Re: [HOT] How to save 'empty' squares?

2017-04-13 Thread Andrew Buck
Actually I found your username on the task manager. There were 16 nodes that you had added like this that were unconnected and untagged. An easy fix. -AndrewBuck On 04/13/2017 05:17 PM, Andrew Buck wrote: > Also, if you have done this on tasks already you should let us know your > osm

Re: [HOT] How to save 'empty' squares?

2017-04-13 Thread Andrew Buck
Also, if you have done this on tasks already you should let us know your osm username. Someone can then do a query for all of your work and run it through the validator to remove these "notes" you left in the database, since they are not really map data. This is not difficult to do, and we won't

Re: [HOT] an in your spare time project. Cleaning up the imports.

2017-04-13 Thread Andrew Buck
Replying to my own message to add this... Instead of adding code to the TM or overpass to change xyz into lat-lon someone with some apache or other web server experience could set up a really simple "proxy" service that accepts a url with xyz coords in it and uses url-rewriting rules to redirect

Re: [HOT] an in your spare time project. Cleaning up the imports.

2017-04-13 Thread Andrew Buck
This is an interesting idea, go over the whole continent and do a very rough QA process. Only clean up the most egregious problems like vmap0 roads that are only accurate to 1 km; buildings mapped as area=yes; and a run through the josm validator to get the biggest problems resolved. (Note that

[HOT] an in your spare time project. Cleaning up the imports.

2017-04-13 Thread john whelan
This is not for beginners and its much more something to think about first before rushing in. I've been looking over bits of Africa and one thing that stands out is the large number of imported highways. Unfortunately they don't always align to the imagery. Well they can be within a km or two

[HOT] OpenStreetMap State of the Map International Conference - Help shape the program!

2017-04-13 Thread Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
Dear Friends, OpenStreetMap holds a number of regional and country specific "State of the Map" conferences through out the year. But, there is also one large, international State of the Map (SotM) conference each year as well. The international SotM this year is in Japan and the SotM Working