Re: [Talk-us] Bike route relation issues

2015-01-11 Thread stevea
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 1:54 PM, stevea mailto:stevea...@softworkers.comstevea...@softworkers.com wrote: I do not agree: again, I find no evidence (from the Oregon DOT map) that bicycles are explicitly designated legal on I-5. It may be the case that explicit statute specifies bicycles

Re: [Talk-us] access road routing - two real world cases

2015-01-01 Thread stevea
for access=destination, through careful implementation of the router rule, it could improve it. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] access road routing - two real world cases

2015-01-01 Thread stevea
to) this roadway to achieve your destination, go ahead and include it in your route as well. SteveA California___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Rail westerly

2014-12-31 Thread stevea
reference to these data and the great volunteer, cooperative and collaborative spirits we find in OSM here in the USA. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] Rail USA

2014-12-31 Thread stevea
or Charlotte for a Draft 3 that Charlotte, Alexander and I evolved in the last few days. SteveA California___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] NAD 27 data to OSM's native WGS 84 data

2014-12-31 Thread stevea
(via Shapefile plug-in) to adjust the data to WGS 84, or if something different is required. It is even possible that clicking on JOSM's alert button of Yes is all that is required, but I'm not sure. Thank you in advance. SteveA California ___ Talk

Re: [Talk-us] NAD 27 data to OSM's native WGS 84 data

2014-12-31 Thread stevea
way is to install GDAL appropriate to your operating system. Thanks for the quick response! SteveA California___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Imports-us Digest, Vol 24, Issue 1

2014-12-31 Thread stevea
(cross-posting from imports-us to talk-us) On 12/31/2014 1:48 PM, stevea wrote: That is true, thank you Nathan Proudfoot. For the Union Pacific, I was disappointed that their web site requires a (UP employee?) login and password to gain access to their geographic rail data. BNSF seems

Re: [Talk-us] Rail westerly

2014-12-29 Thread stevea
, but IMHO, results are well worth the effort. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Rail westerly

2014-12-29 Thread stevea
is becoming a full-time student again in about two weeks, so his work in Central Valley will rapidly fall off to zero very soon. As for me, I really do have other things to do, so while I might tap-tap-tap at California Rail in OSM a bit, I can't give it my full attention. Cheers, SteveA

Re: [Talk-us] Beaver dam? Wrecked bridge? Hallucinatory roads in TIGER?

2014-12-22 Thread stevea
or bushwhacking, as the hiker desires. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Rail westerly

2014-12-21 Thread stevea
/short version? I strongly believe this should be better worked on here in the USA to our rail, and that we have a LOT of work (research, surveys, editing...) to do to achieve this. Excellent project we have mapping our beautiful home planet, here: Go, OSM! SteveA California

Re: [Talk-us] Rail westerly

2014-12-20 Thread stevea
), and while there is a learning curve that takes practice to get the hang of it, it is relatively short and is only a small mountain to conquer. You can do it! Great to see this enthusiasm and good communication. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-us] Rail westerly

2014-12-20 Thread stevea
On Dec 20, 2014, at 12:35 PM, stevea wrote: Yes, I'll use owner= if known, and it is name= which displays in ORM as the name of the line. Many lines had name= as the service run upon them (like Caltrain instead of Union Pacific), and I have corrected this where I know it was wrong in OSM

Re: [Talk-us] Edits near Lexington, KY?

2014-12-17 Thread stevea
of these we do, the better will become student contributions to OSM. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Updating tagging of public transport

2014-12-07 Thread stevea
are in the vast minority. Most of us use off the shelf renderers, and are essentially at their mercy. Let's address that with greater visibility into how they get improved. Thanks for your answers, SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] State highway refs (was Re: New I.D Feature)

2014-11-30 Thread stevea
documentation and taginfo data which are consistent across the fifty states is better. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Updating tagging of public transport

2014-11-29 Thread stevea
transmission, and they must. A lot more of us -- and there are many -- are only quite vaguely aware of how it works, or how we might best induce positive change into its workings. We can do better. Good discussion so far, but it seems we are only scratching this surface. SteveA California

