[OSM-talk] Over 9000 :-)

2015-03-10 Thread Richard Weait
Congratulations, there are now more than two million registered OpenStreetMap editing api accounts. Let's all survey pur neighbourhoods today and see how much we can improve. Happy mapping. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.open

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] Partial Website + API outage

2015-03-09 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Grant Slater wrote: > All servers are now back to normal. Thank you, Admin Super Heroes. :-) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] New statistics on volume of "note" creation and closing

2015-03-03 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:58 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > Updated statistics on the note ecosystem, a bit redesigned: > http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes Are notes more-likely to be resolved when a dialogue is possible (non-anonymous)? If the data suggests, for example, that anonymous notes

[OSM-talk] spammy "survey" questions.

2015-03-02 Thread Richard Weait
answer them. If you like effective surveys, then go out and do a foot survey in your neighbourhood and improve OpenStreetMap data. See what I did there? "Survey", get it? :-) Best regards and happy mapping, Richard [1] full of good intentions, I'm sure. [2] https://po

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Your opinion about SOTM US

2015-03-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Hey all, [ ... ] > The main thing I would like to know more about is the types of > talks you would be interested in, or even specifically which people or > organizations you would want to see a talk from. Easy! Same as I always ask / ho

Re: [OSM-talk] Finding a user from a tag/value?

2015-03-01 Thread Richard Z.
t: https://gist.github.com/ImreSamu/be49fd1ce511975325d2#file-bridge_swing-sh Richard --- Name and OpenPGP keys available from pgp key servers ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Big Lakes

2015-02-17 Thread Richard Z.
e is any reasonable ground for the distinction of coastlines according to lake/ocean type. Perhaps we should be a bit more bold and map all bigger lakes with coastline unless they have been already mapped differently. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@

[OSM-talk] OSM contact for complicated licence violation investigation

2015-02-12 Thread Richard Z.
Hi, came across a pretty major license violation and need technical help and another pair of eyes to figure out what is going on. Semi-confidential at this point. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Android Network Location Providers?

2015-02-10 Thread Richard Z.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 06:00:29AM -0600, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'd be curious if you have specific links. one that I was looking at is this: https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=location&fdid=org.fitchfamily.android.gsmlocation&fd

Re: [OSM-talk] Android Network Location Providers?

2015-02-10 Thread Richard Z.
ome kind > of open means, even if self-generated on the device? f-droid.org has something, and more pointers in forums. I have not tested any of these. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] amenity=bicycle_repair_station :::: only 18 so far

2015-02-08 Thread Richard Fairhurst
re there are local OSM mappers and where the location is inexact, I'd suggest that you just use notes. cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/amenity-bicycle-repair-station-only-18-so-far-tp5824412p5832848.html Sent from the General Discussion mailing

[OSM-talk] Overpass

2015-01-09 Thread Richard Welty
Roland Olbricht's osm wiki page suggests contacting him here on talk. i'm interested in finding out what the considerations might be in getting an instance of Overpass pointed at OpenHistoricalMap so queries can be done against the data there. thanks, richard -- rwe...@averi

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-04 Thread Richard Z.
than it is likely that old scheme will continue > to be used. also to be considered if keepright or similar need adjustments Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-04 Thread Richard Z.
o catchup with your private project after Xmas vacation. The change is reasonable and the use of "type" was suboptimal in this setting. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch 2 - Is it still being developed? Tasks?

2014-12-23 Thread Richard Fairhurst
's able to gain a few more unusual features now and then. I've documented them in my user diary: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Richard/diary cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Potlatch-2-Is-it-still-being-developed-Tasks-tp5828078p5

[OSM-talk] wiki history function problem?

2014-12-20 Thread Richard Z.
. Did anyone else notice the problem? I am logged in and have my settings to only display diffs, not full page. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Wanted: You! to participate in Working Groups

2014-12-14 Thread Richard Weait
rself the type to 1) organize and schedule periodic meetings of enthusiastic volunteers 2) record and publish minutes of those meetings then you could be exactly the type of person needed right now to reinvigorate established working groups and create new ones. Best regards and happy mapping, Ri

Re: [OSM-talk] maintenance?

