[OSM-talk] Positioning issue with Open Mapquest

2011-06-02 Thread Nakor Osm
Hello, I searching points by coordinates in various online map providers and notices that OpenMapquest is off. For example if I look for 42.7326,-84.556991 Bing, Google, Mapquest and openstreetmap.org will find the intersection of W Allegan and S Walnut in Lansing, MI ( http://maps.google.com/

[OSM-talk] Mapquest URLS

2011-04-25 Thread Nakor Osm
Hi, Is there a way to get a "human readable" URL for MapQuest open maps? i.e. in a form where you have longitude, latitude and zoom? My goal is to add it to my OsmJumper settings. Thanks, N. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.ope

[OSM-talk] XAPI issues

2011-04-17 Thread Nakor Osm
Hello, I am trying to use XAPI but am facing the following problems: http://xapi.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/... returns a blank page http://open.mapquestapi.com/xapi/api/0.6/... slows down on finally crashes my browser (FF4 on WIndows, FF3.6 on Linux). Any idea how to get XAPI to work? Thanks

Re: [OSM-talk] Some tiles not rendering?

2011-04-14 Thread Nakor
On 4/14/2011 11:15 AM, Peter Wendorff wrote: Hi Nakor. As far as I know the queue is the whole knowledge about tiles which have to be rerendered. If a tile has to be rerendered due to a changeset, that tile is submitted to the queue exactly once, at the time the queue management reads that

Re: [OSM-talk] Some tiles not rendering?

2011-04-14 Thread Nakor
Also from the graph it looks like the queue when almost empty during the past 24 hours so why would the tile not be rendered in that case? Really? The queue has been full 18 hours a day or more for the past two weeks. Bob Sorry I was not clear "The queue went almost empty (for some tim

Re: [OSM-talk] Some tiles not rendering?

2011-04-14 Thread Nakor
. On 14 avr. 2011, at 15:16, Nakor wrote: So why would some tiles render and some other not? If it is full all requests should be rejected right? Also from the graph it looks like the queue when almost empty during the past 24 hours so why would the tile not be rendered in that case

[OSM-talk] Some tiles not rendering?

2011-04-14 Thread Nakor
Hello, It looks like some tiles are not rendering. For instance http://b.tile.openstreetmap.org/17/35226/48373.png/status has been "due to be rendered" for the last 24 hours when http://b.tile.openstreetmap.org/15/8816/12104.png/status has been updated today. Why would some tile render an

Re: [OSM-talk] Licensing Working Group

2011-03-23 Thread Nakor
Dont worry, next Friday the licence change will be mandatory What does this exactly mean? Thanks, N. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Named passages on hiking paths

2011-03-14 Thread Nakor
Gilles, Isn't a "Pas" just a mountain pass: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:mountain_pass (like e.g. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pas_de_Peyrol )? Thanks, N. On 3/14/2011 2:27 PM, Gilles Bassière wrote: Hi, I'd like to get advice about toponymy in the context of hiking paths.

Re: [OSM-talk] South Pole?

2010-11-15 Thread Nakor
On 11/12/2010 4:30 PM, Nakor wrote: Did the South Pole move? http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=0&lon=0&zoom=17&layers=M More seriously there is no data there and I am wondering why it displays "South Pole" Thanks, N. The goal of my original message is to point out

Re: [OSM-talk] South Pole?

2010-11-15 Thread Nakor
Sure but how do we get this fixed so Mapnik layer in osm.org does not show the South Pole in the wrong place? 2010/11/13 Peter: if(lat> 85) { do_not_render(); } 2010/11/13 Nathan Edgars II Nakor Osm wrote: Did the South Pole move? http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=0&lon=0&

[OSM-talk] South Pole?

