Simon wrote:
> I never thought I’d do an analysis of dog poo and councils.
> Time for a
> map showing the distribution? ☺
I don't know why I was calling them "dog bins" rather than "dog waste bins". I
first saw them somewhere near Guildford in the early 90s, and after that took
them for granted
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 02:46:07PM +, Dave Stubbs wrote:
> > Same goes for trying to encode hierarchy into keys and values really.
> > It's quite cumbersome. We're using XML, it's good for structuring data
> > (eye of the beholder thing there), and instead of trying to encode
> > structure in
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 03:17:35PM +, OJ W wrote:
> having a tag like amenity=doctor's would at least cause such systems
> to fail earlier, by putting quote marks into a tag in common usage ;)
Oh, I can see Little Bobby Tables coming. ☺
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On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 08:50:10PM +0800, D Tucny wrote:
> > In the area I was in yesterday, and the recreation ground I was looking at,
> > the dog bins are more numerous than the litter bins.
> >
> I've never heard of them called dog bins before...
Oh, we have some “colloquial” councils; he’s no
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 09:44:56AM -, Ed Loach wrote:
> I wrote:
> > From that I've so far used
> > amenity=dog_bin
>
> d replied:
> > I don't like the sound of that one... Is it for dogs to
> > use or where you put your used dogs? :/
>
> I'm not sure whether this is tongue in cheek, or wher
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:25 PM, elvin ibbotson
wrote:
> I was taught that apostrophes should be used in two cases: to indicate a
> missing letter and to indicate possession,
The 3rd common usage being to catch anyone who forgets about escaping
in their parser or when generating xml files...
hav
2008/12/20 Simon Ward :
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:42:01PM +0200, Nic Roets wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Erik Johansson wrote:
>> > Why do people use "_" instead of " ", seems very cumbersome really.
>>
>> Because
>> * it's been an OSM convention (standard) since 2006. No one voted
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:50 PM, D Tucny wrote:
> I've never heard of them called dog bins before... There was a certain
> amount on tongue in cheek in my reply... A waste bin is for putting waste
> in, a waste paper basket is for putting waste paper in, a recycling bin is
> for putting recycling
2008/12/21 Ed Loach
> I wrote:
> > From that I've so far used
> > amenity=dog_bin
>
> d replied:
> > I don't like the sound of that one... Is it for dogs to
> > use or where you put your used dogs? :/
>
> I'm not sure whether this is tongue in cheek, or where you are, but in the
> UK (or at least
I wrote:
> From that I've so far used
> amenity=dog_bin
d replied:
> I don't like the sound of that one... Is it for dogs to
> use or where you put your used dogs? :/
I'm not sure whether this is tongue in cheek, or where you are, but in the UK
(or at least this bit of it) it is an offence for
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:42:01PM +0200, Nic Roets wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Erik Johansson wrote:
> > Why do people use "_" instead of " ", seems very cumbersome really.
>
> Because
> * it's been an OSM convention (standard) since 2006. No one voted and
> the wiki wasn't locked.
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Erik Johansson wrote:
> Why do people use "_" instead of " ", seems very cumbersome really.
Because
* it's been an OSM convention (standard) since 2006. No one voted and
the wiki wasn't locked.
* many of us are programmers
* it's easier to spot mistakes like "__"
2008/12/21 Ed Loach
> From that I've so far used
> amenity=dog_bin
>
I don't like the sound of that one... Is it for dogs to use or where you put
your used dogs? :/
d
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Ed Loach wrote:
> amenity=litter_bin
I've been using
amenity=waste_disposal
waste=trash
For these public roadside litter bins.
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A late reply, triggered by some mapping today and the discussion
about new shops/amenities.
Dave wrote:
> They're bins. In England at least you'd talk about rubbish bins
> (1),
> or just bins (12), but I don't think we've really paid much
> attention
> to mapping them.
I hadn't tagged bins prev
From: Mark Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 31 October 2008 07:21:30 GMT
To: Chris Browet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: OSM-Talk
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to "Map
Features" based on tag usage
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On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Dave Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> The apostrophe is not correct anyway. It denotes a missed letter, in
>> this word-position it would be 'doctor is', as opposed to the
>> non-apostrophe version meaning 'belong to the the doctor' or plural doctors.
>
> I
>
> The apostrophe is not correct anyway. It denotes a missed letter, in
> this word-position it would be 'doctor is', as opposed to the
> non-apostrophe version meaning 'belong to the the doctor' or plural doctors.
I think you're thinking of "its" as in the news group
alt.its.possessive.has.no.a
Mark Williams wrote:
> The apostrophe is not correct anyway. It denotes a missed letter, in
> this word-position it would be 'doctor is', as opposed to the
> non-apostrophe version meaning 'belong to the the doctor' or plural
> doctors.
Heehee, don't get me started.
"doctor's" is the appropria
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Chris Browet wrote:
> It's fairly standard usage, you see a doctor at the doctors, a butcher
> runs the butchers. There should really be an apostrophe in there I
> think, ie: the butcher's shop, the doctor's surgery. But that's not
> re
>
> It's fairly standard usage, you see a doctor at the doctors, a butcher
> runs the butchers. There should really be an apostrophe in there I
> think, ie: the butcher's shop, the doctor's surgery. But that's not
> really how people think of it. Just stick both on and point out
> everyone else's b
Hi,
Dave Stubbs wrote:
> Trash is the American version of rubbish.
In line with recent remarks about places nobody wants to map...
"trailer trash" would be "caravan rubbish" then? ;-)
Bye
Frederik
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On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Ulf Lamping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lars Francke schrieb:
>>> I've added some values to the Map Features amenity section (with the
>>> times used):
>>>
>>> - 2320 bench (used a LOT more than park_bench - "only" 1100 times)
>>> - 1485 shelter
>>> - 351 emergency
Lars Francke schrieb:
>> I've added some values to the Map Features amenity section (with the
>> times used):
>>
>> - 2320 bench (used a LOT more than park_bench - "only" 1100 times)
>> - 1485 shelter
>> - 351 emergency_phone
>>
>> I hesitated to add other values where I was unclear about ...
>
>
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Lars Francke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> waste_basket (150) is something I find useful, too. God knows how
Why do people use "_" instead of " ", seems very cumbersome really.
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> I've added some values to the Map Features amenity section (with the
> times used):
>
> - 2320 bench (used a LOT more than park_bench - "only" 1100 times)
> - 1485 shelter
> - 351 emergency_phone
>
> I hesitated to add other values where I was unclear about ...
I wonder why there is a amenity=ve
Hi!
I've added some values to the Map Features amenity section (with the
times used):
- 2320 bench (used a LOT more than park_bench - "only" 1100 times)
- 1485 shelter
- 351 emergency_phone
I hesitated to add other values where I was unclear about ...
Regarda, ULFL
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