Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging FOR the renderer

2015-05-15 Thread Jo
Of course the editors don't render EVERYTHING. Depending on the kind of work I want to focus on, I'm switching MapCSS styles and filters on and off in JOSM all the time. bicycle routes walking itineraries public transport routes addresses turn lanes traffic signs HOT validation speed limits It's

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging FOR the renderer

2015-05-15 Thread pmailkeey .
On 16 May 2015 at 00:57, Rob Nickerson wrote: > >when a mapper invents something new, they can add tags for > >colour, opacity, line colour, line width, line opacity - for areas and > >similar attributes for lines and points (colour, opacity, size etc.) and > >obviously tags for name and descript

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging FOR the renderer

2015-05-15 Thread Rob Nickerson
>when a mapper invents something new, they can add tags for >colour, opacity, line colour, line width, line opacity - for areas and >similar attributes for lines and points (colour, opacity, size etc.) and >obviously tags for name and description etc. What do people think to this ? > The people be

[OSM-talk] Tagging FOR the renderer

2015-05-15 Thread pmailkeey .
I don't know whether this has been discussed or even mooted before... Tagging for the renderer is natural. Mappers, especially newbies will be disappointed their pet new feature they've just added to the db does not appear on the map. This situation is no use to anyone but has been allowed to cont

[OSM-talk] weeklyOSM 251 ;-)

2015-05-15 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
The weekly round-up of OSM news, issue # 251, is now available online in English, giving as always a summary of all things happening in the openstreetmap world: http://www.weeklyosm.eu Enjoy! -- ## Manfred Reiter - - ## www.weeklyOSM.eu ___ talk mailin

[OSM-talk] OSM Nepal Reponse - Links to various infos

2015-05-15 Thread Pierre Béland
This OSM response for Nepal is quite challenging. And even more difficult for our friends at the Kathmandu Living Labs (KLL) who have to suffer the emotional impact of the second earthquake this week. They also have to move from the famous Yellow house to a school. This should assure them a more

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping high tension power lines in Nepal

2015-05-15 Thread Lester Caine
ian atkinson atkin...@hotmail.com Is over there now on a 4 week secondment, but we did not have time to get him up to speed before he went ... He get told last week end and flew out on the 12th. But being a mapper he may be a useful pair of eyes on the ground ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Mapping high tension power lines in Nepal

2015-05-15 Thread Pierre Béland
Hi François, See #hot irc where discussions are going on for Nepal. Cheers   Pierre De : François Lacombe À : Pierre Béland Cc : OpenStreetMap Community in Nepal ; OpenStreetMap in India ; Jean-Guilhem Cailton ; OSM ; "HOT@OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)" ; Brad Neuhauser

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Mapping high tension power lines in Nepal

2015-05-15 Thread François Lacombe
Hi Pierre, I will take a look at it this evening. Is there a live discussion taking place on IRC or wherever else than HOT ML to get other contributors in touch ? I'm not so at ease with HOT organisation. It would be great to do this collectively and share the experience around tagging schema.

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Mapping high tension power lines in Nepal

2015-05-15 Thread Pierre Béland
Hi François We need various expertises to answer quickly and produce data of quality It would be great if you could extract the Nepal powers in the area of the response around Kathmandu and revise the tagging schema. And  say Bonjour to the OSM Lyon contributors meeting at the charming Chez Thib

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Mapping high tension power lines in Nepal

2015-05-15 Thread Brad Neuhauser
Francois, I'm aware of all that, I was just mentioning that unusual tag because it was relevant in the current context. GautamPratik has not made any changesets since the earthquake ( http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/GautamPratik/history), but maybe you could send a message so if they do have a ch

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Mapping high tension power lines in Nepal

2015-05-15 Thread François Lacombe
Hi, The power generation model was refined in 2013 and include some distinction between a power plant and a power generator. It would be convenient and sustainable to take care of this for this concern. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Power_generation_refinement Power generat