Hi
At Z16 there is a noticeable approximation change. Mapping city roads
from it would be inaccurate especially as you can zoom into 19/20+
Cheers
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On 31/05/2014 14:14, Laurence Penney wrote:
Nice project!
Dave: It would be good to show the problem visually. If there's no
visible
Many places have those wavy seats. Another case of local authorities
completely missing the point. In the Bear Pit in Bristol they have
single seats only that all face away from each other so it's really hard
to have a conversation or share a sandwich. Ridiculous.
Dave F.
On 10/04/2014 17:57
Hi
Better by Bike are organising some OSM Mapping parties around the
Bristol area:
http://www.betterbybike.info/
If you wish to attend please let Alison Sherwin know by this WEDNESDAY.
You are invited to a mapping party
Across the region local councils are converting their cycle data into
+1 for covered
On 04/04/2014 23:31, Craig Wallace wrote:
On 2014-04-04 20:53, David Earl wrote:
On 04/04/2014 20:01, David Earl wrote:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/147456596
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/148248008
I'll post some photos of what these actually look like in a moment.
Leaflet or Openlayers can work out how
to hard code the lat/long of each node or to load a gpx file, but see no
way to retrieve the current data. What is the best/any way to do this?
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OSM ( deleting them afterwards) to clarify what you mean?
Dave F.
On 09/03/2014 22:26, Matthijs Melissen wrote:
On 9 March 2014 10:30, Richard Z. ricoz@gmail.com wrote:
for some time now I have been working
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2014-03-09 13:17 GMT+01:00 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com
mailto:dave...@madasafish.com:
it says which object is above and which below when they cross,
it is not only for rendering
I agree it does say which object is above
displayed it. Using multi-polygons is not the solution as it would take
the lake /outside/ of the park, so if the renderer didn't want to render
it's internal details (playground, wood buildings etc) it would end up
with more holes in it than Swiss cheese.
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Am 09/mar/2014 um 12:35 schrieb Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com:
This is not my understanding of the layer tag. It is a tool to help renderers place
objects on top of each other has no real world implication in differences of
height.
it has
lines or pathways intersect or
branch
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On 05/03/2014 13:01, Janko Mihelic' wrote:
2014-03-05 13:30 GMT+01:00 Christoph Hormann chris_horm...@gmx.de
mailto:chris_horm...@gmx.de:
..there are currently no thematic mapping related lists at all
so it seems somewhat odd to separate specifically
. As
I've said I've not used JOSM much or its revert tool. Is there someone
with more experience willing to do it? Feel free to name check me
(DaveF) maybe a link to this thread (is there a public, read only
version?) Changeset http://tinyurl.com/ndjzpkm
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if you glue road to a park that was previously accurately mapped.
Could you clarify what you mean by give out?
To me, it appears in the first part of your comment you're saying once
it's been mapped as shared nodes it shouldn't be improved by separating
them.
Dave
splitting the
centre of a road so different administrations were responsible for
maintaining the left the right.
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On 26/02/2014 10:27, Pieren wrote:
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:33 AM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote:
5m,10m... and there is no reason to virtualy extend them and falsify the
real world.
+1
omg. In the real world, a highway is not a thin polyline...
Yes, that why he's saying
On 26/02/2014 11:16, Maarten Deen wrote:
On 2014-02-26 11:42, Dave F. wrote:
I'm not convinced this is usually true. It maybe UK specific, but
municipal boundaries were more likely to originally be placed on
physical boundaries to farms estates such as walls, fences etc.
before tracks/roads
On 26/02/2014 18:34, moltonel 3x Combo wrote:
On 26/02/2014, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote:
On 26/02/2014 10:27, Pieren wrote:
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:33 AM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us
Think that, in some parts of the world, you don't have high res.
images and you cannot
On 26/02/2014 18:42, moltonel 3x Combo wrote:
On 26/02/2014, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote:
On 26/02/2014 11:16, Maarten Deen wrote:
On 2014-02-26 11:42, Dave F. wrote:
It would be pretty silly to have a municiple boundary splitting the
centre of a road so different administrations
backwards. My edits are based on visual survey
(bike ride) backed up with Bing imagery.
