[OSM-talk] Interesting 3D online map of Chinese cities

2008-11-30 Thread D Tucny
Hi Folks, Thought this might be interesting to some of you... http://www.edushi.com It's a map site that's been around for quite a while... The number of cities covered and the area covered within those cities is growing all the time... But... What makes it different to any other site is the fact

Re: [OSM-talk] geolocated version of blogs.openstreetmap.org

2008-11-30 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 30 Nov 2008, at 22:28, ivom wrote: > Hi, > > Scrolling through the stuff happening last days on > http://blogs.openstreetmap.org/ it just came to my mind how > practical it > could be to have a way to filter posts based on some sort of lonlat > boundingbox. > > Possible currently or ask sant

[OSM-talk] geolocated version of blogs.openstreetmap.org

2008-11-30 Thread ivom
Hi, Scrolling through the stuff happening last days on http://blogs.openstreetmap.org/ it just came to my mind how practical it could be to have a way to filter posts based on some sort of lonlat boundingbox. Possible currently or ask santa? Bye, Ivom

Re: [OSM-talk] Turn restriction docs

2008-11-30 Thread Stephen Hope
As well as "You can't do this" and "You must do this" we need "You may do this (that normally you can't)". Where I live, you can't do a U-turn at traffic lights unless there's a sign that says you can. If we try and mark this by putting relations at every light banning U-turns, we'll just end up w

Re: [OSM-talk] Edit war on the wiki "map features"

2008-11-30 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Gervase Markham wrote: >> Most of all since we're growing exponentially and even if we had 90% of >> mappers agree on something today, in two or three months those 90% would >> perhaps only form 30% of the community... > > This is actually an argument _for_ Map_Features and some sort of > m

Re: [OSM-talk] Tiny island coastline errors

2008-11-30 Thread Cartinus
On Tuesday 25 November 2008 22:05:31 Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > Not sure if it was exactly this problem, but it is due to the size. I > don't know if the word "island" is appropriate, more likely a large > rock :) Did someone actually get on to the thing to measure it? It's > certainly way sma

Re: [OSM-talk] XAPI relations query returns only nodes

2008-11-30 Thread 80n
David I just tested it with /api/0.5/relation[type=route] and the response looked ok. Plenty of relation elements. What query did you actually use? 80n On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 4:09 PM, David Carmean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I recently ran a XAPI query for relations, which returned only n

[OSM-talk] Postcode searches in Namefinder

2008-11-30 Thread David Earl
I've implemented some changes to the experimental UK postcode searches in the Namefinder. And for everyone I also made it ignore leading and trailing numbers in the first search term, so searching for "31 Hinton Road, Fulbourn" or "Via Giordano 14, Milano" will still get a hit even though you qu

Re: [OSM-talk] Turn restriction docs

2008-11-30 Thread Nic Roets
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thinking of a T shaped junction where maybe someone adds a "sharp right" > turning service Which can be hacked^H^H^H^H^H^H solved by relaxing the current requirement for angles to be multiples of 90 degrees. So we have

Re: [OSM-talk] Turn restriction docs

2008-11-30 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Nic Roets wrote: > My guess is that your opposition is based on the fact that some (future) > routing system may not have enough information to calculate angles esp. when > non-junction nodes was removed during prepossessing. I simply want a clear, non-interpreted rule that identifies the pa

[OSM-talk] does road width, lane count matter?

2008-11-30 Thread Vikas Yadav
Hi, One more query I have. On the roads that I survey, I have always found that my GPX goes away from what the mapnik rendered. I assume that mapnik is working on standard conventions of road width. Here in New Delhi, we have lanes of width ~3m. Motorways have a fix 4 lanes per direction. Everythi

Re: [OSM-talk] My data got deleted

2008-11-30 Thread ビカス ヤダワ (v ikas yadav)
Please tell me your deletions in south delhi if any more. :) Im busy perfecting the ways myself. They are not pretty, I agree. Atleast after YOURS, i maked gosmore and verify faster. Suggest me how to make neat parallel ways on JOSM. I could not find a tool on it that does that like. Same trouble

Re: [OSM-talk] My data got deleted

2008-11-30 Thread Shaun McDonald
Hi, tsk1979 has responded quickly. Thanks How to revert the edits: In the online editor (Click edit on the page below) delete the newly generated ways, then press the button U, and after a while all the old data will show up. Click the lock icon, then the new way is active, and when deselec

Re: [OSM-talk] My data got deleted

2008-11-30 Thread Robert Vollmert
On Nov 30, 2008, at 17:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One of the ways that I saw had removed a street is here. > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.57944&lon=77.2855&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF You're right, they were mapped and deleted: http://openstreetmap.org/browse/way/25524666/history Chee

Re: [OSM-talk] My data got deleted

2008-11-30 Thread Tanveer Singh
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:06 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > One of the ways that I saw had removed a street is here. > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.57944&lon=77.2855&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF > > This is one of the two motorways in New Delhi -> DND Noida Flyover. I > had made two

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map speed breakers/bumper

2008-11-30 Thread vikas
perfect! Thanks Robvert! On 30/11/2008, Robert Vollmert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 30, 2008, at 06:22, ビカス ヤダワ (vikas yadav) wrote: >> Here in the streets of New Delhi and Gurgaon, we have lots of speed >> breakers (or bumps - These are small, raised portions on the road to >> slow down

Re: [OSM-talk] My data got deleted

2008-11-30 Thread vikas
Hi, One of the ways that I saw had removed a street is here. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.57944&lon=77.2855&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF This is one of the two motorways in New Delhi -> DND Noida Flyover. I had made two ways on this for two directions. Im sure about this. I don't see two ways

