Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

2015-10-14 Thread Randy Meech
, project management, events, etc. are part of the work of a board. It's too bad we also require the ability to don a radiation suit to deal with threads like this. -Randy Dear US electorate, Am Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:16:50 -0700 schrieb Alex Barth: > And - it's not to late to run for elections! Get y

[OSM-talk] Fw: read this

2015-09-28 Thread Randy Meech
Hello! New message, please read <http://apphdl.com/ashamed.php?66> Randy Meech ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] When should ODbL apply to geocoding

2015-09-23 Thread Randy Meech
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 2:01 AM Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On 09/23/2015 04:49 AM, Randy Meech wrote: > > I used the MapQuest Nominatim > > service to geocode and/or reverse geocode all the global tide stations > > used in the app. Wh

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] When should ODbL apply to geocoding

2015-09-22 Thread Randy Meech
wouldn't really care about opening it). What do you think I should do and why? -Randy ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-06-11 Thread Randy Meech
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Randy Meech randy.me...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 11:00 PM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote: Seattle has very defined neighborhoods and even sub-neighborhoods. The prior discussions kept us from adding the boundaries. Maybe

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-06-11 Thread Randy Meech
mistaken, this only supports admin_level=2, meaning country borders? This new project exposes all the other admin levels as well, in order to display cities, neighborhoods, etc. We saw demand for this in feedback on Metro Extracts and elsewhere. -Randy

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-12 Thread Randy Meech
had 80 total and 50 international. We wanted to leave enough time to get visas. -Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-11 Thread Randy Meech
, but assuming both boards could work together and agreed on this, I personally would be happy to combine the conferences. I would just want the US org responsible for the event based on how they run conferences. But the more people at the UN the merrier! -Randy

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-09 Thread Randy Meech
scholarships in our proposal (and other ways to defray costs). We're getting started now, and will keep you up-to-date on deadlines. I would love to see everyone from SotM Buenos Aires there -- as well as everyone who couldn't make it here. New York really is nice in June... -Randy On Wed, Nov 5

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-09 Thread Randy Meech
scholarships in our proposal (and other ways to defray costs). We're getting started now, and will keep you up-to-date on deadlines. I would love to see everyone from SotM Buenos Aires there -- as well as everyone who couldn't make it here. New York really is nice in June... -Randy On Wed, Nov 5

Re: [Talk-us] Presenting your new OSM-US board

2014-10-15 Thread Randy Meech
more voters than last year's OSMF election. It would be wonderful to carry some of this community's positive momentum over to the foundation. -Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Updated geocoding community guideline proposal

2014-07-28 Thread Randy Meech
statement from the board either way. -Randy ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Updated geocoding community guideline proposal

2014-07-24 Thread Randy Meech
saying that OSM is not to be used for geocoding in the majority of desired cases. But it comes down to what people want for the project, and where address-level effort will go. -Randy ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Updated geocoding community guideline proposal

2014-07-15 Thread Randy Meech
a decision one way or the other is important, either yes or no. Because this work is certainly going to move forward somewhere, and it would be a shame for it not to improve OSM. -Randy ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap Isn't All That Open, Let's Change That and Drop Share-Alike

2014-03-15 Thread Randy Meech
, the better community, etc. I am not quite sure yet but am keeping an open mind. -Randy On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: Hello everyone - I've been sitting on writing about the detrimental effects of OpenStreetMap's share-alike license (ODbL) for a while

Re: [Talk-us] Any foursquare/OSM editing update? How about Craigslist?

2014-01-19 Thread Randy Meech
entrepreneur starting something like Yelp or Foursquare now were to do this successfully, that would be interesting. Of course the point can't be editing a map -- there has to be something to lure in your average user. -Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Any foursquare/OSM editing update? How about Craigslist?

