Re: [OSM-talk] RR8 - Possible International Vandal

2009-09-02 Thread Lester Caine
it is time simply to revert them all? Especially if he is unwilling to defend his actions? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers

Re: [OSM-talk] RR8 - Possible International Vandal (assistance required in various countries)

2009-09-02 Thread Lester Caine
Jennifer Campbell wrote: Tom Hughes wrote: On 01/09/09 16:23, Lester Caine wrote: Richard Fairhurst wrote: Which would suggest that the changeset for this needs reversing, although http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A816 does hint at the fact that it has been 'de

Re: [OSM-talk] RR8 - Possible International Vandal (assistance required in various countries)

2009-09-01 Thread Lester Caine
levels on OSM. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http

Re: [OSM-talk] RR8 - Possible International Vandal (assistance required in various countries)

2009-09-01 Thread Lester Caine
Tom Hughes wrote: On 01/09/09 09:16, Lester Caine wrote: 2326103 declassifies the A816 from a trunk route to a primary route which CURRENTLY is probably correct ... except - I think that it would be useful to designate http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk as a cross reference for the trunk

Re: [OSM-talk] RR8 - Possible International Vandal (assistance required in various countries)

2009-09-01 Thread Lester Caine
/144953 Which would suggest that the changeset for this needs reversing, although http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A816 does hint at the fact that it has been 'de-truncked' and that only some green signs remain? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http

Re: [OSM-talk] RR8 - Possible International Vandal (assistance required in various countries)

2009-09-01 Thread Lester Caine
Tom Hughes wrote: On 01/09/09 16:23, Lester Caine wrote: Richard Fairhurst wrote: Tom Hughes wrote: Unless something has changed in the last few years them at least some parts of the A816 are trunk (in the OSM sense of being primary A roads with green signs). Indeed: http

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] Deprecating the use of Tag:highway=stop in favour of Key:stop

2009-08-25 Thread Lester Caine
has extra data, or perhaps that some other relation is involved? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] Deprecating the use of Tag:highway=stop in favour of Key:stop

2009-08-24 Thread Lester Caine
one physically stops short of the actual intersection anyway. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - miniature railway

2009-08-16 Thread Lester Caine
narrow gauge which tend to be 'full size' -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird

Re: [OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

2009-08-15 Thread Lester Caine
;) bicycle=secondary is probably more accurate in a number of instances. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop

Re: [OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

2009-08-11 Thread Lester Caine
' to discuss the macro/micro mapping differences required, but at the end of the day, the sub tagging relating to 'pedestrian' details should be consistent. cycleway details should then naturally layer into what ever structure is agreed? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact

Re: [OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

2009-08-10 Thread Lester Caine
separate waterway and indicate their tow-paths, but these really form part of the footpath grid rather than the canal network. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

2009-08-10 Thread Lester Caine
this sort of fine detail it has to be done as a separate object. Breaking up a simply way every time the footpath detail changes, and then trying to combine that with additional ways where they fall a bit further way from the road is what needs to be avoided? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] sidewalks

2009-08-08 Thread Lester Caine
of would also benefit from 'elevation' information, in providing additional information ( the footpath routes have stairs for long distances! ) 'foot=not recommended' is the best description, and the wheelchair/pram rule certainly closes many roads to pedestrian routing. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] can search engines index osm data?

2009-08-08 Thread Lester Caine
then a search engine will provide a link to that page, it will not provide the link directly since there will probably be no text matching the search? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] can search engines index osm data?

2009-08-08 Thread Lester Caine
David Earl wrote: Lester Caine wrote: maning sambale wrote: For example, I search a POI in G and it points me to an OSM node. The simple answer has to be no. But the complicated answer is yes: in that I am working on the namefinder index to make it available through URLs (and a set

Re: [OSM-talk] can search engines index osm data?

2009-08-08 Thread Lester Caine
David Earl wrote: Lester Caine wrote: David Earl wrote: Lester Caine wrote: maning sambale wrote: For example, I search a POI in G and it points me to an OSM node. The simple answer has to be no. But the complicated answer is yes: in that I am working on the namefinder index to make

Re: [OSM-talk] sidewalks

2009-08-08 Thread Lester Caine
just seems totally out of place . ? There is only one roadway ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop

Re: [OSM-talk] residential and unclassified in Australia WAS definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-06 Thread Lester Caine
the designation of 'green belt' within an urban area probably adds a level of uncertainty :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital

Re: [OSM-talk] landuse for hotels

2009-08-06 Thread Lester Caine
has a sortable list. All land in the UK is already classified under this scheme and from what I've seen, something similar is evolving in Europe? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [OSM-talk] residential and unclassified in Australia WAS definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-06 Thread Lester Caine
, and these can be urban or rural :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http

Re: [OSM-talk] residential and unclassified in Australia WAS definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-06 Thread Lester Caine
Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2009/8/6 Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk: If there are countries where the road classification system identifies tertiary roads distinctly then fair enough, but most of the residential and service roads in the UK are probably tertiary rather than unclassified, which

Re: [OSM-talk] definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread Lester Caine
John Smith wrote: --- On Wed, 5/8/09, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: 'Urban' areas should on the whole be covered by 'residential' or 'service' in between the 4 main vehicle route tags. Although personally I'd prefer that motorway service roads were not grouped with 'industrial

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Lester Caine
4WD vehicles are appearing nowadays, but it's not always clear what they are actually capable off. So 4WD_Only is not really the correct terminology and does not clearly identify the problem? IS it ground clearance, deep fords, mud or poor traction conditions ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-04 Thread Lester Caine
could well make a case for a 'way' having a 'highway', 'cycleway' and 'footway' tag if appropriate, so American motorways that have cycle access would simply add a 'cycleway' tag with separate linking ways if appropriate? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Google StreetView From Bikes

2009-07-31 Thread Lester Caine
John Smith wrote: --- On Fri, 31/7/09, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: But the point I was trying to make was more that of 'We get stopped and told we have to ask permission' while Goggle stick two fingers up and just carry on regardless. It is about time there was a level playing

Re: [OSM-talk] Google StreetView From Bikes

2009-07-30 Thread Lester Caine
a picture then it's a violation of privacy, but if Google do it is a 'public service' - usual sod the law arrogance :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Google StreetView From Bikes

2009-07-30 Thread Lester Caine
if you want' is just arrogance that should not be condoned. Just like their copying of books without actually getting permission from the copyright owner! Le 30 juil. 09 à 12:04, Lester Caine a écrit : OJ W wrote: Maybe the big tricycle is needed to lift the cameras up above the traffic

Re: [OSM-talk] Google StreetView From Bikes

2009-07-30 Thread Lester Caine
at a problem to make it go away should not be acceptable :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] Lake Cowichan Now loaded (more of sample 092c area)

2009-06-17 Thread Lester Caine
in the place table would show which areas the relevent source covers? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http

Re: [OSM-talk] New Proposed Feature: Tagging the age and duration of existence of features

2009-05-25 Thread Lester Caine
:( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php

Re: [OSM-talk] New Proposed Feature: Tagging the age and duration of existence of features

2009-05-22 Thread Lester Caine
data from transitory data ? ) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http

Re: [OSM-talk] zones for motorway/in town/outof town?

2009-05-21 Thread Lester Caine
we not simply apply that speed without adding another layer of complexity? A default of the speed of a previous road section should be all that is needed where a maxspeed is not defined rather than THEN having to go to check some higher level rule. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] zones for motorway/in town/outof town?

2009-05-21 Thread Lester Caine
properly? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org

Re: [OSM-talk] zones for motorway/in town/outof town?

2009-05-21 Thread Lester Caine
Guenther Meyer wrote: Am Thursday 21 May 2009 schrieb Lester Caine: Guenther Meyer wrote: So while discussing HOW the default speed for roads are calculated is important, can we not simply apply that speed without adding another layer of complexity? I wouldn't do that, because it's a derived

Re: [OSM-talk] zones for motorway/in town/outof town?

2009-05-21 Thread Lester Caine
Guenther Meyer wrote: Am Thursday 21 May 2009 schrieb Lester Caine: ALL roads have a defined maximum speed limit ... is this just a matter of 'conversion to english'? The fact that a road does not have a specific sign is not something that maxspeed is concerned with? At least in my reading

Re: [OSM-talk] Highways tagging vs Polygon

2009-05-21 Thread Lester Caine
relating to the road type, which MAY have a country related element to them as again listed on the relevent wiki page ( Links were posted earlier ) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] xybot

2009-04-10 Thread Lester Caine
that for unmanaged areas. So perhaps we just need to CORRECT the land use page to include unmanaged woodland in some way? Having a mixture of 'natural' AND 'landuse' seems to be the basic problem so none of the proposed fixes is correct! These areas ARE landuse=wood -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] xybot

2009-04-10 Thread Lester Caine
Florian Lohoff wrote: On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:31:46AM +0100, Lester Caine wrote: It is correct to discuss. There SHOULD be a landuse tag for every area as far as I am concerned, and since landuse=forest is for managed wooded areas, it is incorrect to use that for unmanaged areas. So

Re: [OSM-talk] tag landuse=industrial further defining

2009-03-25 Thread Lester Caine
tagging industrial=auto_wrecker would be better? landuse should be a primary key - so people who do not need the fine detail can still render properly. In the UK, a 'breakers yard' or 'scrap yard' would be an amenity - amenity=recycling:cars may be more politically correct ;) -- Lester Caine

[OSM-talk] Alternatives to wikipedia?

