[OSM-talk] JOSM Imagery Caching

2016-08-18 Thread Mike Thompson
At the moment I am working from a slow internet connection. It seems that JOSM only uses its imagery cache if there is no connection at all. If there is a connection it seems that it always attempts to fetch tiles from the source even they are already in the cache.. Is this the intended functional

[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Carto issues of interest

2016-08-18 Thread Paul Norman
There are some OpenStreetMap Carto issues which might be interesting to a larger audience Improving the water colour: https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/1781 There's been a discussion of options for improving the water colour to improve contrast with a number of other

Re: [OSM-talk] MAPS.ME edits - partly sub-standard

2016-08-18 Thread Laura O'Grady
There's a history of the events involving the lawsuit Canada Post filed against geocoder.ca, which may provide some perspective on this issue [1]. The most recent entry, in May of this year indicates the four year legal battle has been settled. [1]http://geocoder.ca/?sued=1 > On Aug 18, 2016,

Re: [OSM-talk] MAPS.ME edits - partly sub-standard

2016-08-18 Thread john whelan
Unfortunately there is a lot of GIS work done with postcodes. Where is the best place to put a new coffee shop? Which areas have the most break-ins? Etc. Thus being able to sell postcodes has become a source of income for post offices and since it cost them money to create them they'd like to re

Re: [OSM-talk] MAPS.ME edits - partly sub-standard

2016-08-18 Thread Tom Hughes
On 18/08/16 21:01, John F. Eldredge wrote: I know I am replying to a two-month-old message, but the idea of restrictions on entering postal codes is baffling. At least in the USA, the Post Office encourages the use of postal codes (called Zip codes) on mail, to expedite the delivery of mail, an

Re: [OSM-talk] MAPS.ME edits - partly sub-standard

2016-08-18 Thread Frederik Ramm
John, On 08/18/2016 10:01 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > I know I am replying to a two-month-old message, but the idea of > restrictions on entering postal codes is baffling. At least in the USA, > the Post Office encourages the use of postal codes (called Zip codes) on > mail, Most people would

Re: [OSM-talk] MAPS.ME edits - partly sub-standard

2016-08-18 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
You should try giving those arguments to the organizations that are stopping us from using the data, not to us :) -- Nicolás 2016-08-18 17:01 GMT-03:00 John F. Eldredge : > I know I am replying to a two-month-old message, but the idea of > restrictions on entering postal codes is baffling. At l

Re: [OSM-talk] MAPS.ME edits - partly sub-standard

2016-08-18 Thread John F. Eldredge
I know I am replying to a two-month-old message, but the idea of restrictions on entering postal codes is baffling. At least in the USA, the Post Office encourages the use of postal codes (called Zip codes) on mail, to expedite the delivery of mail, and used to publish large reference books li