Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging dangerous areas

2009-04-19 Thread Simon Hewison
Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: > I don't think OSM is the place for statistics... it has been said over and > over "map what is on the ground". But what we should be able to do is use the OSM data to easily correlate with available statistical sources, which means things like official boundaries an

Re: [OSM-talk] the ref:color schema

2009-04-19 Thread Greg Troxel
There has been some discussion about what might be a similar problem on talk-us, where different states have different signs on Interstate highways. I have a few questions; it might be good to explain the answers on the tag proposal page. (I'm sure in .es the answers are obvious but I think road

Re: [OSM-talk] the ref:color schema

2009-04-19 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Domingo, 19 de Abril de 2009, Greg Troxel escribió: > There has been some discussion about what might be a similar problem on > talk-us, where different states have different signs on Interstate > highways. [...] > In the US, the essence of the issue is that we have Interstate highways, > which

Re: [OSM-talk] the ref:color schema

2009-04-19 Thread Greg Troxel
Iván Sánchez Ortega writes: >> In the US, the essence of the issue is that we have Interstate highways, >> which have a standard sign, but some states, especially California, have >> variants, and people want maps to show the local variants so they match >> what's on the ground. > > Here in Spai

Re: [OSM-talk] the ref:color schema

2009-04-19 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Domingo, 19 de Abril de 2009, Greg Troxel escribió: > I am also starting to think that the US proposal to do "us_i_ca" for > california interstate is maybe not the right answer. The road really is > "network=us_i" but maybe needs a "network:sign_variant=us_i_ca" tag. I think that usage of "net

Re: [OSM-talk] the ref:color schema

2009-04-19 Thread Greg Troxel
Iván Sánchez Ortega writes: >> As an example, near me in the US you can be on a road which is both I-95 >> S and Massachusetts state route 128 south. Then there is an >> intersection where I-95 splits off. After the interchange you are on >> 128S and I-93N. > > Hm, sounds a little bit like the

[OSM-talk] Deriving reference numbers for L roads

2009-04-19 Thread Ken Guest
I've come across a handy trick for determining the reference number for a L road here in Tipperary - the county council publishes the Speed Limit By-Laws; and nicely refers to most roads by the L-ref value. The by-laws are available for free download off their website. In most cases this makes it

Re: [OSM-talk] the ref:color schema

2009-04-19 Thread Andy Allan
2009/4/19 Iván Sánchez Ortega : > Do you really think we can work that network->color table out, and make > software that fits into osm2pgsql to derive the shields? Remember that it doesn't need to be osm2pgsql to do this - large-scale .osm manipluation can be done with osmosis, and see also the

Re: [OSM-talk] the ref:color schema

2009-04-19 Thread Simon Ward
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 05:20:09PM +0200, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: > Do you really think we can work that network->color table out, and make > software that fits into osm2pgsql to derive the shields**? > > > ** I don't like the word "shield". We use frakking rectangles. Like these ones? http

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging dangerous areas

2009-04-19 Thread Andy Allan
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Matt Amos wrote: > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:31 PM, MP wrote: >>> after the wembley mapping party last year i heard suggestions of a >>> "locals=angry" tag. maybe we should expand that to include >>> "locals=violent" or "locals=heavily_armed"? >> >> What happened

[OSM-talk] How is the upgrade going

2009-04-19 Thread Maarten Deen
I'm not on IRC, so I've got no idea, but anyone how the upgrade is going so far? Regards, Maarten ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] How is the upgrade going

2009-04-19 Thread Jonas Krückel (John07)
Maarten Deen schrieb: > I'm not on IRC, so I've got no idea, but anyone how the upgrade is going so > far? > > firefishy about 2h ago on twitter: migrating API 0.6 database - phase 5 (i started at the wrong number): re-creating consistent current tables. No major problems yet. Jonas __

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging dangerous areas

2009-04-19 Thread D Tucny
2009/4/20 Andy Allan > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Matt Amos wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:31 PM, MP wrote: > >>> after the wembley mapping party last year i heard suggestions of a > >>> "locals=angry" tag. maybe we should expand that to include > >>> "locals=violent" or "locals=hea

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging dangerous areas

2009-04-19 Thread D Tucny
2009/4/20 D Tucny > 2009/4/20 Andy Allan > >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Matt Amos wrote: >> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:31 PM, MP wrote: >> >>> after the wembley mapping party last year i heard suggestions of a >> >>> "locals=angry" tag. maybe we should expand that to include >> >>> "lo

Re: [OSM-talk] best GPS for trekking

2009-04-19 Thread Ed Avis
One data point: my Garmin eTrex unit has recently broken the 'zoom in' button on the side - it broke off underneath the rubber bumper and started rattling around inside, so now the map display can be zoomed out but not in. I bought it a few months ago, so will try to get it repaired under warranty

[OSM-talk] Update: add 'canvec:definition' tag?

2009-04-19 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi all, as im going through the rules.txt file and adding in the 'entity' and 'value' tags, im thinking that adding the tag 'canvec:definition' would help. On some tags its a few lines of text, but it shouldnt go over the max number of characters permitted. Any thoughts? (before i spend uneeded ti

Re: [OSM-talk] best GPS for trekking

2009-04-19 Thread Karl Newman
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Ed Avis wrote: > One data point: my Garmin eTrex unit has recently broken the 'zoom in' > button on > the side - it broke off underneath the rubber bumper and started rattling > around > inside, so now the map display can be zoomed out but not in. I bought it a >