Re: [HOT] Starting OSM community in Egypt

2017-02-23 Thread Luswata David
Hi Nermin, Good to see your efforts get this far and indeed, the wider HOT and OSM Community would be glad to assist in any way possible. Keep up the good work in Egypt and do not hesitate to call on us whenever need for additional support to OSM Egypt efforts arises. Best of luck, David. On Th

Re: [HOT] What is practical when mapping using smartphones?

2017-02-23 Thread john whelan
Interesting possibilities here. IOS apparently has Go Map!! Thanks Cheerio John On 23 February 2017 at 10:33, joost schouppe wrote: > This is also possible with Mapcontrib, which works just fine on mobile. > The scope is limited to what the mapcontrib instance has pre-defined. > > In this exa

Re: [HOT] What is practical when mapping using smartphones?

2017-02-23 Thread joost schouppe
This is also possible with Mapcontrib, which works just fine on mobile. The scope is limited to what the mapcontrib instance has pre-defined. In this example, you are prompted for surface tags for untagged roads: https://www.mapcontrib.xyz/t/743004 Editing only possible if you connect your OSM a

Re: [HOT] Leaving my Missing Maps job

2017-02-23 Thread Rebecca Firth
A huge loss to Missing Maps, and some very difficult boots to fill. Very grateful for the huge amount you've done far above and beyond to make the Missing Maps partnership what it is today! On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 7:21 PM, Clifford Snow wrote: > Pete, > Thanks for all your efforts to make Missin

Re: [HOT] note to Project Managers: Highway=road

2017-02-23 Thread Ralf Stephan
Accepting highway:road goes contrary to all related threads I read on this list. On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:02 PM Paul Norman wrote: > On 2/22/2017 2:42 PM, john whelan wrote: > > > > "If you are unsure of what tag to assign to a road, use the > > provisional highway=road tag." > > > > Yes but m

Re: [HOT] note to Project Managers: Highway=road

2017-02-23 Thread Paul Norman
On 2/22/2017 2:42 PM, john whelan wrote: "If you are unsure of what tag to assign to a road, use the provisional highway=road tag." Yes but many routing systems ignore this these. When we mapped with GPS traces we used highway=road because you didn't know if it was a motorway or a footway