[OSRM-talk] Time-to-destination on OSRM is too short

2014-02-10 Thread Spod OSM
The time-to-destination shown on the public OSRM router seems to be much too short. e.g. For the route from Sheffield to Nottingham, via Chesterfield (UK), OSRM says it will take 42 minutes. That is not a realistic time at all. Even if you drive as fast as possible (breaking the speed

[OSM-talk] How to move Potlatch map to specific coordinates whilst editing (without zooming out)?

2012-06-29 Thread Spod OSM
). This method would be liveable with if it didn't zoom out so much. Is there any easier way to do this that I haven't noticed? Thanks, Spod ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] How to move Potlatch map to specific coordinates whilst editing (without zooming out)?

2012-06-29 Thread Spod
Ah, I hadn't seen that before - Thanks Richard! As you say, it's not quite what I was looking for, because Nominatim's nearest place to the coordinates can be a long way off the entered coordinates. If it handled coordinates directly, then that would be exactly what I need. I'll add something to

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-23 Thread Spod
I have the VisionTac VGPS-900 (which is the same as the Columbus V900), and am very happy with it. 1) For me, the audio recording is a vital feature, especially when mapping house numbers, shops, POIs, turn restrictions etc. Having used this a lot, I can't see myself going back to a logger

[OSM-talk] Associated Press article: Crowds create Wikipedia-style maps of the world

2012-03-22 Thread Spod OSM
http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/crowds-create-wikipedia-style-maps-of-the-world?utm_campaign=jt_newsletterutm_medium=emailutm_source=jt_newsletter_2012-03-22_AM ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Is an object created by a non-agreer always tainted, even if all info has been deleted/changed by agreers?

2012-02-02 Thread Spod
OK, so spelling corrections could be viewed as not removing the taint, because we can't tell if the agreer making the change used a odbl/CT-compatible source for the change or not. Thinking about it, other edits done by bots to normalise the tagging into a standard (e.g. changing something like