Re: [Talk-us] Ghost Towns

2014-11-18 Thread stevea
to occur. Giving shape to what a set of tags means. Such discussion (sharing) is good. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] New I.D Feature

2014-11-08 Thread stevea
issues. (Talk-us is a larger stage). It seems to me that OSM remains resilient, talking to itself (ourselves) well. So far, so good. (Nothing like dotting an i or two and crossing some ts here and there). SteveA California On 2014-11-07 22:35, Greg Morgan wrote: In contrast

Re: [Talk-us] New I.D Feature

2014-11-06 Thread stevea
the very distinct semantics which differentiate these entities. SteveA California wiki says to use abbreviated. see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:state#For_countries_using_hamlet.2C_subdistrict.2C_district.2C_province.2C_statehttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:state

Re: [Talk-us] tasks.openstreetmap.us

2014-10-21 Thread stevea
conversations are helpful. Imagine things that haven't yet been imagined here. That's a good start. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Coastal Maine needs love

2014-10-15 Thread stevea
on entering the route data, he corrected my erroneous (mistaken) request to conflate actual and proposed route data into one relation. Purely a careless oversight on my part: of course, there should be two relations (one actual, one pending). Thank you Peter: now there are. SteveA California

[Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-10-10 Thread stevea
growth in our national bicycle network. As AASHTO's USBR approval process happens each spring and autumn, talk-us might expect similar requests for (additional) volunteers about twice a year, an important method by which this project grows. Thank you! SteveA USBRS WikiProject coordinator

Re: [Talk-us] OSM-US tasking manager

2014-09-14 Thread stevea
neighbors. Communicate. Say what you'd be willing to do. Ask others if they would be willing to do D, E and F if A, B and C look like they have other folks signing up to do them, too. Get balls rolling. It's a neat thing when it happens. SteveA California

Re: [Talk-us] Prima Facie Speed Limits

2014-09-10 Thread stevea
data and code (logic) is warranted. SteveA California Signage standards are contained in the MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices). These are standards, not absolute requirements, but you will find them followed pretty closely because traffic engineers don't like having to explain

Re: [Talk-us] Prima Facie Speed Limits

2014-09-09 Thread stevea
me, though. SteveA California___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] Taxiways and runways in mapnik?

2014-09-08 Thread stevea
What happened to taxiways (and runways?) in mapnik recently? Take a look at any airport with taxiways near you and see if it isn't re-rendering in a oops, something is missing kind of way. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Baltimore County Maryland Building and Address Import

2014-09-06 Thread stevea
Back in my Johns Hopkins days (early '90s), I leased an apartment near Homewood at Calvert 31st. Looks terrific: nice work, Elliott! SteveA California Quick update: The import is finished! I've been doing some QC and it really is great to look at, and so useful. OSM in Baltimore County has

Re: [Talk-us] Dirt Roads (formerly: Abandoned railway)

2014-09-02 Thread stevea
. Discussions like these, some identification, some organization, some inspiration, and we will rev it up faster. Elephants are best eaten one bite at a time. (A metaphor, not literal) SteveA California___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] Dirt Roads (formerly: Abandoned railway)

2014-09-01 Thread stevea
, as the southeastern portion of the county is very sparsely populated, has difficult access, and comparisons of what Bing and TIGER display are often wildly different. But such results are worth the effort, imho. Good topic, good discussion. SteveA California

[Talk-us] East Coast Greenway updated as ncn

2014-08-06 Thread stevea
more. Enjoy! SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Road abbreviations

2014-08-01 Thread stevea
problematic street names, but this overlay/visualization is a great initial result and should be pursued further. Thanks for everybody's efforts! SteveA California On 7/30/2014 6:18 PM, Serge Wroclawski wrote: Paul, Yeah, I'm just trying to figure out where the problems are- not trying

Re: [Talk-us] Road abbreviations

2014-07-30 Thread stevea
needs it to do (either on-list or off-list) we can likely get closer to the goal. TileMill experts: you might chime in here, too. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] Tagging cycleways with cycle_network

