Re: [talk-au] Stimulus funding locations

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
Actually after thinking about it some more, unless there is some issues about choices of tags to tag these govt locations there is no point not uploading the data. I've just uploaded all 321 Centrelink locations now. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@ope

Re: [talk-au] NT data

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
I've uploaded 989 POIs from this data set to OSM. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Victorian police locations...

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
328 police POIs have just been uploaded. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
I've just update a matilda location with information from their website (types of fuel sold etc). Any way, they list services on their station locations like hot food, groceries, dry cleaning etc: http://www.matildafuel.com.au/stationfeatures.asp This is on top of the amenity:*=* tags I used for

Re: [talk-au] Victorian police locations...

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
Like I said before, I think making a wiki page and posting these observations there would be more helpful in the long run than simply sending them off into the ether that is this mailing list. The heads up is great, but nothing much is going to happen this way. Steve __

Re: [talk-au] Victorian police locations...

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/20 Steve Bennett : > Like I said before, I think making a wiki page and posting these > observations there would be more helpful in the long run than simply sending > them off into the ether that is this mailing list. The heads up is great, > but nothing much is going to happen this way. F

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Roy Wallace
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:42 PM, John Smith wrote: > I've just update a matilda location with information from their > website (types of fuel sold etc). > > Any way, they list services on their station locations like hot food, > groceries, dry cleaning etc: > > http://www.matildafuel.com.au/stati

Re: [talk-au] Victorian police locations...

2009-12-20 Thread Roy Wallace
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:46 AM, John Smith wrote: > > Feel free, but these locations are all tagged with fixme=not_reviewed > and show up in things like keepright etc, and as I said before I even > made a custom page for the bp locations to make it simpler again. IMHO it would still be useful t

Re: [talk-au] Victorian police locations...

2009-12-20 Thread Liz
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Roy Wallace wrote: > IMHO it would still be useful to create a wiki page to make a record > of these imports, and importantly, direct people to instructions for > using "keepright etc", direct people to the e.g. BP custom page, and > direct people to instructions to get the "Ed

Re: [talk-au] Victorian police locations...

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 1:46 AM, John Smith wrote: > Feel free, but these locations are all tagged with fixme=not_reviewed > and show up in things like keepright etc, and as I said before I even > made a custom page for the bp locations to make it simpler again. > Not sure if you have a pathologi

Re: [talk-au] Victorian police locations...

2009-12-20 Thread Liz
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Steve Bennett wrote: > Not sure if you have a pathological hatred towards making wiki pages, or > how you end up thinking it's less work to send so many messages to this > list rather than creating onebut whatever. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/BP_service_stations the

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Roy Wallace wrote: > Specifically, though, I'm wondering why use amenity:atm=yes rather > than atm=yes? Is there ever some "atm" that isn't an amenity? > > It's for when there are several amenities sharing one node. Not that any renderers/editors actually support

Re: [talk-au] Victorian police locations...

2009-12-20 Thread Liz
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Steve Bennett wrote: > Like I said before, I think making a wiki page and posting these > observations there would be more helpful in the long run than simply > sending them off into the ether that is this mailing list. The heads up is > great, but nothing much is going to happ

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Roy Wallace
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Steve Bennett wrote: > >> Specifically, though, I'm wondering why use amenity:atm=yes rather >> than atm=yes? Is there ever some "atm" that isn't an amenity? > > It's for when there are several amenities sharing one node. Not that any > renderers/editors actually

[talk-au] Wikifiddling

2009-12-20 Thread Liz
Can a wikifiddler sorry wiki editor sort out the two parallel lists at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Data_Imports and http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Data.australia.gov.au_projects because it could be better done? ___ Talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Victorian police locations...

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Steve Bennett : > Not sure if you have a pathological hatred towards making wiki pages, or how > you end up thinking it's less work to send so many messages to this list > rather than creating onebut whatever. Don't you know programmers have a dislike of writing documentation? :P _

Re: [talk-au] Victorian police locations...

