Re: [OSM-talk] Tile refresh on openstreetmap.org

2014-03-01 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 28 February 2014 15:26, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu wrote: On 28/02/14 15:05, Christoph Hormann wrote: I have the impression the rerendering of tiles on openstreetmap.org is very slow at the moment - according to /status various z=11 tiles are from January 11. Also /dirty no more seems to

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus stops: proposal

2014-02-03 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Hi Brian, Thank you for your feedback. I will address your points one by one. On 3 February 2014 19:55, Brian Prangle br...@mappa-mercia.org wrote: I can't see the point of putting Naptan:Street into the name - it will just repeat information that's already there in the street itself. Common

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus stops: proposal

2014-01-28 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Dear all, As I mentioned in my previous thread, I would like to populate the name field of bus stops in the West Midlands. I would like to use the following format: - For stops with blue flags, set name=First_line_on_pole/Second_line_on_pole (this normally corresponds to

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Open Government Licence

2014-01-25 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 24 January 2014 11:00, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com wrote: If you read to the end of the OGL, you'll find that it helpfully says: These terms are compatible with the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 and the Open Data Commons Attribution License, both

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] January Meeting Saturday January 11th

2014-01-11 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Do people have mobile internet? I am on the 13.15 train from Moor Street now. I have my bike with me, and as said, I will concentrate on the suburbs North of the canal. I will wave to Ian ;-). -- Matthijs On 11 Jan 2014 10:19, Ian Caldwell ian1caldw...@gmail.com wrote: Embarrassing for a

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] January Meeting Saturday January 11th

2014-01-10 Thread Matthijs Melissen
. Sunset is at 16:15 ish so I will probably be in the pub by then, especially as I will be heading back in to Brum on the train at 18:05 from Parkway. See you tomorrow. Cheers Andy From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 January 2014 20:07 To: Matthijs Melissen Cc: OSM

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] January Meeting Saturday January 11th

2014-01-08 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Hi Brian, On 8 January 2014 20:06, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: Armchair mapping beforehand of building outlines is a good idea and some of us usually do this. I have made a start by mapping the buildings in the faraway part of the Southern suburb (district names are still missing

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] January Meeting Saturday January 11th

2014-01-07 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 7 January 2014 13:03, Brian Prangle br...@mappa-mercia.org wrote: I haven't prepared a cake diagram so if folk could just use this email list to indicate where they want to map so we don't duplicate effort. Perhaps someone could give an overview of what we already have, and what needs to be

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] December meetup

2013-12-03 Thread Matthijs Melissen
I'll be there, what time do we meet? -- Matthijs On 3 December 2013 17:33, Brian Prangle br...@mappa-mercia.org wrote: Hi everyone This is scheduled for this Thursday Dec 5th at the usual venue The Bull on Price Street. Unfortunately I can't make this month. Have fun and a Merry Xmas! See

Re: [Talk-es] Tags for newsagent, kiosk, tobacco etc.

2013-12-02 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 21 November 2013 11:58, Xuacu xuacu...@gmail.com wrote: As for lotteries, in Spain there are (at least) three kinds of it. One is National lotteries (and soccer polls) sold in designated places; other are autonomic lotteries, sold in newspapers agents, bars and some other places, and ONCE

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-12-02 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Hi Brian, The website changes have been announced on the talk mailing list before it went live: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2013-November/068555.html (And yes, before it went live, many people suggested to remove the Welcome box as well.) -- Matthijs On 2 December 2013

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus stops

2013-11-27 Thread Matthijs Melissen
, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Matthijs Melissen i...@matthijsmelissen.nl wrote: On 17 November 2013 23:19, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: My main concern is that I'm not convinced that bus stops even have a name in the UK. There seems to be indeed some variation in what name is being

Re: [Talk-GB] Mechanically setting name tag of Naptan data

2013-11-27 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 27 November 2013 00:39, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: I can't comment on bus stops in Birmingham, but elsewhere in some cases (Notts) name seems to have been set to naptan:CommonName - see for here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/502389340 Yes, the situation

