Re: [talk-au] Explicit Permission to use NSW Land and Property Information data

On 7/12/2015 2:45 PM, Andrew Harvey wrote: This conversation is quite scattered now but, Snip I want to make sure that we have solid legal foundations for this, and would like to run it by the legal-talk list first for advice. What is your position? You are uncertain of the legal

Re: [OSM-talk] Involving Cyclists in OSM

On 9/12/2015 11:40 AM, Clifford Snow wrote: I am meeting with one of the key players in Seattle's cycling clubs to pitch doing a presentation to their membership. I'm interested in hearing from cyclists on why and how OSM is useful to them. I have no problem talking about the open data concept

Re: [talk-au] Explicit Permission to use NSW Land and Property Information data

On 8/12/2015 3:14 PM, Andrew Harvey wrote: On 8 December 2015 at 04:54, Paul Norman > wrote: When we're talking about source tags, we should use whatever is useful for mappers. In theory source date tags can be useful, but in practice

Re: [talk-au] Explicit Permission to use NSW Land and Property Information data

On 6/12/2015 9:16 AM, Nathanael Coyne wrote: Excellent news - can you please publish here the actual wording from LPI? Why not just view it on the OSMwiki? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution/New_South_Wales_Goverment_Data Note the request to have the date of retrieval marked in

Re: [talk-au] Explicit Permission to use NSW Land and Property Information data in JOSM

On 6/12/2015 11:32 AM, cam_...@fastmail.fm wrote: Wow, this is like an early xmas present :-D - I'm super-happy to get access to missing street names around Sydney for OSM. QUESTION How do I get this imagery into JOSM?! They have one access in javaGIS ... A simple explanation ? In JOSM, go

Re: [OSM-talk] A message to our friends at HOT, Peace Corps etc. about Changeset Comments

On 19/11/2015 11:11 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, I would like to draw everyone's attention to a long-standing community recommendation: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_changeset_comments It explains why you should use sensible changeset comments that describe what you (think you)

Re: [OSM-talk] A message to our friends at HOT, Peace Corps etc. about Changeset Comments

On 19/11/2015 11:52 AM, john whelan wrote: HOT and OSM are slightly different, HOT maps on OSM but uses a simpler more standardized approach. Many of their volunteers often do not know enough English to write a meaningful change set comment. HOT tends to map in areas that do not have a great

Re: [OSM-talk] Release openstreetmap-carto v2.36.0

On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, Colin Smale wrote: I see your point Martin. So all we need now (for your example) is a documented map from shop=tobacco to a list of sells:*=* tags which are default for shop=tobacco. One would reasonably expect sells:cigarettes=yes, sells:pipe_tobacco=yes and

Re: [OSM-talk] Release openstreetmap-carto v2.36.0

On 31/10/2015 8:10 AM, Matthijs Melissen wrote: On 30 October 2015 at 22:01, Matthijs Melissen wrote: - shop=pharmacy (use office=pharmacy) This should be amenity=pharmacy instead of office=pharmacy, of course. No. In a perfect world it should be

[OSM-talk] Emergency button on phone OSM apps?

Hi, On the cell phone apps that use OSM I would like to seen an "Emergency" button ... for use in an emergency. It would bring up on the map the local emergency items; emergency phones, AEDs (Automatic Emergency Defibrillators - used for heart attack victims) Life belts/rings Hospitals with

Re: [OSM-talk] User WJtW - railway track counts

A local railway corridor is having a third track added specifically to carry freight. It can also carry passengers but that would be an exception. It may have a 'lower-spec' for smoothness .. but in all other regards it has at least the same speck. There is some political pressure to encourage

Re: [talk-au] Correct tagging for life rings (life saving buoy)

On 5/10/2015 6:58 PM, Max Bainrot wrote: Hi all, Been doing some searching trying to work out how to tag a life saving buoy, its basically enclosed in a enclosure located near a emergency phone. So after some googling I've come across the following.

