[Talk-GB] National Trust Scotland Talk
Hi, Just wanted to update you on the OSM lunchtime talk I gave to the National Trust Scotland. You can find the slides and video here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Edinburgh#Talks Thanks for the maps and examples everyone sent. I made some useful contacts and signed up a few more volunteers. Tim From: talk-gb-requ...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Talk-GB Digest, Vol 65, Issue 18 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:00:02 + Send Talk-GB mailing list submissions to talk-gb@openstreetmap.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to talk-gb-requ...@openstreetmap.org You can reach the person managing the list at talk-gb-ow...@openstreetmap.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Talk-GB digest... Today's Topics: 1. License remapping - Just deleting (Michael Collinson) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:05:34 +0100 From: Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz To: OSM talk-gb talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] License remapping - Just deleting Message-ID: 4f3fbe3e.3020...@ayeltd.biz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi, I got an email from a respected contributor and I want to pass on one concern. It is very natural to want all the red ink on OSMI License View disappear as quickly as possible so that we don't have to revisit the spots. I suggest though that where there are things that you can't remap using Bing, OS StreetView and general local knowledge, like footpaths, (not easy to see and the designation is very important in the UK), and some POIs, then just leave them alone or take a winter trip. Footpaths in particular are the most time consuming to map, several hours of walking for just one line. In the UK, we are now in pretty good shape with only 5 declined and 14 undecided mappers in the top 1,000 [1]. But ya never know, more may still come aboard. Thank you for everyone's efforts. Mike [1] http://odbl.de/great_britain.html -- ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb End of Talk-GB Digest, Vol 65, Issue 18 *** ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] United Kingdom Tagging Guidelines on the OSM wiki: due for an update?
Hi All, I hadn't thought about public footpaths along a road. It nicely demonstrates that for RoWs the highway tag really doesn't matter as it is the designation that gives the relevant information. In that case I would tend to agree with Andrew's methodology (which also makes things easier for routing software): 1. If it is clearly a route for walking on (e.g. paved or signposted) then use highway=footway. 2. If it looks like people use it as a route to walk/cycle(?) (e.g. well trodden ground) but no sign or paving then highway=path. I would also be happy to review any proposed edits to the wiki page if the link is posted here. I don't know of the technical ins and outs of the relevant laws but could give you good new user feedback. Cheers, Rob Hi You are dead right - I was talking about paths as in narrow strips of ground for walking on. I would tag a public footpath as highway=whatever is appropriate: unclassified|residential|service|track|path, designation=public_footpath. Graham. On 18 February 2012 10:48, Derick Rethans osm at derickrethans.nl http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb wrote: * Hi, On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Graham Jones wrote: On the other hand I treat highway=path as just being a statement of fact** -** 'there is a path here', so it needs some access tags adding to it. In** my** mind highway = footway is about the same as highway=path; foot=yes (or** maybe designation=public_footpath, but that is more specific). During the Weybridge mapping party, I'd encountered some residential** roads (highway=residential) or service roads (highway=service) that were** also public footpaths, so I've mapped those as: highway=residential** designation=public_footpath http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/150222454 Marking those roads as highway=footway or highway=path makes no sense** (to me). cheers,** Derick --** http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org** Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php** twitter: @derickr and @xdebug*** -- Graham Jones Hartlepool, UK. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] United Kingdom Tagging Guidelines on the OSM wiki: due for an update?
On Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Rob Nickerson wrote: I hadn't thought about public footpaths along a road. It nicely demonstrates that for RoWs the highway tag really doesn't matter as it is the designation that gives the relevant information. Well, in my case it's not even *along* the road... it's just the road. cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