If someone could please revert this changeset I'd much appreciate it. I
would do it myself I'm not conversant with JOSM it's reversal tool - I
don't wish to make matters worse.
Thanks
Dave F.
On 20/02
On 20/02/2014 22:40, Frederik Ramm wrote:
Hi,
On 20.02.2014 23:04, Dave F. wrote:
There's a general consensus that attaching polygons to ways that
represent roads was a bad idea.
Not really.
There is not a consensus but a ceasefire. Everyone is free to map this
as they like, and to change
FYI
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83157src=eoa-iotd
On 06/02/2014 00:24, Dave F. wrote:
Hi
About a week ago user Jestr88 added large areas tagged natural=water;
name=flooding. to indicate the flooded areas on the Somerset levels.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way
upon. I think they should be removed
or am I missing something?
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it's much more helpful than the current one. Would its
stability be increased by running it on the OSM servers?
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take criticism or so arrogant as to believe they are above it (There was
one user who's arrogance led him to believe he was entitled to tell
users to close down their twitter accounts!). My criticisms were
explained, justified on topic (to his post), not ad-hominem.
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Then accurately mapping individual tool booths makes it clear that there
are multiple booths to choose from. See also original post.
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So it's certainly true for some establishments.
Where does it say anything about *approval* being given before opening?
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indicate which booths are open what vehicles you can take through them
(many have HGV only booths).
One thing I think is incorrect is the 130k speed limit. It's a bit hard
to throw your euros into the bucket at that speed.
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OSM data.
If you mean a mass import then I don't think this is a good idea for
many reasons stated in many previous posts. Use the data piecemeal, but
only if you can be certain the data is correct.
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which can change as hygiene inspections are always ongoing.
How's best to go about this? Is there a tag already in use that I can't
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about. Which would be better for web page design/rendering?
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so concerned about this instance. Nothing in OSM is completely accurate.
If you know ways to improve the data, do so.
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My local Supermarket:
http://overpass.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/51.38116/-2.36842
If you click on it it display other objects (Bus Stop Road) before the
Supermarket. Is this expected behaviour?, if so, why?
On 26/08/2013 17:23, Roland Olbricht wrote:
Dear all,
the Popup
Hi
With the desire to make ID the default editor I've tried using it to see
if it's up to P2's functionality. Sadly it keeps crashing almost
instantly just from panning/zooming around. It crashes Firefox (23.01)
completely displays a Mozilla crash report, the (intricate) details of
which
, primarily because I was
unable to. Sometimes it wouldn't load an entities (the background image
repeatedly flashed) other times crashed as soon as I tried to pan.
(Firefox 22, I think). Is this editor stable enough?
Also is the implementation of relation editing as complete as P2?
Dave F
for that tip. Although it would be so much easier if it hadn't
been remove from the list.
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login, or use OpenID. I presume any edits done under these wont appear
under my user name for the main web page login. Is there a way for these
test pages to use my original login details?
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long, who
has the time patience or bandwidth to wade through that? #real_world
I've just listened to the first three minutes of it. A classic example
of why programmers shouldn't present/explain/write help files for their
own programs. Again #real_world.
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to point out his failings.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ad-hominem
You appear to believe that as he has emotions, he is above criticism.
Strange.
Dave F.
On 21/07/2013 01:42, Tom MacWright wrote:
Hi Dave,
Please be civil, we're all trying our best to be nice and make
progress here. It's
or anyone to point out a person's failings.
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mailto:dave...@madasafish.com wrote:
Hello Tom
I reject mildly resent your criticism that I made an ad hominem
attack. I know nothing personally of this man. My criticisms
Hi
Does anybody use the +/- zoom controls? I thought it was all mouse
wheels/pad gestures finger gestures to zoom in out.
Are they needed any more?
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Toby
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mailto:dave...@madasafish.com wrote:
Hi
Does anybody use the +/- zoom controls? I thought it was all mouse
wheels/pad gestures finger gestures to zoom in out.
Are they needed any more?
