Re: [OSM-talk] Castles and Palaces

Hi! Martin Koppenhoefer schrieb: > Roman already told you at the time that there is no 1:1 English > replacement. That's why he suggested the german terms. There is no exact _translation_. But it is easily possible do _define_ a tag (in english) that represents the correct meaning in the loca

Re: [OSM-talk] Openstreetmap at Debconf, mapping party in Caceres, Spain (and maybe Madrid)

El Viernes, 5 de Junio de 2009, Blars Blarson escribió: > [...] Debconf this year is in Caceres, Spain July 24-30. > July 24 is "open day" where talks are aimed at people less involved in > Debian, letting them know about Debian. Anyone can register for > Debconf, the EU 300 fee is for a bed and m

[OSM-talk] Openstreetmap at Debconf, mapping party in Caceres, Spain (and maybe Madrid)

My talks about openstreetmap were rejected from the "Official" Debconf slots, but they sugested that I do an "unofficial" talk, bof, and mapping party. Debconf this year is in Caceres, Spain July 24-30. July 24 is "open day" where talks are aimed at people less involved in Debian, letting them kno

[OSM-talk] Hello to the list

I am new here so I thought I introduce myself. I am photographer from Somerset, I drive all over the south west visiting motorcycle events so I get to drive to random locations most weekends. At the moment all I have done is collect some gps logs on my g1 as I go about the country. I have also don

Re: [OSM-talk] josm error message

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:27:16 +0100, Jukka Rahkonen wrote: > Ulf Mehlig gmx.net> writes: > >> >> Trying to upload some changes with JOSM, I receive the following error >> message: "Cannot read numeric value from response" before being asked to >> authenticate myself. Is this server-, data- or J

Re: [OSM-talk] Castles and Palaces

2009/6/4 Nop : > If you look at roads with the same scientific level of precision, there are > differences in measurements, markings, minimum speed, maximum speed, traffic > rules etc. > Have you looked at the values? Do you really think a value of > "castle_type=Schloss;Burg" is a good idea? well

Re: [OSM-talk] josm error message

Ulf Mehlig gmx.net> writes: > > Trying to upload some changes with JOSM, I receive the following error > message: "Cannot read numeric value from response" before being asked to > authenticate myself. Is this server-, data- or JOSM-related? Same error here. JOSM Revision: 1529. Nothing goes th

Re: [OSM-talk] Castles and Palaces

Hi! Martin Koppenhoefer schrieb: > 2009/6/4 Nop : >> This may be true from an archeological point of view, but a tag does not >> have to be a scientifically exact term. > > I don't see the point. It was proposed a tag for a sub-feature that > occurs just in areas where English is not the native

Re: [OSM-talk] Castles and Palaces

2009/6/4 Nop : > This may be true from an archeological point of view, but a tag does not > have to be a scientifically exact term. I don't see the point. It was proposed a tag for a sub-feature that occurs just in areas where English is not the native language, with an internationally recognised

Re: [OSM-talk] Castles and Palaces

Hi! Martin Koppenhoefer schrieb: > there was some intensive discussion on this topic involving some > archeologists as well. There are some scientific activists in Germany > who like to contribute to OSM with their professional knowledge, who > confirmed, that "burg" ist a specific term with no E

Re: [OSM-talk] Castles and Palaces

2009/6/4 : > > Hello! > > On the Wiki-Page for the tag historic=castle [1], a tagging scheme for > castles, palaces and fortifications has appeared. Unfortunately, discussion > on that page has died down. As I believe that the topic requires quite some > more attention and the values seem to ha

[OSM-talk] Castles and Palaces

Hello! On the Wiki-Page for the tag historic=castle [1], a tagging scheme for castles, palaces and fortifications has appeared. Unfortunately, discussion on that page has died down. As I believe that the topic requires quite some more attention and the values seem to have appeared without a pr

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM in Kosovo - Free Software Conference

Ive added the conference in the events list and created a basic wiki entry http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Free_Software_Conference_Kosovo Thomas Szukala wrote: > Hi there, > > at the 29th and 30th of August there will be a Open Source Software > Conference in Pristina. > http://www.kosovaso

[OSM-talk] josm error message

Trying to upload some changes with JOSM, I receive the following error message: "Cannot read numeric value from response" before being asked to authenticate myself. Is this server-, data- or JOSM-related? :-) Help appreciated! Cheers, Ulf -- Ulf Mehlig -

[OSM-talk] OSM in Kosovo - Free Software Conference

Hi there, at the 29th and 30th of August there will be a Open Source Software Conference in Pristina. http://www.kosovasoftwarefreedom.org/ There is a call for papers. I think this conference would be a fantastic place to introduce Openstreetmap with a talk or workshop. Either for mapping or soft

Re: [OSM-talk] pub vs bar vs club

Is it just me or was that really painful? Have we really got to a stage where people need to be told how a night out progresses from a pub to a nightclub? What are people doing with their time?! Sad times -Original Message- From: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-boun...@ope

Re: [OSM-talk] pub vs bar vs club

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Peter Childs wrote: > > * there may (or may not) be an area set aside for dancing, e.g. with a > DJ > > Thats a nightclub. It's not though - many places have dance floors but they aren't often used - A night club is somewhere you go to dance, a bar is somewhere

Re: [OSM-talk] Getting Good Tracks With eTrex

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Ed Loach wrote: >>     Is there anything else I need to know about getting good >> tracks? > > Lambertus posted some tips on logging to this list in April: > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2009-April/036015.html +1 to what Lambertus said. Log to the

Re: [OSM-talk] petition

Hi, Josh wrote: > hello there is a very important petition in my signature I would appreciate > if you would sign it please. You have sent the same message to this list two days ago. Bye Frederik ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://li

[OSM-talk] petition

hello there is a very important petition in my signature I would appreciate if you would sign it please. Thanks, Josh Kennedy Join me on klango at www.klango.net visit and sign my petition at: http://www.petitiononline.com/coda1234/petition.html and visit my blog at: http://jkenn337.klango.ne

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we specify relative importance of features across all types of features?

On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 02:49:53PM +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote: > PS: The same "importance" thing pops up with regard to towns and > villages - a town in rural England may have more "map significance" than > one of the dozens of cities that surround Paris. By the way ... the first thoughts about

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we specify relative importance of features across all types of features?

Hi, MP wrote: > You can use some tag object_size, where you specify size of the object: > > Catherdalamenity=place_of_worship object_size=100m > Church amenity=place_of_worship object_size=30m > Chapel amenity=place_of_worship object_size=8m What do you mean by "size", given t

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we specify relative importance of features across all types of features?

> Place of Worships: > Cathedral amenity=place_of_worship importance=regional/national > Church amenity=place_of_worship importance=urban > Chapel amenity=place_of_worship importance=suburban You can use some tag object_size, where you specify size of the object: Catherda

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we specify relative importance of features across all types of features?

2009/6/4 Stephan Plepelits : > Hi Folks! > > I'm the one who originally created the proposal. > > On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 10:52:33PM +0800, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: >> Hmmm... I guess the main problem that people have is that a tag like >> "importance" (or its synonyms) is inherently subjective a

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we specify relative importance of features across all types of features?

I'm learning that people's reluctance to tag things subjectively is because they have learnt the hard way that this just leads to arguments. Maybe the mountain should be given the name of the park, since that's what the locals refer to it as, with the actual name of the mountain as an alternative

[OSM-talk] Server error getting history

produces a 500 Internal Server Error. This area is one I recently updated. I wasn't sure whether it was best to post here or to file a bug report, but I will certainly do that if others can reproduce the erro