Feb 11, 2023, 11:38 by 61sundow...@gmail.com:
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>
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> On 10/2/23 12:30, Andrew Harvey wrote:
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>> Hi legal-questions,
>>
>> I'm forwarding this interesting question about the OSMF Terms of
>> Use preventing anyone from obtaining OSM data for emergency
>> services use. This
though this round is about surface=fine_gravel (previous was about
surface=gravel)
while surface=gravel old page claimed that it is for track ballast-sized chunks,
current surface=fine_gravel page describes it as duplicate of surface=compacted
Jan 7, 2023, 03:03 by fors...@ozonline.com.au:
> Hi
:22 od daniel.ocon...@gmail.com:
> This seems useful. How often do your reports re-run? (manually?) Would be
> good to chip away at issues and get a sense of progress.
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 4:44 PM Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au <>
> talk-au@openstreetmap.org> >
I have created https://matkoniecz.github.io/OSM-wikipedia-tag-validator-reports/
which lists OSM objects that have some problems requiring review
There is a report for number of areas, including for Australia:
https://matkoniecz.github.io/OSM-wikipedia-tag-validator-reports/Australia.html
(merged
It seems that edit were reverted in
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/124325240
Aug 1, 2022, 00:52 by nwas...@gmail.com:
> Hi
> there is some recent mapping around southern Victoria and the greater
> Melbourne area that seem to be incorrect and need reverting but I am not
> familiar enou
Jul 27, 2022, 10:40 by stevea...@softworkers.com:
> On Jul 27, 2022, at 1:02 AM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 27/7/22 17:13, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au wrote:
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>>> is it clearly signposted as cannabis factory farm at its location?
>>
is it clearly signposted as cannabis factory farm at its location?
If yes, then mapping it likely would be fine.
If it is clearly signposted but it is not verifiable by survey then some
more generic tagging should be fine.
If something is not really verifiable at location (anonymous note may be
I want to confirm report from
https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/4196
"In my area (and throughout built-up parts of Australian cities in general)
it is not uncommon to encounter blocks of townhouses which share a
primary address number but have distinct sub-address numbers.
T
Nov 15, 2021, 12:14 by andrew.harv...@gmail.com:
> What I'd like to hear is from those who do split, is why? Is it just because
> you're trying to follow the documented rules, or is there a reason for
> splitting being better? Ideally we'd document the community preferred
> approach along with
Oct 29, 2021, 12:42 by p...@wyatt-family.com:
> In most cases you are allowed to legally travel ANYWHERE, including off
> track, within a national park (with minimal exceptions), however we do not
> mark on the map every possibility between all known destinations. That would
> make the map l
In such case it would be worth to report this as a clear bug.
(have not verified that it actually happens)
Oct 29, 2021, 13:23 by p...@wyatt-family.com:
> I think OSMAND only works to exclude access=private, not access=no
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>
> S
29 Oct 2021, 09:08 by fors...@ozonline.com.au:
> You could map a track under the "if it exists then map it" rule but you don't
> have to. We do not map women's refuges and they exist. We don't have to map
> every informal trail.
>
Note that "do not map women's refuges" applies to ones which a
1) I think it is fine to consider differently named sections
of shoreline beach as separate objects
(it gets trickier when areas overlap)
2) it is likely much easier to edit it in JOSM
Sep 15, 2021, 02:22 by graemefi...@gmail.com:
> Have had a look at this several times & can't figure out how
>> but I was wondering if anybody else has seen dodgy friend requests
>>
>
> There were a few last month: >
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2021-August/014922.html>
> and they just seem to have kicked off again. I've seen reports
> elsewhere and have had a c
If user is not existing then its spam profile was likely deleted.
Is this possibility mentioned at page of deleted user?
If not - can you link it? Maybe it can be improved and
mention that deleting user is common reason for spam accounts.
In general, in such case I would go to an user profile
Aug 23, 2021, 06:24 by talk-au@openstreetmap.org:
> On Sun, 22 Aug 2021, at 5:39 PM, Little Maps wrote:
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>> I have a different take, but I think you'd be happy with my ideal router. It
>> would give me 2 options: (1) use all available tracks (public + unknown) vs
>> (2) only use known public
06761
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>>
>> Agreed. Surprise no one fixed this already, I've done so now.
