[OSM-talk] iD news: v2.4.0 released

[Bryan Housel]

iD v2.4.0 was released August 25, 2017 and is now available for editing on 
openstreetmap.org 

📣  A few highlights from the release:

NEW Esri World Imagery layer:
Esri has made their World Imagery Service available for OSM use! 
Read more here:  
https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2017/08/24/world-imagery-in-osm/ 


NEW fields on the save screen:
   • Added a checkbox for mappers to request for someone to review their edits.
   • Added a Source field to allow users to add multiple sources.
   • Added a Hashtags field to allow users to add multiple event hashtags.
- Hashtags can also be set via the API from a Task Manager or Q/A app.  
- Hashtags are automatically extracted from the `comment` field.

NEW changeset tags for improved changeset analysis
   • `review_requested=yes`  (“yes” if the user has checked the box)
   • `source=*`  (semicolon delimited, e.g. “survey;gps")
   • `hashtags=*`  (semicolon delimited, e.g. “#MissingMaps;#Tanzania”)
   • `changesets_count=*`  (number of edits the user has made, will be “0” for 
someone making their first edit)

  Walkthrough tags, will be set only if a user has made <100 edits:
   • `ideditor:walkthrough_started=yes`  (“yes” if the user started the 
walkthrough)
   • `ideditor:walkthrough_progress=*`  (semicolon delimited, e.g. 
"welcome;navigation;point;area”)
   • `ideditor:walkthrough_started=yes`  (“yes” if the user completed all 
walkthrough sections)

Performance:
   • iD can now schedule deferred work in modern browsers with 
requestIdleCallback, (contributed by Kushan Joshi).  
This means big speedups in parsing, loading data from OSM, and rendering.

Presets:
   • Added presets for many theme park attractions (contributed by Willie 
Marcel)
   • Added preset for `amenity=shower` (contributed by JamesKingdom)
   • Added preset `emergency=life_ring` (contributed by JamesKingdom)
   • Added presets and icons for railway mapping Buffer Stop, Derailer, 
Milestone, Signal, Switch, Train Wash (contributed by JamesKingdom)

...and more!


Changelog:
   https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#240 


Twitter:
   v2.4.0 + new save screen:  
https://twitter.com/bhousel/status/901280750540132352 

   Esri World Imagery announcement: 
https://twitter.com/geogangster/status/901194478622433280 


Follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/bhousel  
for more iD news and sneak peaks.


Thanks! 🙇
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[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Carto release v4.2.0

[Daniel Koć]

|Dear all, Today, v4.2.0 of the openstreetmap-carto stylesheet (the 
default stylesheet on openstreetmap.org) has been released. Changes 
include: Major changes - Water color and default water text color are 
changed to be more visible - Medium zoom level (z8-z12) rework: - 
Landuses colors are faded and some of them are visible earlier - Most of 
the man related landuses are combined into one color and more visible - 
More important roads are better legible Changes - Leaf type rendering in 
woods and forests |||- |Cemetery symbols are not so dense now and Muslim cemetery has its 
own symbol |||- |Rendering of amenity=ferry_terminal- ||Plaque rendering is now different and moved to z19 - Rendering 
railway labels - Smaller line spaces in labels - Junction names on areas 
- Area color for railway=station is the same as for railways - Database 
performance tuning available for Docker - Different patterns and all 
remaining icons moved to SVG - Some documentation and code cleaning 
Thanks to all the contributors for this release, including littlebtc and 
giggls, new contributors. Special thanks for rrzefox for testing major 
changes on his server. For a full list of commits, see 
https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/compare/v4.1.0...v4.2.0 
As always, we welcome any bug reports at 
https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues.|


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Re: [OSM-talk] Highway=trunk : harmonization between countries ?

[Richard]

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 08:15:31AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> Richard  writes:
> 
...
...
...
> 
> So I'm seeing a systematic bias (in fastest time mode) to slower,
> shorter routes.
> 
> I should get some actual data and compare reality to OSM more
> systematically.
> 
> > Tagging some roads with maxspeed:practical would have only the 
> > effect to distort routing decissions. You owwould have to tag the 
> > large majority of roads with this tag to achieve a similar effect 
> > like not having it on any of those roads.h
> 
> That's a fair point in theory.  It's a good question how many roads need
> to be adjusted to have things make sense.  Around me, adjusting the
> interstates and route 2 would help vastly.
> 
> Maybe we need a "maxspeed:speed_limit_ought_to_be".  Really I mean
> "people drive like the speed limit is X, and that's ok".  I'm sort of
> joking, but will ponder.

the question is - if you would obey speed limits on the interstates
and the route 2 - would they still be faster than those "slower shorter"
routes in your area?

Richard

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