Dave
On 05/06/2013 22:08, Dane Springmeyer wrote:
I'm pleased to announce that Mapnik 2.2.0 is ready.6
I've scanned through the lists. They appear to be based more on the
programming side. What improvements will the end user notice?
Cheers
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again, that we are all volunteers,
all putting in time effort for the good of the project.
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interesting, but it's a pity that really a lot of them seem to be
mapped by import rather than OSM mappers.
OK, so anyone know if this Cameroon area is actually imported? It seems
surprising for them to have done a survey of every tree.
Dave
to work at the
moment, but if fixed will be an excellent resource. Are you the
developer? Is it currently being developed? I have some
queries/suggestions/bugs. Should I post them here?
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Bing imagery to confirm where I went add details I couldn't fully see
like hedges etc. I then use the internet to search for names of shops
places that I forgot. All different sources within one changeset edit.
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thoughts about that?
I use Google daily to map in OSM. I search their database for names
websites of schools, restaurants etc. Nothing wrong in that. I don't tag
the source as google, but others might.
IMO Source should be on the object, not on the changeset.
Dave F
you have a link to your home town edits? Are you saying your
amendments have only just started to render in mapquest? In my city (UK)
it's displaying data I added yesterday.
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On 15/05/2013 16:19, pec...@gmail.com wrote:
2) and why it isn't properly attributed
It's also listed under LegalAttributions at the bottom of the side
panel to the left.
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On 15/05/2013 21:41, Dave F. wrote:
On 15/05/2013 21:25, Dave F. wrote:
On 15/05/2013 16:19, pec...@gmail.com wrote:
2) and why it isn't properly attributed
It's also listed under LegalAttributions at the bottom of the side
panel to the left.
Apologies, I miss read your post. I thought
inconvenience to strong arm/embarrass the likes of
Mozilla into making changes is not the way to design software. This
should have been sorted out in Beta, or, as it appears to be a well
known problem - Alpha.
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unstitch a line segment by segment? In P2 it's done by
selecting the end node pressing the Delete key. If I do this in ID a
segment is deleted but then I appear to have to select the line again
then the endpoint.
In a similar vein how can I add a segment to an existing line?
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a
spelling seems OTT, especially as Potlatch appears quite bandwidth heavy
flash is not very stable at the moment.
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Is it acceptable from a copyright point of view to check their website
that shops are part of the chain and aren’t just something with a similar
name?
Seeing it's encouraged to add websites tags to shops etc. I can't really
see any problem.
Dave F
. Previously It would display one or
the other. At lower resolutions it only display the infill eg, cemetery,
but at the higher res the barriers would take over. Unfortunately the
mkgmap program for Garmin maps still has this problem.
Cheers
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, considerate mapping with the problem I
described above being the approximation.
General point: Please don't attach place tags onto other way/polygon
objects. They often get deleted when the ways are unpicked then re-added.
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fairly seamlessly, is there any objection why it can't be rolled out
nationally?
Would updating code be hard to write? Half of it must have been written
for the initial import.
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On 18/04/2013 12:52, Shaun McDonald wrote:
Updates are a lot harder to do as you have to deal with differences
When you say differences, do you mean within the tags? Does it need to
do that, could it not do a simpler find replace?
Dave F
On 16/04/2013 16:50, colliar wrote:
You can always download it in JOSM and convert it to GPX.
Just my 2 cents
colliar
That does the job. Thanks.
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I've found this site - http://osmrm.openstreetmap.de/index.jsp which
will allows me to download a route relation in GPX format, but it splits
the route into segments only get them one at a time. Is there a way to
get the route in one go?
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.
True. The Click segment on the News channel is almost too embarrassing
to watch due to the fawning.
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On 11/04/2013 08:12, Andy Mabbett wrote:
No mention of OSM in this piece:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22099960
A couple of quotes from Chris has now been added, however it still
disappointing it reads like an advert even an instruction manual.
Dave F
Thanks to Ed John. I really like the white lines pitch markings.
Dave F.