>>
>> On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 at 19:45, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au <>>
>> talk-au@openstreetmap.org>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Are you allowed as a cycl
Aug 16, 2021, 13:14 by andrew.harv...@gmail.com:
> On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 at 19:45, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au <>
> talk-au@openstreetmap.org> > wrote:
>
>> Are you allowed as a cyclist to leave sidewalk using them?
>>
>
> Well in NSW you can'
Aug 15, 2021, 02:06 by graemefi...@gmail.com:
> On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 at 08:55, Tom Brennan <> webs...@ozultimate.com> > wrote:
>
>
>> I agree with your comment about only the section inside the property
>> actually being
>> private, but that distinction really only becomes important once
>>
Aug 1, 2021, 09:48 by fors...@ozonline.com.au:
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>> What physically is this 'screeching fence'?
>>
>>
>> Is it in the middle of the road like a cattle grid, or along the edge
>> of the road?
>>
>> A single pole with the device on it?
>>
>> Or is it 2 poles on opposite sides of the road with de
Jul 28, 2021, 07:29 by graemefi...@gmail.com:
>> You can check your throttle status on the standard server here >>
>> https://overpass-api.de/api/status
>>
>
> Which came back with
> Rate limit: 22 slots available now.
> which I assume means it should be OK?
>
Yes, this reported that 2 out of
Jul 28, 2021, 07:23 by aho...@gmail.com:
>
> Industrial on one side, residential on the other?
> Personally I don't mind leaving this as residential as you suggest, so just
> mark it as not an issue.
>
Often residential will be valid there, so I would skip it.
> If you get blocked on the sta
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/Reverter should have an
explanation
(if something is unclear, confusing or insufficient then it should be fixed)
Jun 14, 2021, 09:47 by dazzilitc...@gmail.com:
> I'm not sure how to revert but here are the changesets. I'd really appreciate
> it
If there is no permission then edits sould be reverted.
Can you link affected ones?
Jun 14, 2021, 02:16 by dazzilitc...@gmail.com:
> At the moment I'm a little concerned about how at >
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_data_catalogue#Australian_Capital_Territory>
> it says tha
What is the legal situation? Can you legally use that bypass and continue on
the blocked road?
Dec 4, 2020, 03:19 by bob3b...@skymesh.com.au:
> I don't do a lot of mapping, so thought I'd better check.
>
> Where a road has been closed by a barrier, but people have driven around it,
> making th
Dec 2, 2020, 05:30 by 61sundow...@gmail.com:
> On 2/12/20 3:54 am, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au wrote:
>
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>> Dec 1, 2020, 01:17 by >> 61sundow...@gmail.com>> :
>>
>>> On 1/12/20 12:18 am, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au
Dec 1, 2020, 01:17 by 61sundow...@gmail.com:
> On 1/12/20 12:18 am, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au wrote:
>
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>> Nov 30, 2020, 13:10 by >> 61sundow...@gmail.com>> :
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>>> On 27/11/20 11:15 am, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>
Nov 30, 2020, 13:10 by 61sundow...@gmail.com:
> On 27/11/20 11:15 am, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>
>> This subject has a long-running chequered past that hasn't reached
>> a conclusion >>
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:tunnel%3Dculvert#.22Tagging_controversy.22_sectio
Nov 30, 2020, 04:21 by graemefi...@gmail.com:
>> Please consider how important the location is for the driver/operator, and
>> that the culvert is not just somewhere along a (long) length of road.
>>
>
> Currently, at least, tunnel=culvert doesn't render on the road, it only shows
> as a fain
Nov 30, 2020, 03:24 by ahhug...@gmail.com:
> Hi All,
>
> Thanks everyone for your feedback.
>
> We would like the culvert to be an 'isolated' segment of road for a number
> of reasons. General (light vehicle) limits are typically signed however
> anything that is 'really heavy' such as a mob
Nov 27, 2020, 01:15 by ahhug...@gmail.com:
> We need to model/tag the culvert as part of the road infrastructure.
>
Why?