2010-11-12 Thread Nakor
Did the South Pole move? http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=0&lon=0&zoom=17&layers=M More seriously there is no data there and I am wondering why it displays "South Pole" Thanks, N. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstre

Re: [OSM-talk] convert OSM 0.5 to 0.6

2010-10-28 Thread Nakor
I couldn't find an other switch to convert 0.5-Data to 0.6 :( Osmosis 0.35-1 will work: http://bretth.dev.openstreetmap.org/osmosis-build/osmosis-0.35.1.tgz N. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinf

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM shp file plugin

2010-10-20 Thread Nakor
On 10/20/2010 10:16 AM, Gregory Arenius wrote: There isn't a day gone past where the vast gaps in the OSM dataset, the missing address nodes, missing turn restrictions, missing building outlines, missing subdivisions, missing everything and whatnot don't hugely degrade the usefulness of the pr

[OSM-talk] Retrieving a relation and all its members

2010-09-17 Thread Nakor
Hello, I am trying to retrieve relation and all its members. I am doing so in JOSM where I have the relation. Retrieving all missing members fails with connection time out. Retrieving only some members works fine but it would just take too long to get the whole relation this way. Is ther

[OSM-talk] Duplicate nodes in the US

2010-08-29 Thread Nakor
Hello, On a regular basis I have to write to some contributors that use automatic methods to merge nodes in the US so I though I would copy my message here so everyone is aware: Please do not run automatic merge tools in the US. Doing this you will connect entities that should not (e.g. r

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Questions on the Contributors Term

2010-08-17 Thread Nakor
OSM use of Toporama is granted explicitly. See: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2010-August/003235.html Richard, This is very good news. Thanks! N. ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstr

[OSM-legal-talk] Questions on the Contributors Term

2010-08-10 Thread Nakor
Hello, 1) What is the exact definition of "copyrightable elements"? Does it mean that the elements has a copyright or does it mean that the element could have a copyright? The reason I am asking is because the French version of paragraph 1. of the contributor terms seems more lazy to me t

[OSM-talk] planet-100714 issue?

2010-07-16 Thread Nakor
Hello, It looks like there is no planet file for this week. Was there an export issue? Thanks, N. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Area-type objects and ways along its boundaries

2010-07-06 Thread Nakor
On 7/6/2010 11:18 AM, Pieren wrote: Again, this depends on the region you are contributing. In my region, most of the municipality borders are in fact glued to the middle of features like roads, tracks or rivers. Those features can be added in OSM from different sources (imagery, GPS, land

Re: [OSM-talk] Issues with this week's planet?

2010-07-02 Thread Nakor
Hi Andy, In changeset 5093484, I fixed several roads directly connected to motorways as well as ramps being the in wrong direction. The slippy map got updated a few hours after I made the changes but they are not in the planet file I downloaded yesterday from http://planet.king-nerd.com/pla

Re: [OSM-talk] Osm.org Routing Demo

2010-07-02 Thread Nakor
On 7/2/2010 10:55 AM, Nic Roets wrote: So it you have a problem in Detroit, please zoom in as far as possible and give us that permalink. e.g. routing from http://nroets.dev.openstreetmap.org/demo/index.html?lat=42.492618&lon=-83.221961&zoom=18&layers=B000FTFTTT to http://nroets.dev.openst

Re: [OSM-talk] Osm.org Routing Demo

2010-07-02 Thread Nakor
Woa that sounds very promising! A couple issues I found: * permalink does not work (always gives a view center on the UK). * locations filled in does not seems to work correctly (data issue?) e.g. if I click at 42.492985,-83.222165 the text shows Southfiled Rd, Berverly Hills, although this i

Re: [OSM-talk] Issues with this week's planet?

2010-07-02 Thread Nakor
Hi Nakor, Could you give some more details, such as the changeset ID that you think is missing? That'll help people investigate to see what has happened. Cheers, Andy Hi Andy, In changeset 5093484, I fixed several roads directly connected to motorways as well as ramps being the in

[OSM-talk] Issues with this week's planet?

2010-07-01 Thread Nakor
Hello, I downloaded this week's planet and some modifications I made last Sunday are not in. Was there an issue with this week's planet? Thanks, N. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Lift captcha restriction for some users?

2010-07-01 Thread Nakor
User block didn't work, and IP block didn't work, so the wiki admins were forced to implement captchas. Would it be possible to lift captcha restriction for autoconfirmed users or to create an additional group (similar to the autopatrolled group on Wikipedia: 90 days old, 500 edits) with cap

Re: [OSM-talk] Revert of changeset

2010-06-09 Thread Nakor
> He replied and acknowledges he has done some damage, though most of his > actions tackled the problem of 2-7 duplicate imports of the sama data at > the same point. > > However, he said he will not touch the data in the US in the future, to > avoid further damage and redirect his energy in more

[OSM-talk] Revert of changeset

2010-06-04 Thread Nakor
Hello, Could somebody please revert changeset #4845372 or point out how I can do it? Since one week I have been finding countless errors coming from it. To show a few examples: * linking a road and a railway at http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/62417120 when there actually is a br

Re: [OSM-talk] Software goes on, brain goes off...