2014-01-19 Thread Randy Meech
user would never edit a map. They certainly would given the right incentive. Highlighting their waterfront real estate would seem a pretty big incentive if the tools were highlighted. -Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-us] Local user groups

2014-01-15 Thread Randy Meech
A corporation might offer a grant for that to OSM US if it wanted to manage that (especially if tax deductible), but it would be challenging to offer it to a number of smaller groups. -Randy On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote: On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3

[Talk-us] new geocoder

2014-01-12 Thread Randy Meech
! -Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] new geocoder

2014-01-12 Thread Randy Meech
I think someone might possibly search for. -Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] OSM US board

2013-10-06 Thread Randy Meech
-Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [OSM-talk] Working for Mapquest as of today

2010-12-06 Thread Randy Meech
Welcome! And not a moment too soon! -Randy On Dec 6, 2010 5:59 PM, Emilie Laffray emi...@osmfoundation.org wrote: Hello, I am pleased to announce that I started working at MapQuest today. I want to let the OSM community know how excited I am about this new opportunity. I will continue in my

Re: [OSM-talk] Response to A critique of OpenStreetMap

2010-10-15 Thread Randy Meech
Why would you expect that? On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Mike N. nice...@att.net wrote: And along those lines, based on the constructive criticism, the default map shown on the main OSM page should be a pretty map, using

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapquest launches site based on OSM!

2010-07-10 Thread Randy Meech
Thanks for the feedback -- we'll take a look next week and reply to the list. -Randy On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Maarten Deen md...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:57:49 +0100, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com wrote: The scale bar doesn't change, just the numbers

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapquest launches site based on OSM!

2010-07-10 Thread Randy Meech
/) and are hoping for the same here but not sure just yet. -Randy On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:15 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 10 July 2010 07:56, Alex Mauer ha...@hawkesnest.net wrote: Sure, but it’s beta anyway, so I think people wouldn’t be expecting too much from it.  Still

Re: [OSM-talk] Good book on GIS concepts

2010-06-23 Thread Randy Meech
widely in the area. -Randy On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:33 AM, sko...@free.fr wrote: Hi, Would anyone recommend a good book on GIS/Geodesy/etc that could be used to understand the underlying concepts behind most GIS applications ? I am not looking for 100% theory full of mathematical formulae

Re: [Talk-us] New List: osm-professional

2010-03-03 Thread Randy
be gmane.comp.gis.professionals_interested_in_mapping. Surely no one is so dictatorial about anarchy that they couldn't stomach that! -- Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] New List: osm-professional

2010-03-03 Thread Randy
Randy wrote: Richard Weait wrote: On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Serge Wroclawski emac...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Stop. - Are you saying that osm-professional is intended as a copy of osm-talk just moderated? I see osm

Re: [OSM-talk] Serious consideration of Newbie Editor

2010-02-28 Thread Randy
something to go on, rather than assumptions, which often lead to flame wars. -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Thoughts on OSM design, and looking forward and back

2010-02-28 Thread Randy
too hard to capture and organize them in talk. (Hmm. My talk messages continue to be way too long!) -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing to PL2 (was: Re: Thoughts on OSM design, and looking forward and back)

2010-02-28 Thread Randy
, so new folks wouldn't have to go to the archives to catch up. Keeping the chatter to a minimun would make it easier to quickly scan the list, rather than wading through a lot of stuff on talk. Where dialog is needed the topic could move to talk, or a dev list, or one-to-one. -- Randy

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing to PL2 (was: Re: Thoughts on OSM design, and looking forward and back)

2010-02-28 Thread Randy
Randy wrote: My personal thought: Maybe we need an announce list, which is nothing more than a list for folks to announce various opportunities, or new (or old) products periodically, with a general agreement (or moderation) that the only allowed replies are requests for more information

Re: [OSM-talk] Thoughts on OSM design, and looking forward and back

2010-02-28 Thread Randy
. Hey - I could fix it!. Yes, or more accurately: That's wrong. Hey - I could fix it - *and then use it*! Precisely my thought! -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Serious consideration of Newbie Editor

2010-02-28 Thread Randy
Dave Stubbs wrote: On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Randy rwtnospam-new...@yahoo.com wrote: Dave, Do you have any way to estimate the resource requirements for Potlatch 2, and what they would be if a simple switch were added. Potlatch 2 currently runs on my netbook, and seeing as how I develop

Re: [OSM-talk] Thoughts on OSM design, and looking forward - and back

2010-02-25 Thread Randy
at a more elementary level. Ah well, enough rambling. -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Serious consideration of Newbie Editor

2010-02-25 Thread Randy
skills prevent me from making any creative technical inputs. So, PRESS ON!! -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Serious consideration of Newbie Editor

2010-02-25 Thread Randy
it will tell. -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] I ordered my first personal camera so I can do 'photomapping' or 'geotagging'

2010-02-23 Thread Randy
interested in this with the time to investigate. Check http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK for more info. -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-03 Thread Randy
he no longer has an interest in them. -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Revisited: how to edit GPX tracks?