Re: [talk-au] Melbourne Airport (mapped as both node and way)

On 1/10/2015 4:50 PM, Ian Sergeant wrote: I guess I was talking about navigating there by aircraft. A 'point' calculated for an aerodrome area would be good enough until you had to select a runway .. where you would want the end points of the runway .. not the node of the aerodrome (most of

Re: [talk-au] Melbourne Airport (mapped as both node and way)

-1 Here am I taking nodes and making them areas - thus removing the node. I think mkgmap needs some improvement to get relevant areas into POI ... if that is a problem. I'd put money on a mkgmap 'expert' tell us that it is not a mkgmap problem as it can be done. On 1/10/2015 12:04 PM,

[talk-au] NSW NP tracks closed during total fire ban days

Some tracks/paths in a NSW National Park now have signs up that say they are closed during declared Total Fire Ban days. I have tagged these using opening_hours="Closed during Total Fire Ban days" I think I'll add that to the Australian wiki page. Comments?

Re: [talk-au] NSW NP tracks closed during total fire ban days

On 25/09/2015 10:06 AM, Ian Sergeant wrote: On 25 September 2015 at 09:54, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com <mailto:61sundow...@gmail.com>> wrote: Some tracks/paths in a NSW National Park now have signs up that say they are closed during declared Total Fire Ban days. I

Re: [talk-au] NSW NP tracks closed during total fire ban days

and leave the translation up to the client. It is however very clear. Nathanael Coyne(Boehm) www.purecaffeine.com <http://www.purecaffeine.com/> Canberra, Australia On 25 September 2015 at 09:54, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com <mailto:61sundow...@gmail.com>> wrote: Some tracks/path

Re: [talk-au] Average speed limit cameras

On 17/09/2015 9:03 AM, Nathanael Coyne wrote: Can someone please check my work? http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5510636 There's an average speed limit section in Canberra near Woden too but no one has added that to the map yet so I couldn't copy. Any other examples I could refer to?

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping what is on the ground ...

On 13/09/2015 4:18 AM, Lester Caine wrote: This is one for the GB list really, but given the debate here and it's relevance to the discussion I thought it appropriate to widen the exposure. I'm battling Facebook and it's crap set of official 'cites' which one is allowed to select as home

Re: [OSM-talk] THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject

On 12/09/2015 8:36 AM, Colin Smale wrote: Why shouldn't it work? It is perfectly easy to understand what is intended. Anyway where is the list or definition of what constitutes a *primary* tag? On 2015-09-12 00:11, Dave F. wrote: On 11/09/2015 03:07, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: But the

Re: [OSM-talk] The wiki pages ... for the mapper? or the render? or both?

On 10/09/2015 12:20 PM, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:06:17 +1000 Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: On 9/09/2015 3:36 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: On 2015-09-09 05:18, Warin wrote: The some of the wiki pages appear to be written for the renders, while other

Re: [OSM-talk] Fw: important =spam

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Re: [OSM-talk] Fw: important

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Re: [OSM-talk] Fw: important... recomend auto deletion of any Fw:important

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Re: [OSM-talk] The wki pages ... for the mapper? or the render? or both?

On 9/09/2015 3:36 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: On 2015-09-09 05:18, Warin wrote: The some of the wiki pages appear to be written for the renders, while others look to be written for the mappers. This is confusing! I believe there should be two versions of the wiki pages - one for mappers who need

Re: [OSM-talk] The wki pages ... for the mapper? or the render? or both?

On 9/09/2015 3:40 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: sent from a phone Am 09.09.2015 um 05:18 schrieb Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: this list a number of what a mapper would call an object (bridge, tunnel, cutting) but a render associates with another object to render it correctly an

Re: [OSM-talk] THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject

On 8/09/2015 7:00 PM, Fabian Schmidt wrote: On 09/08/2015 12:16 AM, Dave F. wrote: I fail to understand why railways are singled out as a special case. If roads, buildings or woods get demolished, they get deleted. please have a look at the tag definition in the wiki: "where the rails have

Re: [OSM-talk] THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject

On 8/09/2015 6:07 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: sent from a phone Am 08.09.2015 um 01:49 schrieb Dave F. : I don't believe anyone's advocating the removal of existing entities. In your viaduct case above, keep the viaduct entity, remove the railway=abandoned tag,

[OSM-talk] The wki pages ... for the mapper? or the render? or both?

