Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-03 Thread Mike
On 02.04.12. 16:58, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Am 2. April 2012 16:44 schrieb Mikemike.cuttl...@gmail.com: I did not pretend they did, but I like to point out that them being part of Serbia is also disputed. It is clear that there is no clear status for them at the moment, and I support

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-03 Thread Mike
I cannot change what has happened in kosovo, and we have to make the best of it. I want to have good relations with all people of the world and on osm. I dont want to fight with you over this, my purpose is to make a usable map and to keep the team motivated to do so. Please restrain

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-03 Thread Mike
I cannot change what has happened in kosovo, and we have to make the best of it. I want to have good relations with all people of the world and on osm. I dont want to fight with you over this, my purpose is to make a usable map and to keep the team motivated to do so. Please restrain

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-03 Thread Altin Ukshini
Hello Mr.Cuttlers I dont know who you are or where you come from. I can only tell you that I feel so sorry for the informations you have. I dont know who told you these things but they cant go wors. And I can tell you that you are not good in history too, please dont prejudice what happened all

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-03 Thread Mike Dupont
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Mike mike.cuttl...@gmail.com wrote: And again, yu are luyin OK, I give up. I hope that the mailing list here has gotten a chance to see what we are dealing with in relations with some people over these issues. I am not going to deal with you mr cuttlers any

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-03 Thread Mikel Maron
...@gmail.com Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ? On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Mike mike.cuttl...@gmail.com wrote: And again, yu are luyin OK, I give up. I hope that the mailing list here has gotten a chance

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-02 Thread Mike
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Mike Cuttlers mike.cuttl...@gmail.com wrote: imagine someone who goes to prishtina with a printed osm map with the serbian names and trys to find something, they ask for help and show the map to someone, the people on the ground wont

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-02 Thread Mike
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:33 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com mailto:dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: Am 2. April 2012 00:31 schrieb Mike mike.cuttl...@gmail.com mailto:mike.cuttl...@gmail.com: OSM should not act upon advocacy to declare as fact every wish for

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-02 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 2. April 2012 15:34 schrieb Mike Cuttlers mike.cuttl...@gmail.com: that territory is quite a hot matter. It is not recognized as an country and by international agreements it is still part of Serbia. There are 89 countries who recognized Kosovo (e.g. the USA, UK, Germany, France,

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-02 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 2. April 2012 16:44 schrieb Mike mike.cuttl...@gmail.com: I did not pretend they did, but I like to point out that them being part of Serbia is also disputed. It is clear that there is no clear status for them at the moment, and I support that this uncertainty is also somehow reflected

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-02 Thread Mike Dupont
OK, lets end this now please. I cannot change what has happened in kosovo, and we have to make the best of it. I want to have good relations with all people of the world and on osm. I dont want to fight with you over this, my purpose is to make a usable map and to keep the team motivated to do

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-01 Thread Павел Фомин
01.04.2012, 12:16, "Mike Dupont" jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com:I think we agreed here on the "on the ground rule", kosovo is on the ground the republic of kosovo and not serbia. [...]belgrad is not in fact control of kosovo, kosovo is its own country.  Arrrgh. We should have rules on mapping

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-01 Thread Mike Dupont
We have rules for osm, they are clear. it is the on the ground rule. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Disputes#On_the_Ground_Rule On the Ground Rule If the dispute can not be resolved through discussion, then the simple default rule is that whatever name, designation, etc are used by the

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-01 Thread pec...@gmail.com
2012. gada 1. aprīlis 13:01 Павел Фомин pavel...@yandex.ru rakstīja: 01.04.2012, 12:16, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com: I think we agreed here on the on the ground rule, kosovo is on the ground the republic of kosovo and not serbia. [...] belgrad is not in fact control of kosovo,

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-01 Thread Mike Dupont
Hello, my last words on this for now : for osm to be useful it needs two things : 1. local dedicated mappers who have local knowlege who feel comfortable and motivated to continue mapping. 2. accurate maps that reflect the names of places there, signs you can see. if you continue to rename

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-01 Thread ThomasB
The example of Kosovo in the OSM Wiki that you are quoting here has been added your friend Liz, who is in favour of your view. But there exist other views too. As far as on the ground does matter here, the local signs call the border Kosovo Provincial Boundary not country border. The government in

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-01 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:29 PM, ThomasB toba0...@yahoo.de wrote: The example of Kosovo in the OSM Wiki that you are quoting here has been added your friend Liz, who is in favour of your view. I am sorry, it was added by mikel before I even started to work on the project.

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Павел Фомин pavel...@yandex.ru wrote: Arrrgh. We should have rules on mapping disputed areas and partially recognised countries. Is OSM showing the internationally accepted situation or is it taking into account every single front line? Seems to be

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-01 Thread Mike
OSM should not act upon advocacy to declare as fact every wish for independence, especially if ground situation is that authority of the territory is taken by force and in recent past so that matter is not internationally settled. That would mean that any terrorist organization that gain military

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-01 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 2. April 2012 00:31 schrieb Mike mike.cuttl...@gmail.com: OSM should not act upon advocacy to declare as fact every wish for independence, especially if ground situation is that authority of the territory is taken by force and in recent past so that matter is not internationally settled.

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-01 Thread Mike Dupont
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Mike mike.cuttl...@gmail.com wrote: Intentions of the contributors in OSM map of Kosovo i Metohija is best displayed by ignoring the fact that on the ground both Serbian and Albanian languages are used I have done my best to add in the serbian names of all the

Re: [OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

2012-04-01 Thread Mike Dupont
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Mike mike.cuttl...@gmail.com wrote: OSM should follow international law. There are a great deal of disputes here on this issue I agree, I dont want to even go into them in detail. my question is, do you care about the progress we have made, the community