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:41 AM, John Smith wrote: > 2009/12/21 Steve Bennett : > > Not sure if you have a pathological hatred towards making wiki pages, or > how > > you end up thinking it's less work to send so many messages to this list > > rather than creating onebut whatever. > > Don't yo

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Roy Wallace : > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Steve Bennett wrote: >> >>> Specifically, though, I'm wondering why use amenity:atm=yes rather >>> than atm=yes? Is there ever some "atm" that isn't an amenity? >> >> It's for when there are several amenities sharing one node. Not that an

Re: [talk-au] Victorian police locations...

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Steve Bennett : > But all I was suggesting was you dump the same text that you were sending to > the email to the wiki instead. That's not dislike of writing documentation, > that's wikiphobia. Perhaps you should see how much I've updated the wiki before you start trying to imply stuff

[talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread Liz
Just looking at a photo and it has a "Mobile Library Stop" sign in it Are these common and I haven't been looking? any ideas for a tag amenity=library_stop ?? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread David Murn
According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:atm you should add an individual node for an ATM, rather than tag it onto an existing node (ie. bank, servo or chemist). Also, http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfuel describes details for labelling different fuel types. This was (

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:39 AM, David Murn wrote: > According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:atm you should add > an individual node for an ATM, rather than tag it onto an existing node > (ie. bank, servo or chemist). > > Well, that's a bit of a misrepresentation. It says it's better

Re: [talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Liz wrote: > Just looking at a photo and it has a "Mobile Library Stop" sign in it > Are these common and I haven't been looking? > any ideas for a tag > amenity=library_stop ?? > > I have seen a couple of these around country Vic. I'd use whatever the tag is for

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Liz
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, David Murn wrote: > According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:atm you should add > an individual node for an ATM, rather than tag it onto an existing node > (ie. bank, servo or chemist). for any reference you can find in the wiki, we can find a contradictory one htt

Re: [talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Steve Bennett wrote: > > Just looking at a photo and it has a "Mobile Library Stop" sign in it > > Are these common and I haven't been looking? > > any ideas for a tag > > amenity=library_stop ?? > > I have seen a couple of these around country Vic. I'd use whatever the tag > i

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread David Murn
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 11:49 +1100, Liz wrote: > On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, David Murn wrote: > > According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:atm you should add > > an individual node for an ATM, rather than tag it onto an existing node > > (ie. bank, servo or chemist). > > for any reference you

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Liz
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, David Murn wrote: > On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 11:49 +1100, Liz wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, David Murn wrote: > > > According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:atm you should add > > > an individual node for an ATM, rather than tag it onto an existing node > > > (ie. ban

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread David Murn
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 11:42 +1100, Steve Bennett wrote: > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:39 AM, David Murn > wrote: > According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:atm you > should add > an individual node for an ATM, rather than tag it onto an > existing node >

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread David Murn
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 12:04 +1100, Liz wrote: > On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, David Murn wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 11:49 +1100, Liz wrote: > > > On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, David Murn wrote: > > > > According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:atm you should add > > > > an individual node for an ATM,

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:11 PM, David Murn wrote: > Actually, I just did read it, and put the pages side-by-side. The only > difference I noticed, is at the top.. > > Tag:atm=yes > (Redirected from Key:atm) > > Ok, quick lesson on MediaWiki for you all. Some pages in the wiki are "redirects".

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:05 PM, David Murn wrote: > > Well, I never add any map data that I havent verified for myself, so my > interpretation is probably different to those who mass-import data. Ive > been to almost every servo in my local area, and have been marking > features such as car was

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 David Murn : > According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:atm you should add > an individual node for an ATM, rather than tag it onto an existing node > (ie. bank, servo or chemist). Assuming you have accurate information for the location, in the case of most/all servos the ATM

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Liz : > On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, David Murn wrote: >> According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:atm you should add >> an individual node for an ATM, rather than tag it onto an existing node >> (ie. bank, servo or chemist). > > for any reference you can find in the wiki, we can find

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Steve Bennett : > Answer: David, you continue to create new nodes for atms, John, stack all > the atm information etc on the same node, until someone surveys it. Wasn't planning to do any different, it's hard enough to pin point the location of a lot/most BPs from aerial imagery where i

Re: [talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Liz : > Just looking at a photo and it has a "Mobile Library Stop" sign in it > Are these common and I haven't been looking? > any ideas for a tag > amenity=library_stop ?? The only mobile libraries I've seen go to schools, haven't see signs at all.