2014-12-13 Thread Richard Weait
Admins are working on it. No details yet, as they are busy fixing rather than explaining. :-) Sorry about the inconvenience. :( ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Fwd: new WG: membership services

2014-12-09 Thread Richard Weait
Interested in contributing to the organization of the OpenStreetMap Foundation? -- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Weait Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 9:06 AM Subject: new WG: membership services To: "osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org" I've started a wiki pag

[OSM-talk] Fwd: Reinvigorating working groups. Join in!

2014-12-08 Thread Richard Weait
-- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Weait Date: Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:07 PM Subject: Reinvigorating working groups. Join in! To: "osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org" There have been recent discussions about reinvigorating various OpenStreetMap Foundation Working Group

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] Balance of power (was: Re: How to vote to match your view)

2014-12-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > [Apologies to talk@ readers for this follow-up to a post on osmf-talk@. I'm > not an OSMF member and therefore can't post to osmf-talk@, but as I'm being > spoken about over there, I'd appreciate the oppor

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] Balance of power (was: Re: How to vote to match your view)

2014-12-06 Thread Richard Fairhurst
[Apologies to talk@ readers for this follow-up to a post on osmf-talk@. I'm not an OSMF member and therefore can't post to osmf-talk@, but as I'm being spoken about over there, I'd appreciate the opportunity to respond.] Steve Coast wrote: See, there was no group that

[OSM-talk] some secondary services reduced this weekend

2014-11-30 Thread Richard Weait
I missed this announcement on Friday. https://twitter.com/OSM_Tech/status/538394075448479744 Short notice: Few secondary OSM services offline this weekend due to power upgrades. Dev, OSMF blog, gpx tiles. Nominatim may be disrupted. Followup indicates that nominatim is fine. Big thank you @lont

Re: [OSM-talk] Landuse vs Vegetation vs Landcover proposed cleanup at wiki

2014-11-30 Thread Richard Z.
be identical * ground level vegetation is gras, covering XX% area * shrub level is Ocotillo, with 100 plants per 100 sqm - again spatial extension of those areas may not be identical Combine that with residential and other areas.. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=bicycle_repair_station :::: only 18 so far

2014-11-17 Thread Richard Weait
Here's one more for ya, Bryce. :-) http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Be%20A%20Mapper/diary/26357 These are cool. Thanks! ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Project #OSMselfie

2014-11-17 Thread Richard Weait
Let's put a human face on our data contributions. If you are surveying, and or mapping. Document it with an #OSMselfie. I tried one. http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Be%20A%20Mapper/diary/26355 Can you help me make a better presentation slide deck? Best regards and happy mapping, Ri

Re: [OSM-talk] Unelected OSMF "advisers"

2014-11-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
shed document is interesting - very much so - but it's written with the experience and from the perspective of us old farts. Newcomers to the board should have fresh perspectives, fresh ideas. Let the new board form their first thoughts free of external pressure. Richard ___

[OSM-talk] Unelected OSMF "advisers"

2014-11-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
me, common decency that if you ask someone to do a job, you give them the time and space to do it. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Location SOTM 2015?

2014-11-12 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Michael Kugelmann wrote: > Hello, > > as I didn't read anything about it: was there an announcement about the > location for the 2015 SOTM at the 2014 SOTM Buenos Aires? > IIRC there was a statement about the intention to announce the 2015 > locataion there... The

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Fix a Forest - experimental tiles from US Forest Service data

2014-11-11 Thread Richard Fairhurst
On 11/11/2014 20:57, Clifford Snow wrote: Suggestion - set the tile background to transparent so we can see underlying image in JOSM. I can certainly have a look at doing that. Do you/anyone know whether transparent tiles would still be usable in iD? cheers Richard

[OSM-talk] Fix a Forest - experimental tiles from US Forest Service data

2014-11-11 Thread Richard Fairhurst
en using this data, though a source= tag is always good practice. Hope these are helpful, and let me know of any further suggestions. cheers Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMGeoWeek coming up

2014-11-11 Thread Richard Weait
Here's one more for you: Learning QGIS and OpenStreetMap - Three short talks and plenty of Q&A Wednesday, 19 November 2014 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST) Learning Labs 481 Queen St W Classroom B Toronto, ON M5V 2A9 Canada ___ talk mailing list talk@ope

Re: [OSM-talk] Status of Field Papers

2014-11-10 Thread Richard Weait
You know, in all this time, I didn't realize that field papers was free software.  Code is here. https://github.com/stamen/fieldpapers ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Fwd: [Osmf-talk] Preliminary Voting Results