2014-07-21 Thread stevea
encourage these tags (and yes, taginfo does show them to be both growing in number and becoming more correct) where they are known and able to be correctly entered into OSM. Lay data groundwork! SteveA California___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Beach routing

2014-07-11 Thread stevea
(in a renderer, in a router...). If/as we keep up that good work, both our map and our tools become better and better. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] IR boundary tagging

2014-06-25 Thread stevea
of OSM, a little bit of geojson magic, and a little bit of what if? Nice! SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] exit_to vs destination

2014-06-25 Thread stevea
, they are: San Jose Oakland (and then you interchange to I-280 to get from 17 to San Francisco, otherwise you head to Oakland). I'm not advocating that we change the destination tag to control_city, just making an observation that might be helpful for discussion purposes here in the USA. SteveA

Re: [Talk-us] End of an Era, data collection to slow in Oklahoma, project announcement

2014-06-24 Thread stevea
to continue to follow. Although I DO wish that more states which have rcns would create/have their own pages (are you listening, Georgia and Delaware, for example)?! Also, Paul, thanks for all the OSM editing you have done over the years. SteveA California

Re: [Talk-us] Nominatim in CDP

2014-06-11 Thread stevea
this happening? Good communication and deeper and wider understandings about how we use our data. And thanks to those who work on OSM data software tools (editors, style sheet manipulators...), promulgate them and document how to use them. Keep up the good work, everybody! SteveA California

Re: [Talk-us] Talk-us Digest, Vol 79, Issue 13

2014-06-11 Thread stevea
ways. My sleeves have been rolled up for a couple (maybe even a few) years. We can do this. It involves conversation, but we can do this. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-06-03 Thread stevea
, Martijn! Concomitantly, I have answered Serge off-list (where I did my utmost to keep my mode appropriate). Simon Poole writes: @stevea you would substantially help your cause if the route data was available for inspection, best a public source from where it could be obtained. Simon, I

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-06-03 Thread stevea
-distance bicyclists), AND I think it could be done (mapped AND/OR bicycled) not in months, but in weeks, or even days (if just one or two people were to drink a few coffees). This (OSM) is project which can, and often does, UNIFY us, not divide us. Let's work together! SteveA California

Re: [Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-06-01 Thread stevea
misunderstanding around some edges that are a bit smeary anyway. We can fix this. Heck, maybe we largely already have. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-06-01 Thread stevea
, oh dear community, I continue to seek clarity. I truly am trying to do the right thing(s) here. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-05-31 Thread stevea
, facilitating harmonious progress and further growth in our national bicycle network. To begin your contributions to this OSM WikiProject, reply using steveaOSM at softworkers (dot) com. Put USBR mapping in OSM in the Subject line and say where you'd like to map. Thank you! SteveA

[Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-05-31 Thread stevea
in a wider forum. Most sincerely, SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Standard (mapnik) toolchain/processes: can we teach these better?

2014-05-26 Thread stevea
contributor (and who isn't?!) please help us to channel our questions and thirst for specific knowledge into better sub-communities of sharing, especially the one regarding future directions of our project. Thank you to everybody who read and participated in this thread! SteveA California

[Talk-us] Standard (mapnik) toolchain/processes: can we teach these better?

2014-05-25 Thread stevea
and told Go. But I don't know a whole heck of a lot of what and where are these resources. Thanks in advance for a wide swath of pointers to get me (us) started. With my best attempt to remove any residual grumpiness, SteveA California ___ Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Mapnik not rendering leisure=nature_reserve

2014-05-24 Thread stevea
This isn't a problem with Mapnik, but a change to openstreetmap.org's Mapnik XML. I would post an issue here https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto Daniel Thank you, Daniel! I have now discovered that Paul Norman has effectively done this with

[Talk-us] Mapnik not rendering leisure=nature_reserve

2014-05-23 Thread stevea
, SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] Named beaches, too?

