Re: [OSM-talk] Paper/Article about stagnation in OSM

2018-08-04 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 4. Aug 2018, at 13:00, mmd wrote: > > Contrary to common belief, there isn't such a thing as a dedicated > "Area" object type (yet) There are multipoligon relations, which are clearly areas by definition, and there is the area key, if set on a way, it is unambiguously

Re: [OSM-talk] Primary Elements (was: Paper/Article about stagnation in OSM)

2018-08-04 Thread Dave F
On 04/08/2018 12:00, mmd wrote: API 0.5 (about 11 years ago) introduced a new object type in the OSM data model called "relations". Contrary to common belief, there isn't such a thing as a dedicated "Area" object type (yet). For some people this is the main reason why OSM is stagnating and doome

Re: [OSM-talk] Paper/Article about stagnation in OSM

2018-08-04 Thread Dave F
Hi I didn't read this article. I went out & mapped instead. DaveF On 31/07/2018 22:49, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, I don't necessarily agree with all that's been written but I found http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053951718790591 an interesting read: "The social construction of techno

Re: [OSM-talk] Paper/Article about stagnation in OSM

2018-08-04 Thread mmd
On 08/01/18 01:08, john whelan wrote: > The report has lots of long words but doesn't seem to grasp basic > concepts well. > > OpenStreetMap to me has two primitives, nodes and ways.  These can and > are combined to create areas.  They have tags attached. > > I honestly can't see any need for mor

Re: [OSM-talk] Paper/Article about stagnation in OSM

2018-08-04 Thread Oleksiy Muzalyev
Yes, I agree, - Share/Short Link is a great feature. I assume it is kind of an implementation of Geohash [1]. Both the Geohash and the 3-Words transmit just a location, the same as coordinates. 3-Words could be at least in Cyrillic letters. If I point just to a location of an apartment or an o

Re: [OSM-talk] Paper/Article about stagnation in OSM

2018-08-04 Thread Komяpa
> Then when we call in browser something like: osm.org/?address=hj3u878s This is already on website and available at "share - short link": https://osm.org/go/0lrHA3xsZ -- Darafei Praliaskouski Support me: http://patreon.com/komzpa ___ talk mailing l