2014-11-08 Thread Richard Weait
Preliminary results from OpenStreetMap Foundation 2014 AGM voting matters. -- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Weait Date: Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [Osmf-talk] Preliminary Voting Results To: Frederik Ramm Cc: "osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org" On Sat, N

Re: [OSM-talk] Streams / Videos from SOTM 2014

2014-11-07 Thread Richard Weait
There is a stream currently running here. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/state-of-the-map-2014 ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Changeset comment function

2014-11-02 Thread Richard Weait
I hope to use changeset discussions to publicly thanks new mappers in my area as a way to encourage them. We have many communication tools at our disposal, lists, fora, PM, social media, local meetings. Such diversity of channels allows subtleties of application. :-) The potential risks are dilu

Re: [OSM-talk] Changeset dicsussion function (was: Changeset comment function)

2014-11-02 Thread Richard Weait
Good call on discussion vs. Comment. Also, I resisted the temptation to add "first" as a discussion for changeset/1. On Nov 2, 2014 6:38 AM, SomeoneElse wrote: > > On 02/11/2014 10:36, Simon Poole wrote: > > I would like to personally thank ukasiu, emacsen, woodpeck and TomH for > > developing a

Re: [OSM-talk] Changeset comment function

2014-11-02 Thread Richard Weait
the commit. I'm looking for the api stuff. :-) https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/commit/2f228437324d80cb8a408d27912cc716a36aa3b0 Thanks again everybody! > > Le 2 nov. 2014 12:20, "Richard Weait" a écrit : >> >> Wonderful.  Thank you and well do

Re: [OSM-talk] Changeset comment function

2014-11-02 Thread Richard Weait
Wonderful.  Thank you and well done, ukasiu, emacsen, woodpeck and TomH.  Great to have this long anticipated option. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] discussion: inclusion and alcohol

2014-11-01 Thread Richard Weait
I read this article recently and It got me thinking. Do we devalue community members, or potential community members who don't drink? A quote from the article, "When alcohol is currency, non-alcoholic drinks are considered valueless, and the interests and needs of people who don’t drink alcohol a

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Skybox release aerial imagery

2014-10-29 Thread Richard Weait
text and locations, and coordinate their timing. Best regards and happy mapping, Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Fwd: OSM country interviews

2014-10-25 Thread Richard Weait
oops. Must remember to list-reply. :) -- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Weait Date: Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] OSM country interviews To: Ed Freyfogle Hi Ed, Yes, I enjoyed the State of the Country presentations as well. I remember many in

Re: [OSM-talk] Download source of all wikipages?

2014-10-24 Thread Richard Z.
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:54:38AM +0100, Grant Slater wrote: > Hi Richard, > > https://dump.wiki.openstreetmap.org (currently offline) had daily > exports of the wiki. > > I will try bring it back online in the next few days. ok, thanks for

[OSM-talk] Download source of all wikipages?

2014-10-24 Thread Richard Z.
where I could apply all of my unix tools for search would be very convenient. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap ten years on, and why it's time for a fresh slate

2014-10-24 Thread Richard Fairhurst
past few years, what Simon and Frederik have done, in a time of great change for OSM, is kept us anchored to the 95%. I really hope the next board will do a better job of providing the 5% than previous boards have done. But I also hope it has people like Simon and Frederik on it to ensure we recognise and support the 95%, the contributors who make OSM amazing. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Fwd: An engaged electorate

2014-10-23 Thread Richard Weait
-- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Weait Date: Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 8:50 AM Subject: An engaged electorate To: "osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org" Talk@ and osmf-talk@ posts suggest that we have an engaged electorate. Candidates should undertake to engage with their

[OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] Modus operandi of the board

2014-10-23 Thread Richard Fairhurst
of course is stepping down but I hope Dermot, Henk and Oliver will take this chance to engage with the community they represent and serve. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] A Better Map<\strike> community

2014-10-22 Thread Richard Fairhurst
some issue, you use over half an hour. Right, but you know and I know that it's not seven people speaking for five minutes each, it's one person speaking for 30 minutes, three people speaking for one minute and three others who didn'

Re: [OSM-talk] Howto tag a prominent dead tree?

2014-10-22 Thread Richard Z.
(Bing is clouded in that place) and useful for navigation. Cultural or historical siginficance unknown although it is close to a house ruin of some significance. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] SotM Buenos Aires Program published!

