Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-13 Thread stevea
I agree. In the USA, the five-digit postal code was introduced in 1963 and called a "ZIP code," for "Zone" (first digit), "Improvement" (second and third digits), "Plan" (fourth and fifth digits). In 1983, nine-digit codes were introduced by adding a hyphen after the five digits and four more

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-13 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 6:34 PM Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > In the USA a postal code is not actually an area, but a set of > addresses. Often they are all in one area, but sometimes the area is > not clearly defined. This is partially why postal codes are usually > just added to the POI directly in

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-13 Thread Joseph Eisenberg
In the USA a postal code is not actually an area, but a set of addresses. Often they are all in one area, but sometimes the area is not clearly defined. This is partially why postal codes are usually just added to the POI directly in the USA. Trying to make a sensible set of areas or boundaries wil

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-13 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 11:49 AM Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > > > 12 Jan 2020, 18:39 by snusmumriken.map...@runbox.com: > > On Sun, 2020-01-12 at 08:35 -0600, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 1:47 AM Snusmumriken < > snusmumriken.map...@runbox.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 2020-01-11

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-12 Thread Snusmumriken
On Sun, 2020-01-12 at 22:53 +0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > On 12. Jan 2020, at 08:47, Snusmumriken < > > snusmumriken.map...@runbox.com> wrote: > > > > Not saying that OSM should do it, just that it doesn't differ that > > much > > from postcode areas, where a certain authority has designated

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-12 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 12. Jan 2020, at 08:47, Snusmumriken > wrote: > > Not saying that OSM should do it, just that it doesn't differ that much > from postcode areas, where a certain authority has designated a certain > number to a certain area, although there is no ground-truth that could >

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-12 Thread Snusmumriken
On Sun, 2020-01-12 at 21:00 +, Jóhannes Birgir Jensson wrote: > So you suggest that we help routers to blacklist these areas, Wow, you're putting words in my mouth that is the exact opposite of what I wrote a couple of e-mails back. That is really dishonest. ___

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-12 Thread Jóhannes Birgir Jensson
So you suggest that we help routers to blacklist these areas, which means living there will become even worse as various services depending on our data stop delivering there? These no-go areas are very much based on estimates. Personally if we are marking hazards then my country can pretty much

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-12 Thread Snusmumriken
On Sun, 2020-01-12 at 18:46 +0100, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > I understand that it would politically sensitive, but from a data- > > model > > point of view it doesn't really differ from postcode areas (under > > the > > assumption that there's an authority that designates some areas as > > high

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-12 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
12 Jan 2020, 18:46 by matkoni...@tutanota.com: > > > > 12 Jan 2020, 18:39 by snusmumriken.map...@runbox.com: > >> I understand that it would politically sensitive, but from a data-model >> point of view it doesn't really differ from postcode areas (under the >> assumption that there's an autho

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-12 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
12 Jan 2020, 18:39 by snusmumriken.map...@runbox.com: > On Sun, 2020-01-12 at 08:35 -0600, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 1:47 AM Snusmumriken < >> snusmumriken.map...@runbox.com> wrote: >> > On Sat, 2020-01-11 at 21:22 +0100, Martin Trautmann via talk wrote: >> > > On 2

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-12 Thread Snusmumriken
On Sun, 2020-01-12 at 08:35 -0600, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 1:47 AM Snusmumriken < > snusmumriken.map...@runbox.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 2020-01-11 at 21:22 +0100, Martin Trautmann via talk wrote: > > > On 20-01-02 12:23, pangoSE wrote: > > > > > > > A map cannot solve a

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-12 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 1:47 AM Snusmumriken wrote: > On Sat, 2020-01-11 at 21:22 +0100, Martin Trautmann via talk wrote: > > On 20-01-02 12:23, pangoSE wrote: > > > > > A map cannot solve a lack of general awareness when visiting a > > > new/unknown place. Going to the mountains to hike can also

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-11 Thread Snusmumriken
On Sat, 2020-01-11 at 21:22 +0100, Martin Trautmann via talk wrote: > On 20-01-02 12:23, pangoSE wrote: > > > A map cannot solve a lack of general awareness when visiting a > > new/unknown place. Going to the mountains to hike can also be > > dangerous > > if you are not well prepared. This is of

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 2:25 PM Martin Trautmann via talk < talk@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > On 20-01-02 12:23, pangoSE wrote: > > > A map cannot solve a lack of general awareness when visiting a > > new/unknown place. Going to the mountains to hike can also be dangerous > > if you are not well pr

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-11 Thread Dave F via talk
On 11/01/2020 20:22, Martin Trautmann via talk wrote: But a good map is for people who do NOT know this area. People who know about neither need a map nor a warning. Which those with more accurate, regularly updated data, such a emergency services & governmental authorities, can provide by ov

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-11 Thread stevea
> On Jan 11, 2020, at 12:22 PM, Martin Trautmann via talk > > and > On 20-01-02 12:23, pangoSE wrote what they wrote. To be clear, the hazards I'm hazily identifying are naturally-occurring or are human-made real-life hazards that can cause you real harm if you approach them and are not caref

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-11 Thread Martin Trautmann via talk
On 20-01-02 12:23, pangoSE wrote: > A map cannot solve a lack of general awareness when visiting a > new/unknown place. Going to the mountains to hike can also be dangerous > if you are not well prepared. This is of course not marked on the map! I agree that I don't know any non-subjective way ho

Re: [OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-02 Thread pangoSE
On 2020-01-01 15:28, Rory McCann wrote: This topic has come up before, and unfortunately when you think about it, there is no objective way to define a "no go area". It's all subjective. So it doesn't belong in OSM. People do live in many of these areas, so software that didn't route in/throu

[OSM-talk] Too subjective & problematic Re: no-go-areas

2020-01-01 Thread Rory McCann
This topic has come up before, and unfortunately when you think about it, there is no objective way to define a "no go area". It's all subjective. So it doesn't belong in OSM. People do live in many of these areas, so software that didn't route in/through these areas would be pretty bad for pe