2009-03-18 Thread Lester Caine
returning to a nice hierarchic front end for osm, which nowadays is probably just a different view on the place search? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] [Spam] Re: Alternatives to wikipedia?

2009-03-18 Thread Lester Caine
Peter Miller wrote: 2009/3/18 Russ Nelson r...@cloudmade.com mailto:r...@cloudmade.com On Mar 18, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Lester Caine wrote: While the effort being put into links WITH wikipedia are to be applauded, many of us are no longer contributing to wikipedia

Re: [OSM-talk] Alternatives to wikipedia?

2009-03-18 Thread Lester Caine
:( But the world Fact Book should be the only reference needed for that nowadays. Shaun On 18 Mar 2009, at 08:53, Lester Caine wrote: While the effort being put into links WITH wikipedia are to be applauded, many of us are no longer contributing to wikipedia because of their propensity to kill

Re: [OSM-talk] Alternatives to wikipedia?

2009-03-18 Thread Lester Caine
pages I've been tracking have have any of the censorship crap on them ;) I'd had to drop links to wikipedia because of their treatment of model railway attractions ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic

Re: [OSM-talk] Alternatives to wikipedia?

2009-03-18 Thread Lester Caine
Tim 'avatar' Bartel wrote: Hi, 2009/3/18 Russ Nelson r...@cloudmade.com: On Mar 18, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Lester Caine wrote: On a number of occasions in the past I have linked to articles only later to find the 'censors' message at the end of a link :( and I know we have had this discussion

Re: [OSM-talk] News blog link - to blogs.openstreetmap.org?

2009-02-16 Thread Lester Caine
nature of OSM and creating an international 'feel' to replace the 'UK project' comments such as we saw recently in the Canadian press is a must? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [OSM-talk] How to integrate a roundabout into a relation

2009-01-31 Thread Lester Caine
? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging for general household shop

2009-01-19 Thread Lester Caine
Mike Harris wrote: Thanks - now I get the difference - my mistake. What we sometimes call an Aladdin's Cave - but I guess 'household' is a more generally understood tag (:) ... Aunt Wainwrights .. perhaps ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Edit war on the wiki map features

2008-12-01 Thread Lester Caine
of extra tags that are only used for those mapping excercises? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop

Re: [OSM-talk] Rendering barangays for the Philippines

2008-11-26 Thread Lester Caine
not one of them, but why should snow maps be any different to cycling or 'in-line skating' ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model

Re: [OSM-talk] [Legal-general] Ordnance Survey tries to reinforce its stranglehold over derived geographic data in the UK

2008-11-21 Thread Lester Caine
licence has been removed but it certainly stops me from even downloading it ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-08 Thread Lester Caine
Andy Allan wrote: On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Lester Caine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The purpose of the service road is to service an industrial area - therefore it is not simply unclassified. Unclassified is only appropriate - in my opinion - when the road has no identified other use

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Lester Caine
where the purpose of the road is known, but perhaps THAT is what needs to be defined as a tagging guideline? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Lester Caine
Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Lester Caine wrote: Sent: 07 November 2008 11:47 AM To: OSM Talk Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads David Earl wrote: On 07/11/2008 11:31, Christoph Boehme wrote: Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I added some streets recently

Re: [OSM-talk] pub vs café

2008-10-19 Thread Lester Caine
if joining another resident of the hotel ( or they have money burning holes in their pockets ;) ). This is another 'rule' that has been eroded over time, but is probably one that would be subconsciously used if looking on a map for somewhere to eat? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Asus eee and OpenStreetMap

2008-10-19 Thread Lester Caine
the same for debian/ubuntu? Do I need to change something for debian/ubuntu howto? Probably worth adding that to the osm wiki as well. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] Motorways and Motorway_link

2008-10-04 Thread Lester Caine
problems in the past which is one reason - as I indicated earlier - most of the approaches around here now have central divides in place, so form two carriageways even if it is one road surface? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page

Re: [OSM-talk] Motorways and Motorway_link

2008-10-03 Thread Lester Caine
roads that is simply not at the 'start' of the road. At some point, if correct speed indication is to be provided for route planning, then the position of the actual start point is as important as placing a change of speed limit at the correct point? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] - RFC - Motorway_link implies oneway=??

