Re: [OSM-talk] id Editor auto-converts split polygons into MP relation

2020-10-30 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via talk
Oct 30, 2020, 16:33 by talk@openstreetmap.org: > A split polygon with only an outer MP is not an "area". > It is a valid multipolygon representing an area. A bit pointless multipolygon and maybe something that should be converted to version not using relation, but it is a valid tagging.  > Th

Re: [OSM-talk] id Editor auto-converts split polygons into MP relation

2020-10-30 Thread Simon Poole
Am 30.10.2020 um 16:33 schrieb Dave F: But anyway... Point slit stands: Why did iD take this authoritarian position. Already pointed this out n-times now: because it synthesizes an area object type. As has been noted other, editors don't make this assumption. Other editors don't try to

Re: [OSM-talk] id Editor auto-converts split polygons into MP relation

2020-10-30 Thread Dave F via talk
On 29/10/2020 06:41, Simon Poole wrote: Am 29.10.2020 um 00:17 schrieb Dave F: iD editor attracts a hell of a lot of "WTFs", doesn't it? I mean, even its most ardent fan must occasionally raise a Roger Moore eyebrow. bhuousel has taken the presumptive decision that the contributor's desired e

Re: [OSM-talk] FLOSS alt? | Re: reddit AMA with some OSMF Board members. 15:00Z 9 Nov

2020-10-30 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via talk
Oct 30, 2020, 14:31 by ba...@ursamundi.org: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 5:03 AM Rory McCann <> r...@technomancy.org> > wrote: > >> On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, at 10:04 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> > Rory, I am absolutely sure there was no bad intent in the choice of >> > format and platform, but

Re: [OSM-talk] FLOSS alt? | Re: reddit AMA with some OSMF Board members. 15:00Z 9 Nov

2020-10-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 5:03 AM Rory McCann wrote: > On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, at 10:04 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > Rory, I am absolutely sure there was no bad intent in the choice of > > format and platform, but given where this discussion went so fast, I > > believe the setting should be reco

Re: [OSM-talk] reddit AMA with some OSMF Board members. 15:00Z 9 Nov

2020-10-30 Thread Christoph Hormann
By quoting the board statement i did not really intend to argue with the authors of said document about the exegesis of it - that would be kind of pointless. What i want to express is that this is a good practical case study how much commitment the board members have in their practical communic

[OSM-talk] FLOSS alt? | Re: reddit AMA with some OSMF Board members. 15:00Z 9 Nov

2020-10-30 Thread Rory McCann
On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, at 10:04 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > Rory, I am absolutely sure there was no bad intent in the choice of > format and platform, but given where this discussion went so fast, I > believe the setting should be reconsidered, evaluating the possibility > of choosing an open

[OSM-talk] 1st November 2020 - Edit API unavailable during maintenance

2020-10-30 Thread Grant Slater
Hi OpenStreetMap'ers, This Sunday 1st November 2020 from 10:30am until 13:30 GMT/UTC the OpenStreetMap editing API will be read-only. We are upgrading the cluster of database servers. During the maintenance you will be unable to save map changes. Kind regards, Grant Part of the OSM sysadmin tea

Re: [OSM-talk] reddit AMA with some OSMF Board members. 15:00Z 9 Nov

2020-10-30 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2020-10-30 10:04, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: When digging slightly deeper it surfaces that people who do not want to sign up at can only read. "Ask me anything" in readonly mode? I'm sure you can send them questions via email (https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Contact) and I'm hoping th

Re: [OSM-talk] reddit AMA with some OSMF Board members. 15:00Z 9 Nov

2020-10-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am Do., 29. Okt. 2020 um 22:31 Uhr schrieb Rory McCann : > On Thu, 29 Oct 2020, at 9:30 PM, Christoph Hormann wrote: > > So i suppose you will circumnavigate any subject related to OSMF > > governance or the election and that you will not refer to what is going > > to be said there in any future d