2010-05-31 Thread Nakor
On 5/31/2010 5:29 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > Nakor wrote: >> Did Google add their notice after the fact? > > I am trying to make it a habit to read articles before I reply to them > and have already found it saves me some embarassment. > > Bye > Frederik

Re: [OSM-talk] Software goes on, brain goes off...

2010-05-31 Thread Nakor
On 5/31/2010 4:36 PM, John Smith wrote: Her lawyers claim Google is liable because it did not warn her that the route would not offer a safe place for a pedestrian to walk. Did Google add their notice after the fact? "*Walking directions are in beta.* Use caution -- This route may be mis

[OSM-talk] Mapnik renderer issue?

2010-05-29 Thread Nakor
Hello, I uploaded some changes yesterday evening (changeset 4839221 dated May 29, 2010 03:24). If I zoom in that area (with Mapnik style) no change show up. If I look the status of some tiles (e.g. http://a.tile.openstreetmap.org/16/13921/23073.png status: http://a.tile.openstreetmap.org/

[OSM-talk] Data release template letter

2010-05-24 Thread Nakor
Hello, Is there somewhere a template letter to send to an administration to ask for some data release explaining the OSM project and the process and consequences of releasing their data in an acceptable form for OSM? Thanks, N. ___ talk maili

Re: [OSM-talk] Villain?

2010-05-17 Thread Nakor
Matt, Many thanks. Hopefully the tool can be back improved with all the suggestions that have been posted to this list. N. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Villain?

2010-05-15 Thread Nakor
On 5/15/2010 7:01 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > But if you see such constructs, or even create them by untangling two > nodes someone else has erroneously merged, please rectify the > situation in a way that does not leave two nodes at the exact same > spot. This will only cause the whole thing to

Re: [OSM-talk] Villain?

2010-05-14 Thread Nakor
> Did you download all existing data in that area and run the validator > before uploading your data? This should have told you with a red "No > entry" sign in it's report that you were about to upload duplicate nodes. > Claudius > > Most of the time I use the feature to download around my GP

Re: [OSM-talk] Villain?

2010-05-14 Thread Nakor
On 5/14/2010 8:31 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > "The following users have created the most duplicate nodes since the > count was started. If you are on this list, something is seriously > wrong with either your software or your workflow, and you should talk > to other mappers to help you fix it." >

[OSM-talk] Villain?

2010-05-14 Thread Nakor
Hello, I came to the OSM project to help create a better map of the world, not to be insulted. Please remove the page http://matt.dev.openstreetmap.org/dupe_nodes/heroes.html immediately. Thanks in advance, N. ___ talk mailing list talk@opens

[OSM-talk] Fwd: planet-100331.osm-broken

2010-04-01 Thread Nakor Osm
Sorry I meant to send this to talk but gmail auto-completed to talk-us. -- Forwarded message -- From: Nakor Osm Date: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:06 AM Subject: planet-100331.osm-broken To: talk...@openstreetmap.org Hello, Was there an issue with the planet extract this week? If

Re: [OSM-talk] XAPI issues

2010-02-13 Thread Nakor
On 02/13/2010 02:07 PM, 80n wrote: > If a query is taking a long time to start then it usually means that all > the server daemons were busy and your request was being queued. When I > tried just now both queries worked fine. > > There are 33 daemons running so if you were queued then the server

[OSM-talk] XAPI issues

2010-02-13 Thread Nakor
Hello, I was trying to download only highways related memebers using XAPI. If I download the full zone I am interested in (using http://xapi.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/*[bbox=-72.5,46.5,-70.4,48.0] ) everything works well. If I try downloading only the highway related entities (using http://x

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Fwd: [Warning: Potential Flamewar] Clarifying InterstateRelations