2014-10-21 Thread Richard Weait
Hello all, Have a look at the State of the Map Program for Buenos Aires, Argentina. And then get your tickets and book your flights! http://www.stateofthemap.org/program ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/list

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] Modus operandi of the board

2014-10-21 Thread Richard Weait
Oliver is seldom seen on the mailing lists, you might want to cc his board email oli...@osmfoundation.org ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Howto tag a prominent dead tree?

2014-10-21 Thread Richard Z.
Hi, this must have come up before... any ideas? Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] Modus operandi of the board

2014-10-21 Thread Richard Fairhurst
e whole board stand down in advance of this election; - now and in the future, those who have already served two standard-length terms (i.e. six years) should refrain from re-election and further involvement; this is good practice in any organisation (e.g. the US preside

[OSM-talk] OSMF 2014 election details. Spread the word.

2014-10-15 Thread Richard Weait
ecial resolutions, and a vote on membership fees. Details to follow. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM14/Proxy_Voting Best Regards and Happy Mapping, Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Be A Candidate! OSMF 2014 Election preview

2014-10-15 Thread Richard Weait
I've drafted some of the details and wiki pages for the 2014 election to the OpenStreetMap Foundation Board. The details will be confirmed and then transferred to the OSM and OSMF blogs. The election is coming up soon, meaning that window for candidacy is also coming up soon. So think about it.

Re: [OSM-talk] Detrimental validation software

2014-10-14 Thread Richard Welty
also contains errors and is nowhere near as reliable as a proper ground survey. so there are two excellent reasons not to use google maps. richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux Java - W

Re: [OSM-talk] Retired Challenges + Thanks!

2014-10-03 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Hi all, > > I just retired the 'Ways Needing Smoothing' and 'Crossing Ways' MapRoulette > challenges because the remainder of the tasks were mostly false positives. Nice. Thanks for maproulette. __

[OSM-talk] osmf-talk list

2014-09-28 Thread Richard Fairhurst
For those who (like me) are not members of OSMF there are a couple of interesting discussions on the osmf-talk list that you may like to observe. Only OSMF members can post to osmf-talk, but anyone can read. https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2014-September/date.html Richard

Re: [OSM-talk] regexp search over wiki pages?

2014-09-14 Thread Richard Z.
yes, maybe I have forgotten something from the Google cheatsheet but it didn't work enough regexp-like for me. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] regexp search over wiki pages?

2014-09-13 Thread Richard Z.
Hi, I am trying to search something like "\w+:description" in wikipages, is there some method or search engine to do that? Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] initializing an apidb database

2014-09-08 Thread Richard Welty
ut an invalid changeset number of 0. what am i overlooking? obviously the db isn't quite right. thanks, richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux Java - Web Applications - Search signature.asc Description: O

Re: [OSM-talk] Own wikipage for every single speed limit??

2014-09-06 Thread Richard Z.
Wiki is for that). in the case of obsolete pages I found a way to workaround the problem, place an "obsolete, use XXX instead" into the tag description - which is then nicely displayed by taginfo in the listing of values. However that only wor

Re: [OSM-talk] need advice for clever query or script

2014-08-31 Thread Richard Z.
I want. bridge=swing and ( id:50483896 or id:51513287 or id:51831532 or id:52209220 or id:59430361 or id:88300946 or id:88863770 or id:99211716 ) Never looked at filters yet, it might be that they would hide the nodes? Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] need advice for clever query or script

2014-08-29 Thread Richard Z.
nNlM2W3JY8zZJjxKrFgdajZG93btGEPOClq-ClpCDgpa7gpbDMt-ClsuCltMS44KWwcsy3zbRhZHRpbGXgpbXQheClt82N4KW64KW8dM2RzZNhzZXfktClzKnMq8ytzK90Pg&c=BL1hpmzFNG"; Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM connection problems downloading/uploading data?

2014-08-29 Thread Richard Z.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 04:39:27PM +0200, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: > On 29/08/2014 16:32, Richard Z. wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 03:25:02PM +0100, Tom Hughes wrote: > >>On 29/08/14 15:20, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: > >>>On 29/08/2014 16:14, Tom Hughes wrote: >

Re: [OSM-talk] need advice for clever query or script

2014-08-29 Thread Richard Z.
ontainer ( www.docker.com ) for you. hopefully not necessary.. I do not need it quickly and if I will do it will try to create all the RPM specfiles. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM connection problems downloading/uploading data?