2008-10-02 Thread Lester Caine
way would not be flagged as 'motorway' but no doubt parallels in other countries are not quite so clear cut? Perhaps the OSM definition of motorway should include the restriction of a single direction carriageway and move anything else to 'trunk'? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] - RFC - Motorway_link implies oneway=??

2008-10-02 Thread Lester Caine
: most motorway_links around here a bidirectional, except the small parts where they enter and exit the motorway. Then only the small parts that are the actual link should be tagged as motorway_links ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] - RFC - Motorway_link implies oneway=??

2008-10-02 Thread Lester Caine
- if the motorway rules apply to the L2 section as well then it has to be flagged as a motorway_link :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Motorways and Motorway_link

2008-10-02 Thread Lester Caine
not be actually at the end of the link - I've seen traffic cops with speed guns on a couple of roads that merge into the motorway ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposed feature for noname

2008-09-22 Thread Lester Caine
a name=xx tag. No name tag = no name. I doubt that every trackway has a name so why ADD thousands of noname=yes when simply not providing a name tag does the same thing. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposed feature for noname

2008-09-22 Thread Lester Caine
Frederik Ramm wrote: Lester Caine wrote: Am I missing something here, or is the editing interface now CREATING a new problem? If something does not have a name why would you ADD a name=xx tag. No name tag = no name. I doubt that every trackway has a name so why ADD thousands of noname=yes

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposed feature for noname

2008-09-22 Thread Lester Caine
Elena of Valhalla wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Lester Caine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] There was a suggestion for name=__NONAME__ but that is also wrong - what is needed is a SIMPLE name=__TODO__ where there is an item that we know HAS a name but we do not know what

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposed feature for noname

2008-09-22 Thread Lester Caine
and therefore require an additional tag to flag them as really having no name. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap routing service

2008-09-06 Thread Lester Caine
;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php

Re: [OSM-talk] ferry route speed

2008-09-04 Thread Lester Caine
page ;) Could probably even make money from it :) Train times would also fit well into that approach, as well as other 'timetabled' events? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenRouteService now supports UK and Ireland

2008-09-02 Thread Lester Caine
Pascal Neis wrote: hi, all services of openrouteservice.org now also available for UK and Ireland. have fun! cheers pascal http://openrouteservice.org/ What am I not doing? It keeps telling me that England is outside the area it covers :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] How do you respond to talk posts so that that they fit correctly into the thread structure in talk archive?

2008-08-29 Thread Lester Caine
. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php

Re: [OSM-talk] post by mistake

2008-07-28 Thread Lester Caine
' in software has been avoided to far, but if other 'politically sensitive' areas need help - that may need reviewing again? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] suggestion for SOTM09

2008-07-18 Thread Lester Caine
is evolving nicely with OSM :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Great SOTM08 so thinking ahead ...

2008-07-15 Thread Lester Caine
80n wrote: The coastline looks ok from here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=27.987lon=-15.521zoom=10layers=0B0FTF http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=27.987lon=-15.521zoom=10layers=0B0FTF Toggle to mapnik But keep your feet up ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Graves?

2008-06-24 Thread Lester Caine
OSM references to a list of graves sounds more practical? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Map Maker

2008-06-24 Thread Lester Caine
-- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org

Re: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands

2008-06-02 Thread Lester Caine
boundaries ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http

Re: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands

2008-05-30 Thread Lester Caine
THAT should be level 2 for Europe with countries at level 3. I don't think that the level structure was eve actually agreed - and now it's biting back? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services

Re: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands

2008-05-30 Thread Lester Caine
Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: El Viernes, 30 de Mayo de 2008, Lester Caine escribió: Personally I've been viewing admin_level=0 as the world. Yeah, say that again when extraterrestrials invade us :-P we can always have -ve number ;) admin_level=1 should equal the continents I'm against

Re: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands

2008-05-30 Thread Lester Caine
Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Lester Caine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not bothered that these levels are numbers, it is just that the CURRENT numbers do not allow for ALL of the levels as THIS list suggests. I still think there is a place for continents

Re: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands

2008-05-29 Thread Lester Caine
etc for the boundaries, rather than a numeric value. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:boundary Is basically wrong - UK boundary should be admin_level=2 admin_level=3 should be used for the separate England/ Scotland/ Wales boundaries :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Overlapping Ways - Embrace or Avoid?