> Questions : What are the correct tagging for the ways below?
> Way > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/28010677> :
> Q: Tagged as a bridge, but should it be? What else i
Note that we have short_name alt_name and other name tags.
Nov 14, 2020, 01:24 by s...@samwilson.id.au:
>
> I'm not sure it applies everywhere, but one reason to keep the original
> abbreviations is that some transit apps aren't smart enough to search
> for the unabbreviated names. F
Thanks for posting
https://gist.github.com/andrewharvey/12e5753086585279d398f48035368876
allowing easy review of data.
Just to confirm: it is not tagged already, right?
Oct 28, 2020, 06:27 by andrew.harv...@gmail.com:
> The Victorian Ports Corporation (Melbourne) contacted me about adding thei
Important thing to note is that
while nothing makes you obligated
to map tracks in some area,
recommendations/guidelines like this
are not allowing you to delete existing objects
mapped by someone else.
25 Oct 2020, 07:31 by mapslit...@gmail.com:
> Hi Phil, thanks for drafting this, it’s great to
23 Oct 2020, 22:24 by fors...@ozonline.com.au:
> Quoting Andrew Harvey :
>
>>
>> It's just after hearing park authorities raise concerns about us showing
>> un-authorised tracks on OSM, my reaction is usually how are we or anyone
>> supposed to know which tracks are authorised and which aren't
24 Oct 2020, 00:34 by andrew.harv...@gmail.com:
> I can sympathise with the park operator, why should they have to be
> constantly monitoring for any signs of a track anywhere in the park and
> installing signage everywhere, why can't they say these are the areas we
> authorise everywhere else
23 Oct 2020, 11:59 by fors...@ozonline.com.au:
> A licence condition for data users is that they have a public policy for the
> Don'tRender tag
> 'That is fortunately impossible' why is it impossible?
>
Technically it is possible but it would require licensechange that would be
problematic
bot
Oct 23, 2020, 10:18 by fors...@ozonline.com.au:
> I am not morally responsible if an ex partner kills a woman in a women's
> refuge, he is, but I won't knowingly contribute to the process. And it
> doesn't wash with me to say they should put a guard at the door because I
> have mapped a refu
Oct 6, 2020, 23:10 by daviewa...@disroot.org:
> "You may use any names I have applied to tracks as my main intentionis
> to get people walking."
>
>
I am not a lawyer but it sounds like something that is at least intended to be
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-domain-equivalent_lic
12 Sep 2020, 03:41 by graemefi...@gmail.com:
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 20:01, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au <>
> talk-au@openstreetmap.org> > wrote:
>
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>> Sep 2, 2020, 06:06 by >> thesw...@gmail.com>> :
>&g
Sep 4, 2020, 07:09 by o...@97k.com:
>
> some would not satisfy the definition of "clinic" depending on whether the 10
> staff (as specified in the OSM wiki)
>
This sounds like wikifiddling to me. I reduced its weight in
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:amenity%3Dclinic&diff
Sep 2, 2020, 06:06 by thesw...@gmail.com:
> On 2/09/2020 10:38 am, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
>
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>> Did a bit of searching & it appears it was only changed on 15/7/20, but no,
>> I certainly don't remember any discussion?
>>
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Admin_l
Sounds like reocurence of https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations/issues/426
So yes, something got broken on OSM servers.
Not sure whatever creating issues on openstreetmap/operations is helpful.
Sep 1, 2020, 08:02 by graemefi...@gmail.com:
> Has something crashed?
>
> Was getting a weird
30 Aug 2020, 07:40 by graemefi...@gmail.com:
> In addition, the overall Gold Coast LGA boundary hasn't been mapped.
>
Is it something with a clear boundary?
Then it is a data issue. I am unable to
promise fix in specific programs but it
is an OSM data issue (if an exact boundary
is well defined
Just to confirm:
All edits will be made by human
without any fully automated edits, right?
15 Aug 2020, 04:17 by o...@nextbillion.ai:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
>
>
> We’re a small team based out of Hyderabad, India. We would be doing minimal
> edits in Perth and contribute to OSM in the next couple of
e. You have to accept it and deal
> with change.