On 11/04/2013 02:38, John Baker wrote:
The French OSM site has worldwide mapnik rendering of golf courses and
nifty sports pitches mapped too.
http://tile.openstreetmap.fr/?zoom=16lat=48.72648lon=2.60806layers
then click Run.
BTW, are there any renderings that show golf course details like tees,
bunkers, greens etc? It's a shame mapnik doesn't.
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What do you think is wrong with them?
They're visible in mapnik, most ways haven't been edited since
January. There does appear to be a bit of pointless overuse of
multipolygons to represent riverbanks, but nothing that makes them
'missing'.
Dave F
seemed to be
missing in both cases.
No, they're in the multipolygon.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multipolygon
Dave F.
Other lakes in the Lake District all ok.
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with more experience sort it out.
Brilliant. As that's the case, doesn't it stand to reason you should:
a) Learn about the subject?
B) Check your own software first?
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beginner knows they can contribute:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide.
Am I going blind there is such a page?
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On 11/02/2013 12:59, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
Hi,
Alongside Freemap (free-map.org.uk)
I can't see Bath or Bristol. Is it just me or is there a specific reason?
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of way then it shouldn't have a highway tag.
As Chris Hill suggests contact your L.A. I've done it a few times they
did act on it, but only after a bit of difficulty explaining their own
path reference numbers to them.
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On 09/01/2013 15:05, Derick Rethans wrote:
You can't add the same tag more than once to a way/node.
No, but you can add multiple values, semicolon delineated. I'm not
advocating it in this case.
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It's clearly preposterous that both Jose Fredy's think their edits
have been copied to Google.
@Fredy - Is there really a locality called Granates when there is an
existing 'Granales' right next to it?
Dave F.
On 05/01/2013 16:34, Fredy Rivera wrote:
In Colombia abused google, copy your
Forwarding to newbies.
On 03/01/2013 11:11, Frederik Ramm wrote:
Hi,
once in a while I encounter mappers who don't understand what
changeset comments are good for and why they should use them. I was
kind of tired of repeating the same things over and over so I wrote up
a wiki page here:
for checking edits.
Dave F.
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rendering at zoom 16:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/35032990
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On 06/01/2013 15:01, Lennard wrote:
On 6-1-2013 15:51, Dave F. wrote:
On a related topic; if a field has a barrier tag it changes colour
rendering at zoom 16:
That's because having a landuse on it as well pushes it into the
polygon table. It's subsequently rendered as a barrier area, ie
it's easy
to distinguish.
These issues will probably be solved automatically with a new area
type for osm objects. cheers, Martin
I think it's a 'new' way of rendering that will be the solution.
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I understand what why you're saying this, Nathan, but remember these
images are all, relatively, out of date. I would rather that gaps were
left to be filled with what's is actually on the ground rather than what
was there a few years ago.
I take pride that my city has newest buildings
alternative is beyond me. I came to the conclusion some people like to
cut their noses to spite their faces, Or should I say other people's
faces put a spanner in the works.
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I've just looked it up in OSM notice there is already a Relation for
this route. This is the only place that should have the name=Monsal
Trail. It should be removed from any ways that have it tagged as such.
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be as they're more
political dogma designed to appease the broad-sheets than actual go
ahead, JCB mud clearing.
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http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a11-fiveways-to-thetford-impr
ovement/
Great. Then tag the fencing, access tracks construction site. They're
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No. We should be mapping physical objects...
There are plenty of non-physical objects mapped in OSM
As primary tags?
Dave F
be mapping physical objects. Any proposed projects should
be overlayed from an external database onto a custom render. I believe
the likes of Peter Miller will have a lot of reverting to do if they add
these schemes.
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I may have missed this, but is it possible to display OS boundary data
as background images in Potlatch or JOSM?
Or are users importing chunks of it directly into the database?
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Still can't work out the imagery in JOSM. either.
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that's irrelevant to OS data. They've never been accurate. The
current maps in my area show boundary data that, from personal
knowledge, is a least forty years old, though I suspect even older.
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On 21/10/2012 21:59, Paul Norman wrote:
The following are the changeset tags used at least 100 times as of a couple
weeks ago
Which editor is using create_by instead of created_by?
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