2008-05-18 Thread Lester Caine
and areas is the cause of an unnecessary problem and that the node data for them should be integral to each object. However I can see the arguments either way. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-17 Thread Lester Caine
only if approved. This is in essence how the nlpg database works, each council has it's own local copy, and agreed data is replicated to the national copy. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Bridge proposal

2008-05-15 Thread Lester Caine
from routes, but also do not replace the basic elements such as 'railway and footway' that form part of the bridge. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Bridge proposal

2008-05-14 Thread Lester Caine
;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://home.lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http

Re: [OSM-talk] difference between waterway=canal and waterway=drain

2008-05-14 Thread Lester Caine
. Almost no-one here would call any kind of waterway a drain. Definitely clarify that on the Wiki. In the US am I right in thinking that storm water drains may only have actual water in them under flood conditions. From what I remember of car chases in films ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Local councils

2008-05-14 Thread Lester Caine
councils ... A hint on where you are based would help us identify which councils have already been covered ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://home.lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] tagging and rendering

2008-05-13 Thread Lester Caine
- if required? But a compact - language agnostic - format would improve performance in a number of areas? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://home.lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] Developers requested to help providecompleteness tools

2008-05-13 Thread Lester Caine
to fix a problem themselves ) to report problems? While a 'This looks OK' sounds a good idea - it only looks OK for what the user is looking for. But a 'So and so is missing' would at least provide prompts to help fill in the gaps. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact

Re: [OSM-talk] Users whose contributions are in the public domain

2008-05-05 Thread Lester Caine
where a lot of the users do not have English as a first language! It often produces unnecessary discussions EXPLAINING the 'nuances' so many internationally spread lists do tend to clamp down on it ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] The future of Potlatch

2008-05-03 Thread Lester Caine
of C++ applications and now increasingly PHP. So any extensions I come up with ( such as NLPG data interface ) will be in PHP :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://home.lsces.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] Bus Stops

2008-04-24 Thread Lester Caine
the necessary structure yet to be useful here? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://home.lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Bus Stops

2008-04-24 Thread Lester Caine
make senses especially with discussions on including details like 'platform' and access to those from footpaths on the railway information. Trams are just less protected railway lines, and a complete map of their tracks with the correct related platforms and stops makes sense? -- Lester Caine

Re: [OSM-talk] Bus Stops

2008-04-24 Thread Lester Caine
movements. All we need is a list of 'stops' be they bus,tram,train or boat, and then you have the route. We could manually create a full timetable from the 'schedule' in a couple of hours - given the right basic tools ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Bus Stops

2008-04-24 Thread Lester Caine
Ben Laenen wrote: On Thursday 24 April 2008, Lester Caine wrote: It is the same problem where the tram way and the road share the same way, but isn't it more normal to find that there is a way for the tram track in the same way as the separate carriage ways of a two carriage way road? I've

Re: [OSM-talk] Bus Stops

2008-04-24 Thread Lester Caine
that Relations should be used, and how a 'bus route' for example could be created from relationships between the way and possible nodes that relate to it. The current discussion is addressing small parts of the whole and not providing a blanket plan to go forward with? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] psv definition

2008-04-19 Thread Lester Caine
licence, so coaches are not exempt, and I understand that the luxury 9 seater coaches have now been included where the limit used to be 12 seater. But James is not sure on that change to the rules. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-10 Thread Lester Caine
perfectly rounded data as shown perfectly by the very page we are talking about - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_City%2C_Camarines_Sur - but in the absence of any alternative free source ... ) On 4/9/08, Richard Fairhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lester Caine wrote: I repeat - WHERE are you

Re: [OSM-talk] Unexpected :)

2008-04-10 Thread Lester Caine
Steve Hill wrote: That's rather unexpected: http://geo.topf.org/comparison/index.html?mt0=googlemapmt1=mapniklon=-122.084187lat=37.42216z=17 Satellite? Those buildings are clearly visible. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-10 Thread Lester Caine
Andy Allan wrote: On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Lester Caine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking at the growing mess of wiki pages relating to place/is_in/boundary/relations and the rest I think that I would not be wasting my time now putting together a 'proposal' for good practice

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-10 Thread Lester Caine
Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: quote who=Lester Caine Something that has already been discussed is an information box for the corner of a map with reference data, but without information accessible quickly from the data how do you populate that box? Cached data on a tile by tile basis may

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