>
> A Hughes
>
>
> On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 at 23:10, Sebastian Spiess <> mapp...@consebt.de> > wrote:
>
>> On 9/7/20 7:52 pm, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>
(1) pollution of tags by such keys is irritating
(2) people may split, move, delete, edit or copy such tag
wikidata key is slightly better - but requires wikidata entries
Jul 20, 2020, 04:33 by daviewa...@disroot.org:
> Is there any reason against using a custom tag as a linking key?
>
> e.g. so
Jul 9, 2020, 06:50 by greg.dutkow...@gmail.com:
> Hi,
> Bicycle Network Tasmania are trying to improve the quality of cycling
> infrastructure information in OSM.
> Much has been done by volunteers in various jurisdictions, and we have done
> lots locally, but the tagging is quite complex for
Jul 9, 2020, 03:00 by ahhug...@gmail.com:
> Hi Again All,
>
> We would like to investigate how we should store information which is related
> to ways given the following:
>
> + Some specific information we are looking to store is to meet our needs. We
> do have every intention to offer and pr
Jul 7, 2020, 15:37 by ahhug...@gmail.com:
> When I say "correlation", we really like to know that a satisfactory amount
> of (Govt) gazetted roads exist is OSM. If we could identify missing roads
> that would be ideal.
>
For the first step maybe comparing names with mostly ignoring geometry w
Also, in nearly any dataset some errors will appear.
If error is in OSM then fixing is relatively easy, just edit OSM.
But what if centerline in government data is wrong?
Malformed geometry, mapping of nonexisting road etc
"what we might expect when looking to achieve the correlation we need"
Jun 19, 2020, 15:30 by andrew.harv...@gmail.com:
>
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 23:14, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au <>
> talk-au@openstreetmap.org> > wrote:
>
>> Can you consider using more specific surface? Like surface=asphalt?
>>
>
> The problem
Jun 19, 2020, 14:58 by suburbansilvervl...@gmail.com:
> highway=cycleway
> oneway=yes
> surface=paved
>
Can you consider using more specific surface? Like surface=asphalt?
> I'm curious to whether the road beyond should be tagged with bicycle=no up
> until the next intersection. For instance
Jun 17, 2020, 13:35 by mapslit...@gmail.com:
> Perhaps then, landuse=forest and plantation=yes would be a better
> combination, instead of natural=wood?
>
Yes - people that distinguish between this tags will be happy, people not
distinguishing
between this two tags will be happy.
You can als
Jun 17, 2020, 12:35 by andrew.harv...@gmail.com:
>
>
> On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 at 20:13, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au <>
> talk-au@openstreetmap.org> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jun 17, 2020, 11:48 by >> mapslit...@gmail.com>> :
&
Jun 17, 2020, 11:48 by mapslit...@gmail.com:
> source:geometry... etc.
>
source is better tagged in changeset tag itself (or in description of changeset
if you use iD)
> Thus, “plantation=yes” distinguishes plantations from natural forests
>
Good idea, there are some people trying to use landu
Not sure is there tool doing something like that (I am aware about counter of
total
road distance of mapped roads), and presenting results online.
But standard way to do this would be running query on a pgsql database or using
QGIS.
JOSM has area tool (as a plugin), but it would double count ov
Is it possible that they are listing
roads with minor traffic, connecting
parts of real bicycle infrastructure?
In my city (Kraków, Poland) municipality
was doing someting like that.
Partially it was reasonable, partially
desperate attempt to hide traffic state
of bicycle infrastructure.
(And so
Feb 17, 2020, 10:29 by thesw...@gmail.com:
> On 17/2/20 7:13 pm, Jonathon Rossi wrote:
>
>> What about a stockpile? And material=gravel/dirt/sand/...?
>>
>
> landuse=stockpile
> resource=aggregate ?
>
I would use landuse=industrial industrial=* as it is in form easier to actually
use
industri
I used landuse=industrial industrial=warehouse for something similar.
Though I admit that I am now not sure whatever "warehouse" fits well for pile
of coal,
even one that has specialized equipment supporting it.
I see also material= product = warehouse= tags used to tag what is stored there
( ht
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