Re: [HOT] Waterway Tags

2015-01-21 Thread Russell Deffner
I probably should have specified the thread is titled "waterway=wadi problem" and this link is to the first (I think) message in the thread: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-January/020946.html =Russ ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstre

Re: [HOT] Waterway Tags

2015-01-21 Thread Blake Girardot
I think water and waterways are some of the most difficult to map and tag features there are, even when things are simple and clear in imagery. To Ralph's points: As to the tagging suggestion, Ralph, I _think_ the current best practice is to tag an intermittent stream or river like this: wat

Re: [HOT] Waterway Tags

2015-01-21 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi, I'm no expert in the waterway arena, however I wanted to point out that there is currently a pretty in-depth discussion of waterway tagging (including some suggestions to discontinue using waterway=wadi) on the Tagging mailing list, you can find the thread archive here: https://lists.openstree

Re: [HOT] Waterway Tags

2015-01-21 Thread john whelan
I have difficulties with water I must confess. I'm mapping from a satellite image taken an a particular day. All I see is water, not wadi etc. If its a River I'm supposed to note which direction it flows. My eyesight isn't that good. A wide river isn't a problem but when is a Stream a River or

[HOT] Waterway Tags

2015-01-21 Thread AYTOUN RALPH
I would like to raise the issue of tags for *waterway=river*, *waterway=stream* and* waterway=wadi.* The problem that exists with the existing tags is that there is no visual difference on the map for a stream (perennial) and a stream (intermittent) and the only other option is wadi which gives a b

[HOT] HOT New Voting Members Nomination Period Open

2015-01-21 Thread Russell Deffner
Greetings HOT Community, I have just opened the nomination period for new Voting Members (existing Members should have received a separate email with instructions). If you are committed to the HOT mission and desire a greater role on the organizational side of things, I urge you to review our

Re: [HOT] Changeset Comments in JOSM

2015-01-21 Thread Enock Seth Nyamador
Thanks Pierre. Best, On 1/21/15, Pierre GIRAUD wrote: > Thanks for the report. > For your information, this has already been reported. > https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2/issues/513 > > Regards, > Pierre > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Enock Seth Nyamador > wrote: >> Hi, >> >

Re: [HOT] [Talk-bd] OSM for mitigation project

2015-01-21 Thread Jorieke Vyncke
Hi Fred, Like you maybe know, Pete and I are at this moment in Bangladesh for the missing maps project. And out of my experience here, you can be sure you can count on the Bangladeshi OSM community! We are for example mapping these days together with a group of around 10-15 volunteers who are

Re: [HOT] [Talk-bd] OSM for mitigation project

2015-01-21 Thread Fred Moine
Thanks For this information, I will let Tdh Bangladesh be in touch with you. And we will see of far we can go and later on how we will share such kind of experience with the osm community. All the best FredM 2015-01-19 20:51 GMT+01:00 Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed : > Hi Fred, > > Thanks for your email.

Re: [HOT] Changeset Comments in JOSM

2015-01-21 Thread Pierre GIRAUD
Thanks for the report. For your information, this has already been reported. https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2/issues/513 Regards, Pierre On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Enock Seth Nyamador wrote: > Hi, > > Seems changeset comments loaded via HOT taks into JOSM have spaces and oth

[HOT] Changeset Comments in JOSM

2015-01-21 Thread Enock Seth Nyamador
Hi, Seems changeset comments loaded via HOT taks into JOSM have spaces and other symbols replaced by their percent-ending equivalent, as recorded here[1]. I've ignored and entered correct comments several times. Anyone also experiencing this? How did you fix it? Or am missing something. 1. h

Re: [HOT] OAM Pre-Project Sprint

2015-01-21 Thread Patrick Meier (iRevolution)
Hi All, Really excited about this initiative. While I'm not able to join the call, I hope to participate in future calls. In the meantime, I've been doing some work on the "Humanitarian UAV" side, which may be of interest: http://uaviators.org http://uaviators.org/map http://uaviators.org/advis