2014-08-29 Thread Richard Z.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 03:25:02PM +0100, Tom Hughes wrote: > On 29/08/14 15:20, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: > >On 29/08/2014 16:14, Tom Hughes wrote: > >>On 29/08/14 15:08, Tom Hughes wrote: > >>>On 29/08/14 15:01, Richard Z. wrote: > >>>>"Failed to

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM connection problems downloading/uploading data?

2014-08-29 Thread Richard Z.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 03:08:31PM +0100, Tom Hughes wrote: > On 29/08/14 15:01, Richard Z. wrote: > > >having frequent problems today, sometimes everything works > >and sometimes when downloading/uploading data JOSM says > > > >"Failed to upload data

[OSM-talk] JOSM connection problems downloading/uploading data?

2014-08-29 Thread Richard Z.
s (untranslated): java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not generate DH keypair" The network connection seems fine, background imagery is laoded fine - is anyone else seeing this?? Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] need advice for clever query or script

2014-08-29 Thread Richard Z.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 02:22:10PM +0200, Imre Samu wrote: Hi Imre, thousands thanks - everything seems to work perfectly as described. one question - if I would want to compile osmium myself the README says that no files need to be build and doesn't say where osmium comes from? Ri

[OSM-talk] need advice for clever query or script

2014-08-28 Thread Richard Z.
to the way * get the results into JOSM for examination and editing Tia for any hints, Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Own wikipage for every single speed limit??

2014-08-28 Thread Richard Z.
Hi, noticed that there is https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:maxspeed%3D20&redirect=no and a few more speeds - does it make any sense to have such pages around? Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org h

Re: [OSM-talk] New mapping satellite

2014-08-24 Thread Richard Z.
anything in the tube here? Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] online survey about the OSM community

2014-08-23 Thread Richard Weait
clickhole.com has reported that a Local Mapper has responded to misguided surveys by deleting the campus data of the offending institution and replacing it with amenity=kindergarten. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetma

Re: [OSM-talk] Rails port configuration question

2014-08-19 Thread Richard Welty
On 8/19/14 5:30 PM, Tom Hughes wrote: > On 19/08/14 22:10, Richard Welty wrote: > >> is there any documentation for config/application.yml beyond the >> internal comments? i can guess what i need to change in order >> to get it to point at a local tile service, but it&#x

[OSM-talk] Rails port configuration question

2014-08-19 Thread Richard Welty
is there any documentation for config/application.yml beyond the internal comments? i can guess what i need to change in order to get it to point at a local tile service, but it'd be nice to have a few more details to reduce the guessing. thanks, richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Av

Re: [OSM-talk] extracts for historical views at a specific point in time

2014-08-16 Thread Richard Welty
thanks for the replies everyone, that all pretty much covered what i needed to know. richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux Java - Web Applications - Search signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signa

[OSM-talk] extracts for historical views at a specific point in time

2014-08-14 Thread Richard Welty
i have a need to be able to generate mapnik tiles for part of NY State to show what the OSM view of it looked like maybe 2 years ago. is there a documented process for pulling an extract like that? thanks, richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consul

[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Foundation Corporate Members

2014-07-20 Thread Richard Weait
Since February 2014 your company can support OpenStreetMap Foundation with a corporate membership. The first corporate members were announced today. https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2014/07/20/welcome-corporate-members/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstr

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-18 Thread Richard Fairhurst
I'm pleased to report that http://cycle.travel/map now defaults to kilometres for European routes. :) cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/cycle-travel-bike-routing-for-Western-Europe-tp5811759p5811927.html Sent from the General Discussion ma

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
sabas88 wrote: > it looks really nice! Thanks! :) > One quick note, it's possible to have routes (also) in metric units? Yep, definitely. I'm working on making it the default for Europe but, for now, you can log in and set your user profile to prefer kilometres. cheers Rich

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
g penalty for traffic lights. Not sure what you mean by "shape turns" - can you explain? > 3. I would like to show you some examples but I did not find > any link/shortlink feature. Are gpx tracks any help ? You can log into the site and save routes that way - that's probably

