Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Hermann Peifer
On 15/05/2012 15:37, Pieren wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Kate Chapman wrote: Personally I think it is discouraging. I think positive encouragement is much better than this negative method. The problem is that this page is mixing real mistakes (mainly bad imports) and areas where t

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Steve Doerr
'Visualization' is not (just) American English. It's the preferred spelling of Oxford University Press and many other British academic publishers. Steve On 15/05/2012 19:50, Alan Mintz wrote: At 2012-05-15 09:25, andrzej zaborowski wrote: Maybe the fact that it's German (assuming that it is

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-05-15 09:25, andrzej zaborowski wrote: Maybe the fact that it's German (assuming that it is) is a sign of OSM's popularity there, and approaching Google Maps. The caption language doesn't really sound like "DEnglish", or even UK English, though. The spelling is American English (e.g.

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-05-15 07:10, Pieren wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: > The problem with the spanish place names is not that there are no roads > connecting them, the problem is that they are not places. The area is > unpopulated. But they are all tagged with "place=locality"

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Alan Mintz
I didn't understand the comment about Minecraft. Did they think there was a problem with the square forest boundaries? Did they not realize that those are likely the actual defined boundaries of the forest (at least that's what they correctly look like in southern California)? Also, I don't th

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 15 May 2012 15:37, Pieren wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Kate Chapman wrote: >> Personally I think it is discouraging. I think positive encouragement >> is much better than this negative method. > > The problem is that this page is mixing real mistakes (mainly bad > imports) and are

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Simone Cortesi
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 3:43 PM, SomeoneElse wrote: > Kate Chapman wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> Personally I think it is discouraging. I think positive encouragement >> is much better than this negative method. > Maybe there's a place for both, but one "worst" example appears to be > someone who's b

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 05/15/12 12:33, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: What I really miss though is a possibility to comment / discuss the examples. This could help to explain the context of the screenshot as well as discuss some examples which might be disputed. There has been some discussion about individual ite

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Pieren
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: > The problem with the spanish place names is not that there are no roads > connecting them, the problem is that they are not places. The area is > unpopulated. But they are all tagged with "place=locality" which is correct for unpopulated pla

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2012-05-15 15:37, Pieren wrote: Italian forest or the spanish place names without roads or the street The problem with the spanish place names is not that there are no roads connecting them, the problem is that they are not places. The area is unpopulated. There is not even a house to be

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread SomeoneElse
Kate Chapman wrote: Hi All, Personally I think it is discouraging. I think positive encouragement is much better than this negative method. Maybe there's a place for both, but one "worst" example appears to be someone who's been mapping their home town for about a month, which really isn't f

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Pieren
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Kate Chapman wrote: > Personally I think it is discouraging. I think positive encouragement > is much better than this negative method. The problem is that this page is mixing real mistakes (mainly bad imports) and areas where the geodata do not comply with the a

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Peteris Krisjanis
Hi! For parody it has quite a attacking tone. But I was forgot about Best Of OSM. Looks nice, needs some additions for my country, but it's something I can show when someone asks what OSM can provide. Peter. O , 2012-05-15 14:01 +0100, Gregory rakstīja: > > > It's a great site. It shows the

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Gregory
It's a great site. It shows the variety and reach of OSM work. It's also fun to look at the older posts, click the links, and see improvements. Calling "Worst of OSM" is because there is the http://bestofosm.org/ website and the opportunity for parody, but I can see that will have the danger of ups

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi All, Personally I think it is discouraging. I think positive encouragement is much better than this negative method. Sure it is helpful to discuss problems somewhere but I think calling it the Worst of OSM is unfair. If the "map is never done" then isn't everything technically the worst at some

Re: [OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2012-05-15 12:33, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: I couldn't find a contact possibilty on the page, that's why I try it here. Worst of OSM is a nice idea IMHO: http://worstofosm.tumblr.com/ What I really miss though is a possibility to comment / discuss the examples. This could help to explain

[OSM-talk] Worst of OSM

2012-05-15 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
I couldn't find a contact possibilty on the page, that's why I try it here. Worst of OSM is a nice idea IMHO: http://worstofosm.tumblr.com/ What I really miss though is a possibility to comment / discuss the examples. This could help to explain the context of the screenshot as well as discuss so