The some of the wiki pages appear to be written for the renders, while others look to be written for the mappers. This is confusing! I believe there should be two versions of the wiki pages - one for mappers who need simple descriptions of the tag/s and another for renders that give

Re: [talk-au] Distinguishing between low-friction and high-friction shared paths

On 3/09/2015 1:35 PM, Chris wrote: Hello, I am new to this group and have a question about pedestrian and bicycle shared paths. I can't find anything in the archives. In NSW, shared paths fall into two broad categories: (1) Sidewalk footpaths that have been designated as shared paths. In

Re: [OSM-talk] Abandoned Rails

On 24/08/2015 7:25 PM, moltonel 3x Combo wrote: On 24/08/2015, Balaco Baco balacob...@imap.cc wrote: buildings are usually replaced much faster than maps are expected to last, and the work of updating it twice, once for the empty space, dem. building and the future new building outline is

Re: [OSM-talk] Abandoned Rails

On 24/08/2015 4:24 AM, Dave F. wrote: On 23/08/2015 19:11, Mike N wrote: On 8/23/2015 2:03 PM, Dave F. wrote: Are you saying if a building gets demolished replaced with a new one, you wouldn't remove the original outline from OSM? In my case, I've begun to do just that, adding a note to

Re: [OSM-talk] landcover=trees [was Re: OpenStreetMap Carto v2.33.0 release]

On 17/08/2015 7:20 PM, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: In that case it is perfectly OK to do not edit map and keep it as it was (yes, as I understand it and it seems to be a widely used in this way - landuse=wood, natural=wood, landcover=trees are used currently for the same objects). Err disagree,

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 17/08/2015 4:28 PM, Colin Smale wrote: If only all this energy were directed at helping OSM forwards. We haven't had a lot of progress in the last few years (I am not talking about mapping as such, but about the OSM framework itself). There are still periodical discussions about how to

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 17/08/2015 10:48 PM, moltonel 3x Combo wrote: On 17/08/2015, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: Am 17.08.2015 um 02:39 schrieb moltonel 3x Combo molto...@gmail.com: * A broken bridge with just a few meters left on both riverbanks I surely wouldn't have removed this one.

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 17/08/2015 11:13 PM, Colin Smale wrote: On 2015-08-17 13:37, Warin wrote: On 17/08/2015 4:28 PM, Colin Smale wrote: Will the free-tagging laissez-faire camp win, or will the curated/managed tagging camp win? I'm in the 'systematised free tagging' camp .. I want a structure that has

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 17/08/2015 11:54 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, On 08/17/2015 03:13 PM, Colin Smale wrote: So if I think something is useful to me, and I am prepared to maintain it to my own satisfaction, I can feel free add it I'd think it should be documented in the wiki .. so others can 'see' what it is

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 15/08/2015 10:08 PM, Lester Caine wrote: On 15/08/15 12:55, Colin Smale wrote: Good question. We assume they were not entered from sources without a suitable licence. Should we delete them? I certainly don't need to know where the gas pipelines are. But someone buying a house close by may

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 16/08/2015 1:29 AM, Russ Nelson wrote: Warin writes: On 15/08/2015 3:46 PM, Russ Nelson wrote: Railway=dismantled. Doesn't get rendered except where it should be, do you still want railway=disused to remain? Are we even talking about the same thing? Let's assume that you made

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 16/08/2015 1:35 AM, Russ Nelson wrote: Serge Wroclawski writes: Our project's policy thusfar has been in contrast to other projects in that each and every one of us is empowered to make changes to anything we see. You're starting to understand! You should make changes to things you

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 15/08/2015 7:19 PM, Volker Schmidt wrote: I would like to argue for a general do-not-remove-if-you-do-not-have-the-original-mapper's-ok-beforehand policy for these and similar cases. I have myself mapped a couple of abandoned railways where the remains were often no longer recognizable

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 15/08/2015 3:46 PM, Russ Nelson wrote: Mateusz Konieczny writes: In another case where railway tracks that were removed, embankment demolished and somebody build there houses. In that case railway track should not be mapped in OSM because this feature is gone. Railway=dismantled.

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 14/08/2015 10:10 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: sent from a phone Am 14.08.2015 um 05:09 schrieb Russ Nelson nel...@crynwr.com: We allow original research and expert testimony. So, is OSM to contain only the obvious that everyone can see? Or should it contain everything that can be seen?