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
ect. Nope, it doesn't and won't do that I'm afraid. If you want the shortest, quickest route, which presupposes that you're happy cycling along busy main roads, this isn't the router for you. cycle.travel is designed for people who want a more leisurely and enjoyable rid

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
pe. Can't you just > use km when you plan a route on mainland europe or set a cookie? Oh absolutely, I just haven't had time to do that yet. cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/cycle-travel-bike-routing-for-Western-Europe-tp5811759p5

[OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
sen/fietsstraten not being prioritised. Still lots to improve but I hope you like it - and, as ever, thanks to all the mappers who have contributed all the lovely data. You can post comments/bugs/suggestions at http://cycle.travel/forum/2 . cheers Richard _

[OSM-talk] OGCServer help

2014-07-01 Thread Richard Welty
ed per http://switch2osm.org/serving-tiles/building-a-tile-server-from-packages/ the mod_tile installation is working fine, but i need to get to serving tiles via wms and that part of the process isn't nearly as clear as the earlier stages of the process. thanks, richard -- rwe...@aver

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM-EU videos

2014-06-16 Thread Richard Weait
Wonderful! Thank you. Nice to see the videos. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-ca] Canadian OSM POI quality

2014-06-09 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 12:57 AM, Paul Norman wrote: > I was curious how complete OpenStreetMap shop data was, so decided to > do an analysis for some Canadian chains. > > The results were mixed. [Cool analysis clipped, go read it. :-) ] Thanks for this, Paul. It will be interesting to see change

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Tagging natural or informal swimming holes?

2014-04-28 Thread Richard Z.
gt; > The last thing OSM needs is to be seen as contributing to such > tragedies. a good map can prevent some tragedies by mapping hazards and places which are better suited than others. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Chinese doodles / vandalism

2014-04-26 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Colin Smale wrote: > User "mangoyang" has been doodling random multipolygons in the middle of the > North Sea, Thames Estuary and the Severn Estuary, some of which purport to > be buildings... He (or she) has only 35 edits to their name so it may be a > case of th

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Tagging natural or informal swimming holes?

2014-04-25 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > How best should I tag informal swimming areas? These typically have no > lifeguard or facilities. An example deep-content site for these types of > holes is: > http://www.iforgotthename.com/ > > In OSM is it best to create an area and tag >

Re: [OSM-talk] Flying club ?

2014-04-23 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: > How would you tag the office of a flying club ? It is usually in a small > building on the grounds of an airport. In France, we call that an > "aéroclub". I have been quite surprised by not finding any common tag > related to that in the

[OSM-talk] SotM-EU Karlsruhe Schedule is up

2014-04-18 Thread Richard Weait
The schedule for SotM-Eu is up and looks wonderful. You have to go to this event! http://sotm-eu.org/en/program ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] "local chapter" DWG

2014-04-15 Thread Richard Weait
dits in a third place, it might not be clear to which DWG a third concerned mapper (from a fourth place?) should report. With one DWG, and many talented committed members, a mapper reports to one place after attempting the earlier mediation options. Best regards and happy mapping, Richard _

Re: [OSM-talk] "local chapter" DWG

2014-04-15 Thread Richard Weait
Hi Maning, I'm just finishing a longer reply along these lines. I think we are in "vigorous" agreement. :-) Please see my followup, in a few moments. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] "local chapter" DWG

2014-04-15 Thread Richard Weait
al context as to be inappropriately biased. They must strive to seek solutions that consider the global and local context, each in appropriate measure, as Simon indicated in his post. best regards and happy mapping, Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Azimuth measurement

2014-04-09 Thread Richard Z.
s help quite a little bit. Some apps also have some kind of correction for geographic vs magnetic north. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Imagery Offset Database turns 1

2014-04-02 Thread Richard Z.
ing beginner mappers to properly align imagery layers, > and I've prepared some statistics about the database: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Zverik/diary/21491 congrats. It is one of the possibilities which should be more widel

Re: [OSM-talk] Best way to download data of route relations?

2014-03-26 Thread Richard Weait
Check the "metro" extracts of city-sized data from Michal Migurski. Smaller than downloading the entire state. Many other options on the wiki. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm#Downloading ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https:/

Re: [OSM-talk] Launching OpenAddresses

2014-03-25 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > OK, so I'm confused, is public domain incompatible? Guessing from the link text, each data set may have license stipulations attached to it. Looking at the information in the sources directory, a quick scan suggests that 66 data sets claim l

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