Re: [OSM-talk] Temporary Items, overlays, changes

2009-01-08 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Hendrik T. Voelker wrote: > So we have to come up with a way to contain alternating versions with time or > other kind of restrictions. This would also allow construction sites to be > mapped. ---8<--- ---8<--- from and till

[OSM-talk] Temporary Items, overlays, changes

2009-01-07 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Hi guys. Peter Miller wrote: > This raises the whole question around temporary maps - ie for 50 weeks of > the year this is empty desert and for 2 weeks it looks like this. > Another example is Glastonbury Festival which for 50 weeks looks like > a farm and for 2 weeks is the second largest

Re: [OSM-talk] Disable Potlatch finally.

2008-12-16 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Hiya Gerd. Gert Gremmen wrote: > "Well, if you have an alternative online solution to share with us I'm > sure you will find plenty of willing testers." > > In other words: > If you do not code: shutup !! That is a gross misinterpretation I think. And some short sighted assuptions from others.

Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Skywave wrote: > I have been using myself the operator=tag for this kind of stuff. Any > opinion if brand= is more suitable than operator+. Even though the differentiation might be a thin line, but they are two different things. Just consider franchise concepts The operator of a patrol station i

Re: [OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

2008-09-30 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Guys, after we now had a longer discussion I guess several things are clear: We agree that as a first step a code of conduct concerning mass changes is a very good idea and maybe Frederik can draft one and add it to the wiki as a proposal. Following that most agree that a code of conduct

Re: [OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

2008-09-29 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Nick Barnes wrote: > 'Hamm Strasse' - see link above). One of the guys there commented that > after he spent some time mapping an area called 'Batley Carr', some > numbskull thought it would be a good idea to correct all the > misspellings of 'car' and changed every single reference. First of all

Re: [OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

2008-09-29 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Gert Gremmen wrote: > I want to insist however, on the > website form approach, to oblige > fast-thinking fast-acting "bot writers" to > express at least what they intend to do somewhere. Yes, sure. But not for every run of the bot. And you can add a description to the One could go as far as s

Re: [OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

2008-09-29 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Philip Homburg wrote: > There is not much you can do if someone just rents a botnet and then pollutes > then database. Do backups. Regularly. ;))) Cheers Hendrik ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tal

Re: [OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

2008-09-29 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Gert Gremmen wrote: > The serverscript (see below) could create a web page with the > temporary accountname as a URL, summarizing all the submitted data, > for consulting by anyone finding a questionable dataelement. Guys, think about one of the most fundamental design principles for robust cod

Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands -> proposal draft

2008-09-18 Thread Hendrik T Voelker
Am 18.09.2008 um 00:40 Uhr schrieb Cartinus: > > > seem to use k='type' v='something' to indicate what kind of relation it > > > is. > > Nonetheless I think that it's redundant, as the existence of a group tag > > should make it clear that this is a group :) Streets, houses, what ever do > > The

Re: [OSM-talk] trace from a kml ?

2008-09-16 Thread Hendrik T Voelker
Am 16.09.2008 um 22:46 Uhr schrieb leblatt: > But if I try to convert from kml to gpx with GPSBabel, I get a > "trackfilter-init: Found track point without time!" error, and no conversion > occurs. Well, maybe it would be enough to add timestamps to the KML file (by hand/script) and then try to c

Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands -> proposal draft

2008-09-16 Thread Hendrik T Voelker
Am 16.09.2008 um 22:30 Uhr schrieb Erik Lundin: > All established relations > seem to use k='type' v='something' to indicate what kind of relation it > is. Yes, I have seen that. Because of that I had include the question. Nonetheless I think that it's redundant, as the existence of a group tag

Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands -> proposal draft

2008-09-15 Thread Hendrik T Voelker
Am 13.09.2008 um 19:17 Uhr schrieb Hendrik T Voelker: > just a short question: > > How do I describe a group of islands, like e.g. the Ertenholmen (consists of > about 13 islands, islets, and archipelago in the Baltic Sea. > > I would expect to use the relation for that