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

Snipped for PC below, meanings remain. On 13/08/2015 9:30 PM, Ian Dees wrote: I appreciate that there are strong feelings about this topic, but we could certainly use more constructive language and have a civilized conversation. Passion is what can make a good mapper. But keep it in

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 13/08/2015 11:24 PM, Ruben Maes wrote: On Thursday 13 August 2015 15:10:14 Mateusz Konieczny wrote: On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 21:54:39 +1000 Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: For example a demolished building .. may have a new building built on the same spot .. with the same outline. Leave

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 11/08/2015 4:37 PM, Andrew Wiseman wrote: Hi Russ, I would suggest you contact who is saying that or deleting it (if you can see who that is,) and talk to them, nicely, about your concerns. I bet it's just that people probably aren't familiar with the concept of abandoned railroads as a

Re: [OSM-talk] stop deleting abandoned railroads

On 11/08/2015 8:07 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, On 08/11/2015 07:09 AM, Russ Nelson wrote: Now, you might think Goddamnit, does Russell have to start again? Yes, I have to start again. I was in north-western Pennsylvania last weekend looking for the Corry Junction Rail Trail. Problem: it

Re: [talk-au] Unauthorised bike trails in national parks

Agree with most things you said Stev... But for the copyright map thing. 'We' should not be using copyright maps for anything in OSM. I do use copyright maps .. usually for planning trips ... along with OSM or course. Once the trip is completed I use my trip generated knowledge to add/improve

Re: [talk-au] Unauthorised bike trails in national parks

On 30/07/2015 10:20 AM, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: Hi What (if any) is the correct tagging for unauthorised trails in national and state parks? For example, Ant Track https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/-37.92599/145.32051 I have spoken with Parks Vic and they request that bike

Re: [OSM-talk] Marking tight corners

On 30/07/2015 5:45 AM, Subhodip Biswas wrote: Hi, On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Mateusz Konieczny matkoni...@gmail.com mailto:matkoni...@gmail.com wrote: Geometry of road is already providing this information, there is probably no need to duplicate this in tags. Thanks, will it

Re: [OSM-talk] waterway - routable network and reservoirs/lakes

On 28/07/2015 10:24 PM, Christoph Hormann wrote: On Tuesday 28 July 2015, Maarten Deen wrote: Do you think that hydrological analysis is a wider field of application than water navigation? I was of the opinion that the connection of waterways within OSM was primarily for navigation. That

Re: [OSM-talk] New road style for the Default map style - the second version. And thanks for rural test locations!

On 24/07/2015 7:49 PM, p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: On Fri Jul 24 09:45:06 2015 GMT+0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: sent from a phone Am 23.07.2015 um 20:49 schrieb Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk: What is needed is proper tagging of fields rather than adding random areas of 'farmland'

Re: [talk-au] tagging Fords and routing

On 20/07/2015 8:18 PM, David Clark wrote: Hi Andrew, That ford fails on ridewithgps so the problem must be with their routing engine. I'll get in touch with them about fixing it. Thanks for your help. An idea... If the router is told to avoid unpaved roads .. that may also avoid fords.

[Talk-tr] Feature Proposal - Voting - Reception/Reception_Point/Reception_Area

Hi, These are all now open for voting. The 'winner' of these will be judged first on the greatest number of yes votes. Then the winner will be judged as per the normal proposal rules for rejected/approved. I think that is the best assessment of the proposals. So .. vote 'yes' for the one

Re: [OSM-talk] Micromapping and other subforums

On 5/07/2015 12:08 PM, Michał Brzozowski wrote: On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 3:37 AM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: Definition of mirco mapping would be usefull if this starts up? Mapping areas of, say, less than 5? square metres? Mapping nodes where the separation to other features is less

Re: [talk-au] High country huts

On 4/07/2015 6:24 PM, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: Hi I am new to editing. I have noticed inconsistency in what are known in Australia as Alpine or High Country or Mountain Cattlemen's huts. In Victoria they are tagged tourism=alpine_hut (see Bogong High Plains, Mt Sterling and Lake

Re: [OSM-talk] Micromapping and other subforums

On 5/07/2015 11:21 AM, Daniel Koć wrote: I'm interested in some special mapping areas, like small scale/micro- mapping problems. While I see 3D and indoor mapping subforum in OSM Specials section on OSM Forum, I don't see micromapping subforum there. Are there any other mappers interested in

