Re: [talk-au] Street Abbv. patch for validator plugin

2009-07-07 Thread Rick Peterson
John Smith wrote: > ...when 2 ways share the same nodes, if one of those 2 ways happens to be an > ABS boundary, but this should probably be an error as each way should > probably have it's own nodes. > Agreed! ... I think they should show as errors To handle a situation like this, I wo

Re: [talk-au] Street Abbv. patch for validator plugin

2009-07-07 Thread Rick Peterson
looking anxiously at the presents around the tree several days out from Christmas? Rick :) PS: Liz ... keep your eyes off my user agent! j/k ;) ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Street Abbv. patch for validator plugin

2009-07-07 Thread Rick Peterson
Elizabeth Dodd wrote: -- A day for firm decisions! Or is it? That got quite a chuckle going here love it !! :D ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Updating the validator plugin...

2009-07-05 Thread Rick Peterson
railway tags. Perhaps you could clarify the changes that have been incorporated, and those that remain outstanding? Great work John, thanks for your efforts, this will make the plugin so much more useful for Australian mappers by highlighting rea

Re: [talk-au] Updating the validator plugin...

2009-07-05 Thread Rick Peterson
re the program seems to be largely developed. > Which brings me back to postal_code, should this be ignored or what should we > do about this specifically? > My view is that the 'postal_code' key should be ignored, together with a

Re: [talk-au] Updating the validator plugin...

2009-07-04 Thread Rick Peterson
John Smith wrote: Rick: Karlsruhe Schema format of "addr:postcode". John: What is the right thing to do here? Also why did the bulk import vary from what everyone else is doing? The 'addr:postcode' key is in the presets because it's the reco

Re: [talk-au] Updating the validator plugin...

2009-07-04 Thread Rick Peterson
John Smith wrote: ... I have a new version uploaded that ignores a lot of the ABS tags, there is still some missing preset tags but that's a job for someone else really. http://sharebee.com/856f6789 Good job John, that version of the validator.jar clears all of the ABS key/preset err

Re: [talk-au] Updating the validator plugin...

2009-07-04 Thread Rick Peterson
John Smith wrote: > It looks like the validator plugin uses the presets to match against, however > I'm starting to agree that these shouldn't be presets but they shouldn't be > showing up as errors either. > > I'll see if I can hack something together as a general ignore list, even if > they

Re: [talk-au] Updating the validator plugin...

2009-07-04 Thread Rick Peterson
specialist keys available in the Preset menu) will those errors disappear in Validator ? Just a thought ... Rick :) ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Updating the validator plugin...

2009-07-03 Thread Rick Peterson
John Smith wrote: Rick: The ABS boundary data import throws up a LOT of warnings...in JOSM validator John: I just ignored those warnings, but yea they should be fixed. Agreed ... an editor as popular as JOSM and widely used by OSMers of varying experience shouldn't

Re: [talk-au] Updating the validator plugin...

2009-07-03 Thread Rick Peterson
ll skill levels can be developed. (I hate to think how some users might be adjusting the data at the moment to clear the errors they are being presented) Cheers, Rick :) ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Tagwatch

2009-07-01 Thread Rick
Rick Peterson wrote: > Does anyone know if someone provides a Tagwatch excerpt for just Australia? I'm guessing not ! My thoughts are that actual tag use and combination statistics are as valuable (or more valuable) than theoretical tag suggestions. At the very least, discussions on t

Re: [talk-au] How to make unamed streets stand out on JOSM?

2009-07-01 Thread Rick Peterson
John Smith wrote: > all I need to figure out is how to ignore all unnamed ways where > junction=roundabout :) > I hope you will share such valuable information should you happen upon a method! .. those roundabout false-positives drive me nuts !! That aside, I find the JOSM Validator p

Re: [talk-au] How to make unamed streets stand out on JOSM?

2009-07-01 Thread Rick Peterson
John Smith wrote: Gympie has lots of unnamed ways, a number added by me and I'm just trying to easily locate and name them. Indeed I get 288 unnamed way errors when I do a generous area download around Gympie QLD. (Including unnamed roundabouts which I've written about before as a b

Re: [talk-au] How to make unamed streets stand out on JOSM?

2009-07-01 Thread Rick Peterson
opps, forgot to attach image links: 1. http://s756.photobucket.com/albums/xx204/AusRick/?action=""> 2. http://s756.photobucket.com/albums/xx204/AusRick/?action=""> 3. http://s756.photobucket.com/albums/xx204/AusRick/?action=""> Rick Peterson wrote:

Re: [talk-au] How to make unamed streets stand out on JOSM?

2009-07-01 Thread Rick Peterson
; I hope this helps. Cheers, Rick ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Mini-roundabout archive

2009-06-30 Thread Rick Peterson
Can someone please direct me to the talk-au archive post where the discussion commenced on the topic of mini-roundabouts ? Thanks Rick ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Tagwatch

2009-06-29 Thread Rick Peterson
estions or links would be much appreciated. Cheers, Rick ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Junctions (to name or not to name)

2009-06-29 Thread Rick Peterson
d draw your attention to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Roundabouts as a potential location for expanded information to assist people in Australia when looking for clarification on this issue. Cheers, Rick :) ___

[talk-au] Junctions (to name or not to name)

2009-06-27 Thread Rick Peterson
TF for an example. I've had a look at the wiki information on junctions, however there doesn't seem to be any information about whether to name or not to name the junctions ( see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:junction%3Droundabout ) Any advice or comments ? Rick __

Re: [talk-au] Data Error - Junctions ?

2009-06-17 Thread Rick Peterson
have no node connection to other ways whatsoever, and they are all very close to another way, because they indeed form junctions with those roads that they are very near. I'll play around with Keepright to see if I can get the errors to show, perhaps I'm doing something wrong with the numb

[talk-au] Data Error - Junctions ?

2009-06-17 Thread Rick Peterson
he "almost-junctions" check? Assuming this is an error on the part of the person who originally entered the data, is it prudent to contact them to let them know in case they continue to enter data this way ? Any advice or suggestions appreciated. Rick ___

[talk-au] Newbie - Landuse and Administrative Boundary

2009-06-16 Thread Rick Peterson
tance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Rick PS: The OSM project rules, I’m running routable OSM maps on my Garmin GPS and the quality of the data is awesome!! ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au