or a tent, but mostly > it will be houses. This is a term for settlement classification, not > about building types. > Well, OK, but you did use the term 'households' Why not use the standard landuse=residential? Th

[OSM-talk] The Best way to show individual shops within a shopping complex?

2010-05-02 Thread Dave F.
Hi Does anyone have any completed examples of how best to map/tag a shopping complex/mall where it's at the level of naming individual shops? The shops are directly adjacent to each other & therefore share a party/dividing wall They have been mapped as areas so at the moment I'm using barrier=

Re: [OSM-talk] WikiProject_FLOSS (was: OSM composer not open source?)

2010-05-02 Thread Nic Roets
2010/5/2 Niklas Cholmkvist : > I added an Introduction at > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_FLOSS . I didn't put very The most important reason (for me at least) to write OSM related FLOSS, is increase the rate at which tags are standardized. For example, if contributors find that t

Re: [OSM-talk] WikiProject_FLOSS (was: OSM composer not open source?)

2010-05-02 Thread Niklas Cholmkvist
Στις 02-05-2010, ημέρα Κυρ, και ώρα 13:01 +0200, ο/η jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com έγραψε: > Thats a great idea! > I have started to add some subproject ideas. I added an Introduction at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_FLOSS . I didn't put very much effort in the Introduction and I'

[OSM-talk] problem inserting nodes through the OSM API

2010-05-02 Thread IgnacioZ
Hi, I am currently testing a new POI editor I'm developing. I have encountered some problems when I upload POI through the API. *Sometimes (not always)* I am getting errors of this kind: ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PGError: ERROR: insert or update on table "current_node_tags" violates foreig

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] plea for bot quality control

2010-05-02 Thread Chris Hunter
Perhaps a bot to auto-ban accounts that are running unauthorized bots ;) Seriously though, I've all-but stopped contributing to the map until after the SOTMs because of issues like this. One of the other things that OSM desperately needs is a way to coordinate tagging across editors and renderers

Re: [OSM-talk] WikiProject_FLOSS (was: OSM composer not open source?)

2010-05-02 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
Thats a great idea! I have started to add some subproject ideas. mike 2010/5/2 Niklas Cholmkvist : > On 1 May 2010 15:22, jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com > wrote: >>> It sends a bad message to have non free software being promoted our wiki. > > John Smith wrote: >> Companies offering commercial

[OSM-talk] WikiProject_FLOSS (was: OSM composer not open source?)

2010-05-02 Thread Niklas Cholmkvist
On 1 May 2010 15:22, jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com wrote: >> It sends a bad message to have non free software being promoted our wiki. John Smith wrote: > Companies offering commercial services are also on the wiki, OSM's > primary goal is freely available data, there is no demand for only >

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM composer not open source?

2010-05-02 Thread Igor Brejc
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 12:20 PM, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com < jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > My only point is that, like sf.net we should not be hosting non free > software on the osm site (s). > OSM wiki is not a project hosting site, so your analogy is misguided. It's a collecti