Re: [OSM-talk] Layers and landuse

On 29/06/2015 1:14 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2015-06-28 14:39 GMT+02:00 Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de mailto:o...@tobias-knerr.de: On 27.06.2015 11 tel:27.06.2015%2011:19, michael spreng wrote: This is not a tagging error. It is an error. Only the underground part of

Re: [OSM-talk] Layers and landuse

On 29/06/2015 9:34 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: sent from a phone Am 29.06.2015 um 00:42 schrieb Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com: If lower than the 'original ground level' then layer=-1 (or more) layer are tags to map relative local stacking (which object is above which other object where

Re: [talk-au] possible duplication of streets by new mapper

In JOSM you can use the 'history' of a node/way to see who did and when .. there is also an 'author' thingy on the left side so you can see the current author. That helps me see what I have done compared to others. On 22/06/2015 11:05 AM, John Henderson wrote: Hi sparrowhawk, Done. You

Re: [OSM-talk] Road Surface Type Map

On 18/06/2015 12:23 PM, Hans De Kryger wrote: Does anyone know of a map that displays road surface type? If not maybe it been a good idea to request one from itomap. It would be a lot of help to mappers who map those tags. OSMAnd has a function to display road surface... it does display

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM in India

On 16/06/2015 8:41 PM, john whelan wrote: Could we make an effort to map one bit of India remotely ideally one that has a few mappers in it or users and see if it can grow from there? Any NGOs operating in India? If possible it should be a place where tourist go. I'd think tourist would be

Re: [OSM-talk] Some thoughts against remote mapping

On 14/06/2015 6:31 PM, Sarah Hoffmann wrote: The One Map we currently show caters mainly to the overrepresented tech population (or, in the case of the HOT map, to NGOs) and that gives the impression that the same is true for our data (which isn't). So maybe both, the diversity movement and

Re: [OSM-talk] Some thoughts against remote mapping

On 15/06/2015 2:29 AM, John Eldredge wrote: The claim that the maps are only for the benefit of Westerners implies that non-Western people never travel to or trade with areas beyond their immediate neighborhoods. There was a humours suggestion to map animal paths, rejected as not something

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM is a right mess

On 4/06/2015 9:48 AM, pmailkeey . wrote: A value of residential here seems to need a key to identify whether it relates to a building or landuse. However, you suggest building=residential as possibly being redundant. In fact, I'd turn this on its head and make landuse=residential (with

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM is a right mess

On 3/06/2015 6:45 PM, Lester Caine wrote: The discussion recently on how a 'university' should be tagged probably encompasses all of the circularity with the current tagging practice, and where the hierarchy of tagging could best be agreed. Campus area === landuse=university Some universities

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM is a right mess (was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue)

On 3/06/2015 10:37 AM, Tom MacWright wrote: Hi Mike, Please propose an alternative. He has been .. on other threads.. On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:22 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com mailto:sea...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 3, 2015 8:06 AM, pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com

Re: [OSM-talk] Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue

On 1/06/2015 6:42 AM, John Eldredge wrote: Yes, I would class this as a rendering error on Craigslist's part, not a data error on OSM's part. It sounds like the code is checking for the presence of the oneway tag, where it should be checking for the presence of oneway=yes. Or oneway=1,

Re: [OSM-talk] Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue

On 31/05/2015 10:51 AM, Mike Thompson wrote: I have posted this issue to the Craigslist feedback forum, but I also thought I would post it here to see if anyone has a specific contact at Cragislist that handles their map rendering. They use - and credit - OpenStreetMap (which is wonderful),

Re: [OSM-talk] Keulen (was Re: Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?)

On 30/05/2015 6:00 PM, Johan C wrote: The values used in the destination tag (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:destination) should always display the exact name as it is shown on the signpost When the 'name on the signpost' changes along the way, or by the direction of travel

Re: [OSM-talk] Mechanical name edit? (was Re: Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?)