2014-05-23 Thread stevea
, but NR/leisure=nature_reserve was recent). Wow, I'm in a mood: don't mess with (our) mapnik?! Again, I'm all for improvements. But dumbing down? Can't we just talk? SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Importing building data for Anne Arundel County MD

2014-05-01 Thread stevea
. That is YOU. Ask, and you shall receive. If not, make a formal request under your state's Public Records laws. That's how it works around here, anyway. (Green pastures in California? Maybe. But there are 49 other states, too). SteveA California

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

2014-03-16 Thread stevea
the perceived cost of giving up data verses the cost of paying a service provider like Google to keep their IP. Yup. Simply said: yup. I hope this helps, It does, Greg. Thank you. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] State ref tags on ways

2014-03-11 Thread stevea
defer to local expertise outside of California. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] State ref tags on ways

2014-03-11 Thread stevea
, I know you do, as it does help. Posit tags. Posit structure. Harmonize. It is work, yet it can be done. SteveA California___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] importing zip codes

2014-02-23 Thread stevea
they are. Accordingly, I wish you good day, and remind all of us that OSM intends to be a friendly, listening place. And sometimes the answer is not really, no. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] importing zip codes

2014-02-23 Thread stevea
busy in ways that are probably more useful for OSM. Good of you to be thinking about it, and sharing with us here. Thank you! -SteveA -Tod remainder redacted ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] OSM Data Consumer

2014-02-23 Thread stevea
not shocked anymore, but anybody could be. It's rather pleasant, actually: gives you that warm, volunteer feeling. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Ramsey County Minnesota opened its GIS data to the public today

2014-02-16 Thread stevea
) the data's rightful beneficiaries (and executors). Let us enjoy the fruits of our labor: the public data we own and pay our agencies to maintain, whose job it is to produce copies for us as we ask for them. Free of any licensing terms, as the data are already ours. SteveA California

Re: [Talk-us] Ramsey County Minnesota opened its GIS data to the public today

2014-02-16 Thread stevea
SteveA, Sorry for inconveniencing you and the cause. Justin, I wish to be encouraging to you and others who post valuable information here, and STRENGTHEN your voice here by weaving it into the many strands of crowdsourced powerful truth. I am sure people like you and the rest of the OSM

[Talk-us] Another plug for OSM by Adventure Cycling Association

2014-02-12 Thread stevea
is the premier nationwide bicycling organization in the USA, and is spearheading efforts to develop the USBRS among states and state departments of transportation. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-us] Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) real estate assessment website for addresses

2014-02-05 Thread stevea
-maintained GIS data is very likely yours for the asking, depending on your state laws. So, do a little research, find out, and report back! SteveA California I'm just wondering, do you guys think that Allegheny County's real estate assessment website is OdbL compatible to use to gain addresses

Re: [Talk-us] Help needed with polygon/membership of admin area in Willits, CA

2014-01-26 Thread stevea
the semantics of the multiple-polygon nature of such single entities as a city with multiple exclaves like this. However, it is crucial to apply correct syntax of proper tags on the multipolygon relation, as well as roles on the member polygons. SteveA California

Re: [Talk-us] Quick intro and request to contribute

2014-01-13 Thread stevea
point others to the data you have found and ask them to do an import. But again, I welcome you to enter the data into OSM and enjoy the results! SteveA California (1) California Government Code, section 6250 et seq (2) County of Santa Clara vs. California First Amendment Coalition, Court

Re: [Talk-us] Relation member order/structure; best effort worth it?

2014-01-12 Thread stevea
them (though it's not impossible to do this here). SteveA California On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 1:21 AM, stevea mailto:stevea...@softworkers.comstevea...@softworkers.com wrote: A sidelong topic to separate relations. Volker and I just shared some email about how he uses JOSM automation

[Talk-us] Relation member order/structure; best effort worth it?