[Talk-GB] Mechanically setting name tag of Naptan data

2013-11-26 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Dear all, In Birmingham, all bus stops have been imported from Naptan, but during the import, the name tag has not been set. I am considering adding the name tag, by setting it to something like: camelcase(naptan:Street) + ' / ' + naptan:CommonName That way, the name tag in OSM will match the

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Update shops, pubs and restaurants

2013-11-20 Thread Matthijs Melissen
development work is done. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Matthijs Melissen [mailto:i...@matthijsmelissen.nl] Sent: 17 November 2013 02:28 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Update shops, pubs and restaurants Dear all, All Birmingham shops, pubs

Re: [Talk-es] Tags for newsagent, kiosk, tobacco etc.

2013-11-20 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Thank you all for your input. I have some more specific questions. On 14 November 2013 19:55, Noel Torres env...@rolamasao.org wrote: On 14/11/13 11:51, David wrote: I think the shop you describe fits better the description of estanco than quiosco. I agree. Estanco comes from the name of a

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus stops

2013-11-17 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 17 November 2013 22:03, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 12 November 2013 09:49, Ed Loach edlo...@gmail.com wrote: For name, use whatever is on the bus stop sign Bus information points use two-letter codes ( stop DL, etc). What about using those? These two-letter codes

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus stops

2013-11-17 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 17 November 2013 23:19, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: My main concern is that I'm not convinced that bus stops even have a name in the UK. There seems to be indeed some variation in what name is being used. But there is some logic. For example, one I just looked at in

Re: [OSM-talk] Upcoming changes - a reply to your feedback

2013-11-16 Thread Matthijs Melissen
First of all, thanks for the nice redesign. Imho there should be a way to remove the Welcome-textbox, too. (for non-logged in users) I think it provides a nice impetus to create an account. :) To be honest, the welcome box annoys me as well, as a frequent JOSM-editor, and I think it would

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Update shops, pubs and restaurants

2013-11-16 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Dear all, All Birmingham shops, pubs and restaurants within the Queensway are now on the map (except if I overlooked any, of course). Most of the shops, pubs and restaurant had already been mapped by brianboru and pigsonthewing (thanks for that!). I made a new complete survey, and added

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus stops

2013-11-13 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 12 November 2013 09:49, Ed Loach edlo...@gmail.com wrote: For name, use whatever is on the bus stop sign. So in this example: http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/65797/article_346b19a79c148b9f_1342893529_9j-4aaqsk.jpeg name=Corporation St (or perhaps Street rather than St – not sure if

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus stops

2013-11-13 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Hi Brian, Generally I don't think adding names to bus stops adds anything to the map other than when it is an Interchange name- so they're the only ones I name. Why? Generally because adding a name consisting of a street name where the street name is already on the map I consider to be

[Talk-es] Tags for newsagent, kiosk, tobacco etc.

2013-11-13 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Dear all, First of all, I apologize for writing in English, but I have a question for the Spanish community. I'm currently documenting (and perhaps even standardizing if consensus can be used) the use of shop=newsagent/kiosk/tobacco/books tags. In many countries, there is a type of shop that

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus stops

2013-11-11 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Dear all, I noticed that we have nearly all bus stops in Birmingham on the map, including Naptan data, but most of the stops don't have a name tag. For the stops where we do have name tags, these tags are formed inconsistently. Name tags are necessary in order to display the name on the Transport

Re: [OSM-talk] Admin boundaries - data consumers

2013-11-09 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On Nov 9, 2013 5:39 PM, Jochen Topf joc...@remote.org wrote; On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 03:25:35PM +, Rob Nickerson wrote: Perhaps some way of tracking our data consumers would be useful. Or maybe we need a way for them to say which tags they are interested in so that they can receive mail

[OSM-talk] How to overcome lack of consensus

2013-09-16 Thread Matthijs Melissen
, Matthijs Melissen ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

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