On 30/05/2015 8:41 PM, Roland Olbricht wrote: Hi, On 05/30/2015 09:48 AM, Roland Olbricht wrote: Thank you for informing the community. Do you actually have substantial evidence of a mechanical edit or something similar? There are a couple individual complaints and license issues (people

Re: [Talk-in] Tagging abandoned airstrips

On 22/05/2015 3:05 PM, Sutripta wrote: Hi, Are there any norms for tagging abandoned airstrips? Regards Sutripta disused:aeroway=runway see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Aeroways for more on aerodromes... ___ Talk-in mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] iD name suggestion index - asking non-English-speaking mappers to review

is valid as a company name (apparently On May 17, 2015 10:53:07 PM CDT, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/05/2015 3:57 PM, Stefan Baebler wrote: I see Petrol is categorized under discardedNames, but is is in fact a valid full name of company with chain of gas pumps in Slovenia

Re: [OSM-talk] iD name suggestion index - asking non-English-speaking mappers to review

On 17/05/2015 3:57 PM, Stefan Baebler wrote: I see Petrol is categorized under discardedNames, but is is in fact a valid full name of company with chain of gas pumps in Slovenia (www.petrol.si http://www.petrol.si). Are there many other similar cases that would make it worthwhile to make

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

Congratulations, Andy. On 11/05/2015 1:11 AM, Grant Slater wrote: Hi Andy, I no longer have sufficient time to administer the wiki and to review cases thoroughly. User:Lyx has done a great job in my absence, but he could use additional help. I am going to focus my available time on OSM

Re: [OSM-talk] Junction assessment help

Needs someone on the ground to determine it. Suggest a more local group rather then a world wide group? On 11/05/2015 10:07 AM, Ed Loach wrote: Looks correct to me, based on your description. Do you have photos to make things perhaps clearer? Ed (EdLoach)

Re: [OSM-talk] Problems with the wiki (was Why OSM and not another collaborative mapping service?)

On 9/05/2015 7:57 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, On 05/08/2015 08:00 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: There's another problem page at OpenStreetMap is a social activity. Sigh. Lots of good cleanup edits. Lots of blundering elephant edits. Yes, it doesn't feel good to point fingers at individuals but

Re: [talk-au] camp sites

On 3/05/2015 2:50 PM, Ian Sergeant wrote: I can't see any reason why this responsibility should be given to the mapper. The corresponding categories may be better held in a software ruleset, and the mapper just enumerate the amenities on the campsite that they are aware of. Mappers take

Re: [talk-au] camp sites

On 3/05/2015 10:22 AM, David Bannon wrote: On Sun, 2015-05-03 at 08:41 +1000, waldo000...@gmail.com wrote: I have an ideological objection to introducing key values that represent composite keys (e.g. serviced === standard + shower + Yes Waldo, I do understand this point. But conversely, its

Re: [Talk-in] Confusion over tagging POIs as using nodes or areas

Some things are better as points. man_made=water_tap would be such a small area that it would not be worth while mapping as an area. Most initial mapping occurs as points - quicker and easier for the mapper. And it does get the information across to the end user, the added information of an

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting on voting system for proposals

On 19/03/2015 2:44 PM, Clifford Snow wrote: On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Matthijs Melissen i...@matthijsmelissen.nl mailto:i...@matthijsmelissen.nl wrote: As far as I know, we don't have a policy on which tags to include in the rendering, and there is currently no consensus

Re: [OSM-talk] Second decade visions

On 15/03/2015 11:21 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Am 14.03.2015 um 23:49 schrieb mick bare...@tpg.com.au: One issue I hope those people expending mental energy on improving the tagging scheme will keep in mind are the limitations existing in GIS packages in respect of the number of fields

Re: [OSM-talk] Taginfo challenge

On 14/03/2015 5:49 PM, Jochen Topf wrote: On Sa, Mär 14, 2015 at 09:24:20 +1100, Warin wrote: Are not 'keys' always lower case? Thus any upper case there can be changed into lower case without loss of data? Tags are much more varied than you might think. And then some. See here for some stats

Re: [OSM-talk] Taginfo challenge

On 14/03/2015 2:57 AM, Jochen Topf wrote: On Fr, Mär 13, 2015 at 07:17:01 +, Malcolm Herring wrote: I found several cases of a key being duplicated with various capitalisations: instead of this they are mostly like This or THIS. Could somebody make a bot to clean these? Please don't. Read