2014-01-11 Thread stevea
it might make a difference. Where does it make a difference? OSM can be a deep place sometimes. A lot of the conversations here are an attempt at agreement among structure and tagging. Good for us. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Proposal to Remove Two Duplicate Route Relations in Texas

2014-01-07 Thread stevea
intention. OSM doesn't work when it is considered a solo map, so we must listen. Consensus is essential, though only occasionally easy. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Help with non-existent school in Big Sur, CA area

2014-01-06 Thread stevea
actually there, but there are arguments to be made for why we might want to keep historical sites in OSM, even without there being something there -- if it is tagged as such. SteveA California I'm doing a bit of mapping south of Monterey based on some notes I've taken two months ago, and I've

Re: [Talk-us] User testing OSM.org

2013-12-08 Thread stevea
-surprisingly-hard/ It, and the associated blog posts, make for enlightening reading before beginning a similar endeavor, even though OSM tools mentioned may not be exactly the same. SteveA California I'm working with a Chicago organization called CUTGroup [0] to set up a user testing event

Re: [Talk-us] Currently available good GPS for use with OSM mapping in the USA?

2013-11-26 Thread stevea
, nearly 10,000 square kilometers, this was no small task! OK, MoCo is far from done, but it is MUCH better than it was a year ago. Yes, we have a big country, but one road, café, bike route and restroom at a time, OSM builds it nicely. SteveA California

Re: [Talk-us] take responsibility, not control.

2013-11-18 Thread stevea
When you find a suspicious edit, try to be part of the solution, What a really well-written post. Thank you, Richard! SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] OSM passion gush

2013-11-16 Thread stevea
routes are totally charged with electric lightning right now. New routes seed, grow and visually feed back. This is truly a wide (national, statewide, locally) visual conversation done partly geographically. So far, so good. Useful map we have here! SteveA California

Re: [Talk-us] Railroads and Railroads (Historic)

2013-11-11 Thread stevea
everything: using things (tags) smartly and documenting and gaining consensus and making it smarter as we go (while getting intelligent feedback in a loop while growing better and smarter ad infinitum)... simply IS our OSM and how it works. On a good day. SteveA California On Sun, Nov 10

Re: [Talk-us] Ferries

2013-11-07 Thread stevea
of decision-making belongs, not by making data changes that are more convenient for it. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Ferries

2013-11-07 Thread stevea
. Concomitantly, routing algorithms can and should pay attention to said tagging scheme. SteveA California On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 8:49 AM, stevea mailto:stevea...@softworkers.comstevea...@softworkers.com wrote: A very big +1 to this. Posing a challenge to the construction of an accurate

Re: [Talk-us] Admin borders in the US

2013-11-06 Thread stevea
On 11/5/13 6:59 PM, stevea wrote: I don't mean to pour water on what is a sizzling and robust conversation -- quite the opposite. But as a computer scientist, I don't see how putting (moving, creating anew...) borders (and WHAT other objects -- we likely need to be careful in our design

Re: [Talk-us] Admin borders in the US

2013-11-05 Thread stevea
/layer/whatever might be editable by our standard tools, and the API should stay the same. We might need to be a bit more flexible on that last point, I'm not sure. But is that a good goal to continue to discuss as what we (roughly) want to address this issue? Thank you, SteveA California

Re: [Talk-us] Admin borders in the US

2013-11-03 Thread stevea
in the middle: I like it! Good conversation. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Freeway directions

2013-10-19 Thread stevea
what is. Nice job so far, everybody. I very much like this crowd-sourced map. It only keeps getting better and better. SteveA California___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Freeway directions

2013-10-18 Thread stevea
routing. It does that! SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Complex intersection mapping

2013-10-15 Thread stevea
data not all they can be (i.e. well-formed and as correct as we are able to observe and enter them). I seem to be echoing what Minh said near the end of his reply: handle both. (or more). Good discussion. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-us] Complex intersection mapping

2013-10-14 Thread stevea
. That seems long-term wise given that there will likely be both types of intersections entered into the underlying data. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER 2013 Places shapefile for PA?

2013-10-07 Thread stevea
might be a well-identified idea. Discussing and paying attention to counties-at-a-time can shake a little order into things where now it seems a bit lumpy and chaotic. SteveA California (yes, we have some work to do here!) ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER 2013 Places shapefile for PA?