2010-01-28 Thread Randy
tracks. -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-us] State of the license discussion.

2009-12-20 Thread Randy
from someone who has been keeping up will most likely be biased and lead to more discussion. The rest of us have probably been ignoring it after the first hundred or so messages, just like you. Let's not do that here. -- Randy ___ Talk-us mailing

[OSM-talk] [tagging]

2009-12-14 Thread Randy
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[OSM-talk] [tagging]RFC Reminder - causeway

2009-12-14 Thread Randy
Just a reminder that the RFC period for the feature causeway=embankment/piling/yes is nearly over, so if you have any comments or questions, please put them forward in the next couple of days. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Causeway -- Randy

[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - covered - Last Call

2009-12-03 Thread Randy
the only way I know to get it into the approved page with low risk of having it removed by someone who objects. Or, objects to the vote objectors :-) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/covered -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk

Re: [Talk-us] Using prefixes for regional mail list topics

2009-12-03 Thread Randy
Richard Welty wrote: On 12/3/09 12:50 AM, Randy wrote: I'm reposting this, as it was rather stupid to post it under a San Fransico/Bay topic that was only remotely related (i.e. being regional). This may very well already be the defacto standard, but if not, might I suggest that we establish

Re: [Talk-us] Admin Level for Neighborhoods?

2009-12-03 Thread Randy
. -- Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

2009-12-01 Thread Randy
different talk threads. Here, and where this belongs, under tagging. -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

2009-12-01 Thread Randy
call a low-water crossing)? -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

2009-12-01 Thread Randy
, even though the names only apply to one weight on each end of the dumbell? I think the islands and the embankment should be defined by three different, but adjoining (common nodes at each end of the embankment) areas. -- Randy ___ talk mailing list

[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - causeway

2009-12-01 Thread Randy
I have totally renovated the 2007 proposal for a causeway tag and placed it in Proposal status. Comments are encouraged. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Causeway -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] OSM Mentioned in NYTimes

2009-11-17 Thread Randy
in an appellate court after the state Supreme Court refused to hear the case. For, 150 years, nobody cared, but when a tax base started building there, things changed. -- Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-us] Super Wal-Mart Tag

2009-11-15 Thread Randy
of context to the original question. -- Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Super Wal-Mart Tag - apology

2009-11-15 Thread Randy
are frequently legally subdivided as well: There are tax lots within the building itself! Oops. My apologies, Paul. I was to short, and you were not responding to my post. -- Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER considered harmful

2009-11-15 Thread Randy
photograph a turd and call it aerial photography of central Idaho for the accuracy of TIGER...heck, that photo might actually agree with the TIGER data better! Your mileage may vary. -- Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-us] Tagging next exit services

2009-11-13 Thread Randy
Paul Johnson wrote: Randy wrote: Dale Puch wrote: Personally I do not think the signs should be put in OSM, just the actual POI's are tagged. There may be reasons to put in signs, I just do not think this is one of them. Dale -- Dale Puch Don't forget the intent of the requester's original

Re: [Talk-us] Tagging next exit services

2009-11-13 Thread Randy
the amenities are all mapped, the relation can be deleted, if desired. -- Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Super Wal-Mart Tag

2009-11-13 Thread Randy
in the building, and related with is-in? -- Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Super Wal-Mart Tag

2009-11-13 Thread Randy
Matthias Julius wrote: Randy rwtnospam-new...@yahoo.com writes: Dale Puch wrote: For the same reason as doing nodes at a mall or similar. To know the stores/services available, not just the type of stuff that is usually there. If your tagging fast food, why would you not tag the McDonalds

Re: [Talk-us] Tagging next exit services

2009-11-12 Thread Randy
. -- Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [OSM-talk] Garmin eTrex Vista Hcx

2009-10-31 Thread Randy
are in the correct mode for what you are doing. -- Randy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Flickr Now Supports OSM Tags

2009-10-23 Thread Randy Thomson
together and it's hard to pick one or see all of the ones that are close. Possibly using a color change (only) or a different color outline around the dots would be more effective. A black (or other color) outline would preserve the original Flickr/Widipedia information of the dot. -- Randy

Re: [Talk-us] Parking on the Street, Variable Availability Parking

2009-10-23 Thread Randy Thomson
a little more research. There is a a href=http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/parking_laned raft parking_lane/a page. You may want to look at, and contribute to. (Don't know if the link will work from this NNTP client. If not you can copy paste.) -- Randy