Re: [OSM-talk] Second decade visions

On 11/03/2015 9:53 AM, Daniel Koć wrote: 4. Redesigning some key tagging schemes I think that will be one of the hardest think to change, but while tag crafting is mostly a grassroot process, we need to rethink some of them in a more systematic way. For example amenity=school should be

[OSM-talk] Season=autumn not fall

I came across the use of season=fall .. that is American English .. I've added to the wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:seasonal to reflect correct British English usage. The use of 'etc' should be avoided in giving examples .. especially where the examples are not numerous? I've

Re: [talk-au] Wiki vote open for Sanitary Dump Station

There are a few things open for voting now .. the page to keep an eye on is https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Proposed_features_%22Voting%22 You may note the power supply=intermittent https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/power_supply%3Dintermittent one .. of

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping dangerous bicycle locations?

On 9/03/2015 9:08 PM, moltonel 3x Combo wrote: On 09/03/2015, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote: There are in places bicycle specific warning signs (e.g. sharp curve bicylists beware) and THOSE can definitely be mapped. Agreed, we can probably draw the line on wether the hazard is

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping dangerous bicycle locations?

The suggests values of weather related - rain/snow will change with the weather .. naturally. slippery = surface related ... could be tagged with surface=? glass-shard .. can be cleaned up, thus temporary like the weather ... I have stopped and swept things off the path .. used some cardboard

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

PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 11:23 PM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'd like to find out which user has contributed a key to the map ... the key has no wiki page and I'd like to know what was meant by the key and its' value. Use taginfo. Navigate to the key/value

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

Hi, I'd like to find out which user has contributed a key to the map ... the key has no wiki page and I'd like to know what was meant by the key and its' value. The key has low numbers .. so while there may be more than one user .. I think I only need to contact one of them. I've used

Re: [talk-au] Proposed import of SA waterbodies data

On 21/01/2015 2:00 PM, Henry Haselgrove wrote: Hi All, I have created the following wiki page to describe a plan I have to import some of the waterbodies data: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/South_Australian_Waterbodies Any feedback you have about the plan would be greatly

Re: [talk-au] Cycling network tag

On 15/12/2014 1:22 PM, Steve Bennett wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Nicholas Barker nicholasbark...@gmail.com mailto:nicholasbark...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Steve/Frank As for routes i believe that it should only be tagged if its signed as a route or there is other strong

[talk-au] Railway in Sydney .. tagged light_rail

Hi, I've noticed that the main north line railway line in Sydney is tagged railway=light_rail .. that does not make sense to me. It is of the standard gauge for Australia and carries freight! .. so should be tagged railway=rail? Ref

Re: [talk-au] Railway in Sydney .. tagged light_rail

Hi, Now that I've posted .. I cannot find it! Let me scan again later when I have more time to check that I have it wrong/right.. Original Message Message-ID: 548a4bce.7010...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:58:38 +1100 From: Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com User

Re: [talk-au] Railway in Sydney .. tagged light_rail

Hi, Found it .. it is in the route relation ! route=rail would be more appropriate? rather than route=light_rail ? Don't know thence the question. Original Message Message-ID: 548a4bce.7010...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:58:38 +1100 From: Warin 61sundow

Re: [Talk-in] Introduction

for offset correction. Btw, I hope you meant Bing imagery, not their mapping service. Thanks for your work! Have a good trip here! Regards, Ishan Sent from my Windows Phone From: Warin mailto:61sundow...@gmail.com Sent: ‎08

[Talk-in] Introduction

error. But mostly connectinmg roads and adding brigdges. Oh .. and a few railway crossings. Thanks for you work to the OSM map Warin ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in

Re: [talk-au] Bicentennial National Trail is not a dedicated bicycle route

On 14/09/2014 11:25 AM, Mark Rennick wrote: I note there has been mapping of the Bicentennial National Trail as a ‘bicycle route’ in the Victorian Alpine National Park area. I have two comments on this: 1.*This trail is not a dedicated ‘bicycle route’*. // As stated on the

Re: [talk-au] Sydney - Hornsby section of 'Pacific Highway' to revert to old name

On 27/06/2014 12:50 PM, Nilbog_aus wrote: I live local to this and have been following it in the local media too. Also I drive these streets most days. The RMS has stated (in a local paper I think) they have no immediate plans to rename George Street and Jersey Road to Pacific Highway but may

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