2010-02-08 Thread Nakor
e a relation. Handles "1 relation for both directions", roundabouts, child relations and even "1 relation for 4 directions" (see MI 5: http://toolserver.org/~nakor/relation.fcgi?relation=252428 ) Thanks, N. ___ t

[OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-03 Thread Nakor
Hello, The user osm_king (formerly n_ward) as been doing vandalism edits: building shaped like a penis, insulting changeset comments, creating ways in the middle of the Atlantic ... I kindly asked him to stop and got the following answer: "Thanks for your feedback, but you can shove it up you

Re: [OSM-talk] North America extract

2010-01-26 Thread Nakor
On 01/26/2010 07:24 PM, Greg Troxel wrote: > I remember an earlier comment that a NA extract would be such a large > fraction of the planet file that there was no real point. > It used to be there I have downloaded one dated 2009 Nov 11 that is 81 Gb uncompressed. If I believe the wiki that was 1/

[OSM-talk] North America extract

2010-01-26 Thread Nakor
Hello, Anybody knows where I can find a North America extract (at least US and Canada)? I used to get it from geofabrik but I cannot find it there. Thanks in advance, N. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/l

Re: [OSM-talk] Archos 5

2009-12-17 Thread Nakor
On 12/17/2009 08:53 PM, John Smith wrote: > 2009/12/18 Nakor : >> Hello, >> >> I see that the newest Archos has a built-in GPS. Does anyone know if it >> is possible to record traces with it? Is it possible to use other maps >> besides the Tele-Atlas one that the

[OSM-talk] Archos 5

2009-12-17 Thread Nakor
Hello, I see that the newest Archos has a built-in GPS. Does anyone know if it is possible to record traces with it? Is it possible to use other maps besides the Tele-Atlas one that they sell? Thanks in adavance, N. ___ talk mailing list talk@ope

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM Wiki Search does not work

2009-12-17 Thread Nakor
On 12/16/2009 11:22 PM, Tirkon wrote: >> MediaWiki search is pretty weak in general. > No problem at Wikipedia The problem might be that OpenStreetMap wiki is running an old version (1.13 vs 1.16 at wikipedia) of wikimedia. IIRC, search has been improved a lot. Who could update mediawiki? Tha

[OSM-talk] Getting boundaries from XAPI

2009-12-11 Thread Nakor
Hello, I was trying to get boundaries (i.e. nodes, ways and relations making the county and cities limits) for my county from XAPI but cannot get exactly what I want. If I try /api/0.6/way[bbox=-83.702,42.413,-83.069,42.905][boundary=*], I get every node and way fine, but the relations just com

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM wiki autoconfirm settings

2009-11-17 Thread Nakor
Reposting as I realize it did not go to talk list. > Kate, > > If you go to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Special:ListGroupRightsyou > will see that autoconfirmed users does not have the skipcaptcha right so > that would need to be set in the first place. > > Additionnaly if you go to > ht

Re: [OSM-talk] shp-to-osm 0.7

2009-11-11 Thread Nakor
Ian Dees wrote: > A new version of shp-to-osm 0.7 has been released to fix a memory > problem when using huge shapefiles. If you're using shp-to-osm to read > shapefiles greater than a few megabytes, you will want to use this new > version. > > Get it at the URL below. > Hello, Is there an alte

[OSM-talk] osm2pgsql usage

2009-10-15 Thread Nakor
Hello, I asked that question on the mapnik mailing list but was told that the OSM mailing list would have more knowledgeable people on this issue: I was in the process of setting up Mapnik and as a start I was using an OSM file from around my area to test with "small" data. I get stuck with a

[OSM-talk] XAPI down?

2009-09-21 Thread Nakor
Hello, Is XAPI working? When I try http://www.informationfreeway.org/api/0.6/map?bbox=-83.56,42.17,-83.5599,42.1701, I get redirected to http://osmxapi.hypercube.telascience.org/api/0.6/map?bbox=-83.56,42.17,-83.5599,42.1701which turns to be an empty page. Thanks, N. ___

Re: [OSM-talk] "corrections" by Ropino

2009-09-15 Thread Nakor
> Set up a RSS feed from ITO's OSM Mapper at > http://www.itoworld.com/product/osm/map > > > Maybe I am not looking in the right place but I did not see any kind of RSS feed there. Waht should I do to get it? Thanks, N. ___ talk mailing list ta