2013-10-07 Thread stevea
, really, but there it is), SteveA California That ITO map seems to be only looking at ways. If you include relations in the analysis things should actually be pretty good. There should be a (mostly) correct boundary relation for every county in the US. At one point I was the last user to have

Re: [Talk-us] Baltimore County GIS Data is now public domain

2013-10-02 Thread stevea
the data might or should find their way into OSM. That is an entirely different thread! (One which has been addressed many times and in many ways regarding imports). I hope this helps, SteveA California___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Baltimore County GIS Data is now public domain

2013-10-01 Thread stevea
decisions affirming, and armed with this knowledge, ask away. Happy mapping! SteveA California On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Elliott Plack elliott.pl...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings OpenStreetMappers, I am very excited to announce that my organization, Baltimore County Government Office

Re: [Talk-us] Baltimore County GIS Data is now public domain

2013-10-01 Thread stevea
request them under the law, then as you have the legal right to do so, use them as you see fit. After all, the data are yours (at least in my state, how about yours?) SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https

[Talk-us] Adventure Cycling article (OSM in the media)

2013-09-04 Thread stevea
Well, this newsletter/blog entry by Adventure Cycling Association is pretty cool: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap_in_the_media#September (points to) http://www.adventurecycling.org/resources/blog/openstreetmap-the-web-based-mapping-project Not shy to toot OSM's horn, SteveA

Re: [Talk-us] Burning Man old data, publicity opportunity

2013-08-05 Thread stevea
for paper maps and street signs, of course. Be careful at night! (Oh, the nights!) SteveA California (known as Solar Steve while living at our second home, Black Rock City) ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-us] Shields are up!

2013-07-30 Thread stevea
created and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and linking the images to the templates that the slippy map would likely use. This is a ridiculously well-written how-to guide. Thank you kindly, and nice job, Minh! SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing

Re: [Talk-us] Spammy-sounding survey sent to my OSM inbox today.

2013-07-28 Thread stevea
, then start talking about asking more of us in the direction of privacy-invading demographic information. This knowing everything about everybody has gone too far. You don't know about padeshahekhoban? Neither do I. And I really don't care to: I'm busy mapping. SteveA California OSM

Re: [Talk-us] Spammy-sounding survey sent to my OSM inbox today.

2013-07-28 Thread stevea
opt in and some opt out? Um, please don't answer that (but do ponder it), as the question is essentially rhetorical. Good discussion (and thank you to those who have responded to me off-list, as well), SteveA California___ Talk-us mailing list Talk

Re: [Talk-us] Tagging Ridges as ways

2013-07-26 Thread stevea
standards, but OSM doesn't claim to adhere to them. SteveA California http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dridgehttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dridge seems to suggest that the appropriate way to tag a ridge is as a way. Any thoughts on this? I'm looking at 100

Re: [Talk-us] USBRs as ncns in OCM

2013-07-12 Thread stevea
USBR routes) should allow OpenCycleMap and waymarkedtrails.org renderings to track, update and properly display the USA's nascent nationwide bicycle network. Cheers, SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http

[Talk-us] USBRs as ncns in OCM

2013-07-02 Thread stevea
OSM data, it is the dawn of a new day for nationwide bicycle routing in the USA! SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Mappy Hour

2013-07-01 Thread stevea
: Is there an online (audio/video) venue which has less onerous Terms of Service than Google's? A way to technologically solve a delightfully impromptu meeting like this without using a corporate host that insists upon taking from us everything we discuss within its digital domain? SteveA

Re: [Talk-us] Update on highway shield rendering

2013-07-01 Thread stevea
out! Just (re-) throwing it out there, SteveA California For those interested in highway shields: Phil, Ian and myself put some more time in on getting shields working on the OSM-US server last week. We actually got things mostly working but did run into a brick wall. Unfortunately

Re: [Talk-us] Cam4rd98 just doesn't get it

2013-06-26 Thread stevea
there. We're all grown ups here. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Onboarding new mappers | Keeping track of changes

2013-06-26 Thread stevea
in the community who give back so much. It's the same thing: shared wisdom. SteveA California Bryce Nesbitt writes: 3) A first edit could go in a queue for an experienced mapper to look at and comment on. Hopefully that comment is great job, welcome to the community

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