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:45 PM, John Smith wrote: > Wasn't planning to do any different, it's hard enough to pin point the > location of a lot/most BPs from aerial imagery where it exists, next > to impossible in areas with no aerial imagery, although as I said > before, it's pointless trying to

Re: [talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > I think using a bus route type could get muddled with public transport > and we will have german tourists trying to catch the library truck to get > around. > > Still a better solution than alternatives. You could tag it amenity=library, n

Re: [talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread Stephen Hope
2009/12/21 Elizabeth Dodd : > > I think using a bus route type could get muddled with public transport > and we will have german tourists trying to catch the library truck to get > around. > Yeah, they're not really really related to bus-stops. All the mobile libraries I've seen tend to do 2-3 st

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Roy Wallace
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:43 AM, John Smith wrote: > >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:atm=yes >> >> this was Roy's point >> amenity:atm=yes is not consistent with the page I just mentioned > > I didn't bother to check the wiki before doing this, but at the same > time there was a number

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Roy Wallace
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Roy Wallace wrote: > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:43 AM, John Smith > wrote: >> >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:atm=yes >>> >>> this was Roy's point >>> amenity:atm=yes is not consistent with the page I just mentioned >> >> I didn't bother to check the

Re: [talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Stephen Hope wrote: > Actually, the closest thing I can think of is the mobile blood-bank > collection vans. They operate in a similar fashion - any tags for > marking them to use as an example? > > Other things in the same category might include meeting points a

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Roy Wallace wrote: > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Roy Wallace wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:43 AM, John Smith wrote: > >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:atm=yes > >>> > >>> this was Roy's point > >>> amenity:atm=yes is not consistent with the page I jus

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Roy Wallace : > And on a slightly different issue, what source=* values are you > planning on? For example, will source:atm=* be set also? It would be > bad for someone to remove the fixme=not_reviewed without "reviewing" > ALL details imported, including, for example, atm=yes... The on

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Roy Wallace : > I would still suggest atm=yes. The "amenity:" is redundant. And the other amenity:*=* tags? _

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Steve Bennett : > Well...not really. Not sure how "accurate" you need. if you know it's just > inside the door on the left, that's pretty easy to map within a metre or > two. If you have aerial imagery this might be possible because you could draw the buildings out etc, otherwise you ar

Re: [talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Stephen Hope : > may have a long wait.  I suspect some sort of time tagging would be > appropriate  (eg Tuesdays, 10:00-12:30) opening_hours=Tu 10:00-12:30 ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/list

Re: [talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Steve Bennett : > information=guidepost? mobile_library_stop=Tu 10:00-12:30 ? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:47 PM, John Smith wrote: > > You are assuming the only use is for rendering, have you seen osmfuel.org? > > http://www.osmfuel.org/enter > Uh: You have asked Firefox to connect securely to mail.suckfuell.net, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure. ...

Re: [talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM, John Smith wrote: > 2009/12/21 Steve Bennett : > > information=guidepost? > > mobile_library_stop=Tu 10:00-12:30 ? > That's extremely specific. The chance of any renderer ever supporting that is very low. Better to go for a more generic tag. Steve ___

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fuel locations

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Steve Bennett : > Not sure what's going on there. When I click on the "osmfuel.org" it does > that. They probably don't have virtual hostnames configured properly, you need www in front. > Oh, as opposed to amenity=atm? I thought we were talking about amenity:atm=yes v atm=yes ? > Cr

Re: [talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread John Smith
2009/12/21 Steve Bennett : > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM, John Smith > wrote: >> >> 2009/12/21 Steve Bennett : >> > information=guidepost? >> >> mobile_library_stop=Tu 10:00-12:30 ? > > That's extremely specific. The chance of any renderer ever supporting that > is very low. Better to go for a

Re: [talk-au] Common or not??

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:22 PM, John Smith wrote: > > Compared to atm=yes rendering? :) > > It's not a bus stop and I wouldn't tag it as such as they could be > incorrectly rendered. > > In fact some mobile libraries aren't buses, the only ones I've ever > seen in recent times were semi-trailers