Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] How can the US get its stuff together? (was Re: Response to A critique of OpenStreetMap)
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Phil! Gold phi...@pobox.com wrote: * Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net [2010-10-14 10:47 -0700]: I think you could largely sum up his criticisms in two broad headings: 1. US OSM contributors need to get their shit together 2. European maps don't look like American ones I'm trying to see what sort of consensus exists on some of the issues from 41 latitude's post. I've sent an email to the talk-us list[0] asking for feedback and discussion. I encourage anyone who's interested, particulary people who map in the US, to contribute to the discussion on that list. [0]: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2010-October/004361.html The North American interest in highway signs may be difficult to understand around the world. If I remember correctly one of our Euro-colleagues referred to highway shields as looking a bit naff. I think that means good though. So, highways and road culture play a large role in the life of many North Americans, there are even songs that we know like Route 66, and Highway 61 that show affection for specific roads. There are others. Many others. I was surprised to find this list of road songs on the official US Federal Highway Administration web site. That may help to define the scope of the interest (problem) for our friends who don't see the attraction of highway shields. Even the humorless official bodies in North America like a good road song. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/roadsong.cfm ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] How can the US get its stuff together? (was Re: Response to A critique of OpenStreetMap)
On Saturday 16 October 2010 13:46:44 Richard Weait wrote: On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Phil! Gold phi...@pobox.com wrote: * Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net [2010-10-14 10:47 -0700]: I think you could largely sum up his criticisms in two broad headings: 1. US OSM contributors need to get their shit together 2. European maps don't look like American ones I'm trying to see what sort of consensus exists on some of the issues from 41 latitude's post. I've sent an email to the talk-us list[0] asking for feedback and discussion. I encourage anyone who's interested, particulary people who map in the US, to contribute to the discussion on that list. [0]: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2010-October/004361.htm l The North American interest in highway signs may be difficult to understand around the world. If I remember correctly one of our Euro-colleagues referred to highway shields as looking a bit naff. I think that means good though. So, highways and road culture play a large role in the life of many North Americans, there are even songs that we know like Route 66, and Highway 61 that show affection for specific roads. There are others. Many others. I was surprised to find this list of road songs on the official US Federal Highway Administration web site. That may help to define the scope of the interest (problem) for our friends who don't see the attraction of highway shields. Even the humorless official bodies in North America like a good road song. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/roadsong.cfm ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk FYI, as a Brit, naff = Something that is poorly thought out, doesn’t really work, or is otherwise not very good. (Apologies to Wikipedia) -- Richard. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] How can the US get its stuff together? (was Re: Response to A critique of OpenStreetMap)
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: I wonder if it's worth the trouble and effort to maintain US-HISTORIC routes, since their use is primarily recreational and are frequently inconsistent in their continued existence, and frequently their historic posted alignments. For example, OK-66 goes through Kellyville, though the old US-66 alignment now runs abandoned and without pavement through the property I'm on... Since Historic US 66 is (I believe) posted in every state, yes, it should have relations. These relations shouldn't include abandoned roads that aren't marked as part of the historic route, however. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