Re: [OSM-talk] XAPI relations query returns only nodes

2008-11-30 Thread Shaun McDonald
Do you have some example queries? On 30 Nov 2008, at 16:09, David Carmean wrote: > > I recently ran a XAPI query for relations, which returned only nodes > and not the > relations themselves. Not very useful, I'd say :) > > XAPI queries for ways have also been returning associated relations. >

[OSM-talk] XAPI relations query returns only nodes

2008-11-30 Thread David Carmean
I recently ran a XAPI query for relations, which returned only nodes and not the relations themselves. Not very useful, I'd say :) XAPI queries for ways have also been returning associated relations. Any XAPI developers on the list? ___ talk mai

Re: [OSM-talk] Turn restriction docs

2008-11-30 Thread Nic Roets
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the record, I am strongly opposed to automated processing of the > "restriction" ... > My guess is that your opposition is based on the fact that some (future) routing system may not have enough information to calcula

Re: [OSM-talk] Turn restriction docs

2008-11-30 Thread Erik Johansson
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want a situation where the two parts of the road are unambiguously > identified by the "from" and "to" members, meaning that if any of these do > not start/end at the junction they have to be split. What do you think of

Re: [OSM-talk] My data got deleted

2008-11-30 Thread Shaun McDonald
Do you have a link to the part of the map that you are talking about? That will allow other people to look at the data in that area. Also what is the name of the relevant road? Shaun On 30 Nov 2008, at 05:16, ビカス ヤダワ (vikas yadav) wrote: > Hi, > > I checked one of the sections that I had surv

Re: [OSM-talk] Unification of OpenStreetBugs an Trac

2008-11-30 Thread David Earl
On 30/11/2008 13:06, Gervase Markham wrote: > Richard Fairhurst wrote: >> I'm not sure why the need to reuse existing software at all. Bugtracking is >> the sort of thing you expect to find in 'Rails For Dummies' as My First >> Rails App - if you’ve got a decent framework it’s pretty elementary. >

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Maps - OSM comparison

2008-11-30 Thread David Earl
On 30/11/2008 13:09, Gervase Markham wrote: > David Earl wrote:> >> However, if we start applying similar techniques to state captials or >> other hierarchies, a search inferred from a loose syntax will not be >> enough and I need to provide a more formal way for mechanical clients to >> constra

Re: [OSM-talk] My data got deleted

2008-11-30 Thread D Tucny
2008/11/30 Tanveer Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Tanveer Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:46 AM, ビカス ヤダワ (vikas yadav) > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I checked one of the sections that I had surveyed, mapped and upl

Re: [OSM-talk] Unification of OpenStreetBugs an Trac

2008-11-30 Thread Gervase Markham
Richard Fairhurst wrote: > I'm not sure why the need to reuse existing software at all. Bugtracking is > the sort of thing you expect to find in 'Rails For Dummies' as My First > Rails App - if you’ve got a decent framework it’s pretty elementary. As someone who's spent the last nine years working

Re: [OSM-talk] Hierarchy of places & search results

2008-11-30 Thread Gervase Markham
Tom Chance wrote: > Search 3 - Show pinpoints for the results on the map, so at least you can > quickly discard all those results from the wrong side of the globe. Search 4 - use the current viewport as a hint. Gerv ___ talk mailing list talk@openstr

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Maps - OSM comparison

2008-11-30 Thread Gervase Markham
David Earl wrote:> > However, if we start applying similar techniques to state captials or > other hierarchies, a search inferred from a loose syntax will not be > enough and I need to provide a more formal way for mechanical clients to > constrain their searches. As it stands "city" is ambiguou

Re: [OSM-talk] Unification of OpenStreetBugs an Trac

2008-11-30 Thread Gervase Markham
Marc Schütz wrote: > Bugzilla as a backend would certainly be nice, but as a frontend it is > obviously inappropriate. I don't know whether Bugzilla supports alternate > frontends; if so, it could be worthwhile building one that fits our needs. Modern Bugzillas have an XML-RPC interface, and als

[OSM-talk] Coordinate in wiki page

2008-11-30 Thread Bernhard Zwischenbrugger
Hi I tried this: {{Coordinate|article=/|NS=48.054048|EW=14.705797|type=city|region=AT-03}} But ist does not work. How to make a link to the map? Hardcoded? Bernhard begin:vcard fn:Bernhard Zwischenbrugger n:Zwischenbrugger;Bernhard email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] note;quoted-printable:lieb

Re: [OSM-talk] Edit war on the wiki "map features"

2008-11-30 Thread Gervase Markham
Frederik Ramm wrote: > Most of all since we're growing exponentially and even if we had 90% of > mappers agree on something today, in two or three months those 90% would > perhaps only form 30% of the community... This is actually an argument _for_ Map_Features and some sort of meritocracy, not

Re: [OSM-talk] Turn restriction docs

2008-11-30 Thread Ulf Lamping
David Earl schrieb: > On Sunday 30 November 2008 03:07:02 Ulf Lamping wrote: >> I've just added a table to that wiki page that tries to map existing >> road signs to the corresponding restriction values. > > In most situations where you see these signs they are used in > conjunction with a No Ent

Re: [OSM-talk] Turn restriction docs

2008-11-30 Thread David Earl
On Sunday 30 November 2008 03:07:02 Ulf Lamping wrote: > I've just added a table to that wiki page that tries to map existing > road signs to the corresponding restriction values. In most situations where you see these signs they are used in conjunction with a No Entry at the end of a one way str

Re: [OSM-talk] Turn restriction docs

2008-11-30 Thread Ulf Lamping
Cartinus schrieb: > On Sunday 30 November 2008 03:07:02 Ulf Lamping wrote: >> I've just added a table to that wiki page that tries to map existing >> road signs to the corresponding restriction values. > > I don't know if this is the same everywhere in Europe, but sign 7b (the only > square sign