[talk-ph] Mapping Suggestion: Add details/amenities to gas stations
Hi guys, Here's another mapping suggestion: add details/amenities to gas stations (amenity=fuel[1]). Of course we should map co-located restaurants or shops within gas stations but we should also map the attached convenience stores (shop=convenience[2]) like Shell Select, 7-Eleven/Caltex Mini Mart, Petron Treats, and Total's Cafe Bonjour. Add opening_hours=24/7 if the convenience store is open 24/7. And if the gas station has a public CR, add a toilet node (amenity=toilets[3]). This is important since not all gas stations (especially in the provinces) have convenience stores or toilets and these are things that motorist would want to know. If there is an available satellite image, you should mark the whole lot of the gas station as a closed polygon and add the tag landuse=retail. As an example, here's Shell along the southbound side of Macapagal Blvd: http://osm.org/go/4zhExjoQh-- Aside from the Yellow Cab store there (which is open 24/7 so it has a tag opening_hours=24/7), the CR and the Shell Select store were added as nodes. The Shell station itself[4] is a polygon with the following tags: addr:city=Parañaque addr:street=Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard amenity=fuel landuse=retail name=Shell opening_hours=24/7 And the tags for the Shell Select node[5] are the following: addr:city=Parañaque addr:street=Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard name=Shell Select opening_hours=24/7 shop=convenience Happy Mapping! [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=fuel [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop=convenience [3] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=toilets [4] http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/39809671 [5] http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/1312653944 ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
[talk-ph] Some consumer reactions about using GPS/satnav in the Philippines
See this blog post and the comments: http://www.yugatech.com/blog/toys-gadgets/do-you-really-need-gps-in-the-car/ (Andre even pitched in for OSM!) :-) One thing I learned, people actually use Wikimapia to plan trips! (It actually makes some sense, now that I think about it.) ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
[talk-ph] using Philippine hires tms in josm (Fwd: [JOSM] #5660: add Philippine imagery in the slippymap plugin)
FYI, If you remember, before Bing, we acquired several hires imagery directly from imagery providers (digitalglobe and spot-asia) to support humanitarian mapping in some areas: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Philippines/hires_imagery#Other_imagery_sources Bing's imagery superseded many of these images. However, I found out that in some areas the imagery while probably the same, our own imagery have better contrast resolution (see areas in Urdaneta, Pangasinan). You can continue using these imagery in JOSM. Frederik Ramm added the Philippines TMS as one of the imagery choices: http://www.flickr.com/photos/esambale/5802755754/in/photostream -- Forwarded message -- From: JOSM t...@josm.openstreetmap.de Date: Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [JOSM] #5660: add Philippine imagery in the slippymap plugin To: #5660: add Philippine imagery in the slippymap plugin ---+--- Reporter: emmanuel.sambale@… | Owner: framm Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: minor | Component: Plugin slippymap Version: latest | Resolution: fixed Keywords: | ---+--- Changes (by stoecker): * status: new = closed * resolution: = fixed -- Ticket URL: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/5660#comment:2 JOSM http://josm.openstreetmap.de Java Openstreetmap Editor -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
