[Talk-us] TorhamZed imports
It seems we have a mass import of truck stops going on by user TorhamZed. I have some concerns about this, since there doesn't seem to be any documentation for this import, they appear to be tagged as caravan sites, and sources cited on the ones I've noticed appear to be from the operator's website. I'm concerned that these edits don't meet our license standards and are tagged inappropriately (since in at least a couple cases I'm personally aware of, the truck stop in question doesn't have facilities you would expect at, say, the park I live in or a KOA or similar facility). I've just reached out to the user in private message, but wanted to make the list aware of this so folks can keep an eye out in their area. Included chains seem to be Flying J, Love's (possibly misspelled as "Loves'"), and Travel Centers of America. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] TorhamZed imports
At first it looked like great photo mapping... fitting a pattern of a long distance team driving trucker doing 4-5 truck stops a day... But given buildings plopped onto roads: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/16662943 And the comment: 16598240 June 18, 2013 03:59 Loves' # 458 - Strafford - Can be seen from google maps It looks more like trolling corporate websites then mapping from an armchair. - Note: TorhamZed's activity would also bypass almost any automated limit system for new members. This is not 1 features in one day, this is 4-5 features a day for months. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] TorhamZed imports
On 6/27/2013 8:16 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: But given buildings plopped onto roads: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/16662943 I've been guilty of 'plopping buildings onto roads' myself, where the driveway goes under a carport style roof. And being too lazy to split the road at the roof and tag it with covered=yes. And the comment: 16598240 June 18, 2013 03:59 Loves' # 458 - Strafford - Can be seen from google maps Unless it's not on Bing aerial, it might be the old "everything, including Bing imagery is Google" problem. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] TorhamZed imports
On 2013-06-27 4:44 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: It seems we have a mass import of truck stops going on by user TorhamZed. I have some concerns about this, since there doesn't seem to be any documentation for this import, they appear to be tagged as caravan sites, and sources cited on the ones I've noticed appear to be from the operator's website. I'm concerned that these edits don't meet our license standards and are tagged inappropriately (since in at least a couple cases I'm personally aware of, the truck stop in question doesn't have facilities you would expect at, say, the park I live in or a KOA or similar facility). I've just reached out to the user in private message, but wanted to make the list aware of this so folks can keep an eye out in their area. Included chains seem to be Flying J, Love's (possibly misspelled as "Loves'"), and Travel Centers of America. I think the choice of caravan_site was intended to indicate that trucks can layover at these facilities, but TorhamZed has even tagged a few gas stations in my area that have only a handful of truck parking spaces. In my area, I've been retagging all of TorhamZed's "caravan sites" as highway=services, landuse=retail, but that may still be suboptimal. Do we have better tags for truck stops, as opposed to toll road service areas? (I'd prefer not to tag the entire premises as amenity=fuel, since I'd previously drawn in all the canopies as building=roof, amenity=fuel, hgv/motorcar=designated/no.) -- Minh Nguyen Jabber: m...@1ec5.org; Blog: http://notes.1ec5.org/ ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
