[talk-au] dirt roads - next step

2012-10-26 Thread David Bannon
Hi folks, I have put  _my_  summary of this discussion on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Australian_Tagging_Guidelines discussion tab. if I don't get beaten up too badly about it, I'll move it to the main page. I am presenting it as the outcome of the group discussion so please feel fre

Re: [talk-au] Dirt Roads

2012-10-25 Thread Ross Scanlon
On 26/10/12 08:43, Andrew Harvey wrote: On 22/10/12 11:20, Ross Scanlon wrote: Mapnik 2 will allow tagging of 4wd_only=recommended and 4wd_only=yes. An example of 4wd_only=yes here: http://map.4x4falcon.com/?zoom=14&lat=-20.73023&lon=116.99701&layers=B0F The 4wd_only=recommended is similar bu

Re: [talk-au] Dirt Roads

2012-10-25 Thread Andrew Harvey
On 22/10/12 11:20, Ross Scanlon wrote: > Mapnik 2 will allow tagging of 4wd_only=recommended and 4wd_only=yes. > > An example of 4wd_only=yes here: > > http://map.4x4falcon.com/?zoom=14&lat=-20.73023&lon=116.99701&layers=B0F > > The 4wd_only=recommended is similar but shows "4WD Recommended". >

Re: [talk-au] Dirt Roads

2012-10-23 Thread Ross Scanlon
and osm is ? David - Original Message - From: i...@4x4falcon.com To: Cc: Sent: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:20:56 +1000 Subject: Re: [talk-au] Dirt Roads Mapnik 2 will allow tagging of 4wd_only=recommended and 4wd_only=yes. An example

Re: [talk-au] Dirt Roads

2012-10-23 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 24 October 2012 09:48, David Bannon wrote: > My plan at the moment is to document this discussion on the OSM wiki and > then start lobbying the people who maintain the OSM website's slippery map > to do just what you have done there. I guess we all expected it to be > do-able but nice to have

Re: [talk-au] Dirt Roads

2012-10-23 Thread David Bannon
mind if I used that link as a reference ?  I must admit I don't know just how good the relationship between fosm and osm is ? David - Original Message - From: i...@4x4falcon.com To: Cc: Sent:Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:20:56 +1000 Subject:Re: [talk-au] Dirt Roads Mapnik 2 will allow

Re: [talk-au] Dirt Roads

2012-10-23 Thread Ross Scanlon
p://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features are more appropriate in most such circumstances. John -- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 14:12:04 +1100 From: John Henderson mailto:snow...@gmx.com>> To: dban...@internode.on.net <mailto:dban...@internode.on.net>

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-23 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 23/10/12 22:31, Nathan Van Der Meulen wrote: I don't like 4wd_only=no because many tracks that may be used by 2wds can rapidly deteriorate to a 4wd track and, as previously mentioned, weather can change everything. I know forestry roads that are definitely classed as "touristy" roads but, a

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-23 Thread Nathan Van Der Meulen
roads - a summary (Mark Pulley)   4. Re: dirt roads - a summary (John Henderson) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:39:53 +1030 From: "David Bannon" To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject: [talk-au] dirt roads - a summary Message-ID:     <38c3ab4655c281ac64279a1e5bb9cf80e7083..

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads - a summary

2012-10-22 Thread John Henderson
On 23/10/12 15:42, Mark Pulley wrote: > > Over the last few years I have added many tracks that are definitely > drivable with a 2-wheel drive (the vast majority added using the GPS > trace from my 2-wheel drive car). 4x4 required should definitely not > be implied by highway=track. Seconded, fro

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads - a summary

2012-10-22 Thread Mark Pulley
On 23/10/2012, at 11:09 AM, David Bannon wrote: > 1. Nathan sees all cases of highway=track implying 4x4 required. I don't > really agree, the dynamic range in this space is just too tight, we need to > use 'track' on roads that are both 4x4 and not 4x4. Thats what 4x4_only tag > is for. Whats

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads - a summary

2012-10-22 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 23 October 2012 11:09, David Bannon wrote: > 2. Ian likes the idea that tracks or unsealed roads can be marked > 4x4_only=no if someone has done a survey and decided that's appropriate. > Particularly in places where there may be some assumption that the tracks > are often pretty tough. I am n

[talk-au] dirt roads - a summary

2012-10-22 Thread David Bannon
Hi Folks, a summary of discussion on dirt roads before I hack at the discussion tab of Australian_Road_Tagging. Seems to me two issues not completely clear - 1. Nathan sees all cases of highway=track implying 4x4 required. I don't really agree, the dynamic range in this space is just too tight, we

Re: [talk-au] Dirt Roads

2012-10-21 Thread Nathan Van Der Meulen
From: John Henderson To: dban...@internode.on.net Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-au] dirt roads Message-ID: <50836804.1010...@gmx.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 21/10/12 13:28, dban...@internode.on.net wrote: > OK, I'm intereste

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-20 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 21 October 2012 16:05, wrote: > Ian, would it be fair to say that your model would require the presence of > the 4x4_only tag on all unsealed roads to be useful ? Currently, the default > is that no 4x4_only tag means no restriction. I suggest its a bit late to > change that behavior, too man

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-20 Thread dbannon
  Ian, would it be fair to say that your model would require the presence of the 4x4_only tag on all unsealed roads to be useful ? Currently, the default is that no 4x4_only tag means no restriction. I suggest its a bit late to change that behavior, too many roads already in the database would nee

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads (Nathan Van Der Meulen)

2012-10-20 Thread dbannon
  Hi Nathan, rather than difficult, I'm surprised how in agreement every one is ! Thanks folks !  If it goes on like this, I'll post a summary in a few days. > From: "Nathan Van Der Meulen" > Firstly, just because a road is dirt (unsealed/unpaved) doesn't make it any less important than many ot

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-20 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 21/10/12 13:35, dban...@internode.on.net wrote: As you say Matt, 4x4_only is a good tag and well used in Oz. However, I don't know of any rendering engine that uses it, about the only way to find out if it has been applied is to go into edit mode. And you are right, we sure don't need 4x4_

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-20 Thread Matt White
On 21/10/2012 1:35 PM, dban...@internode.on.net wrote: Well said Matt, especially the bit about dirt roads being the fun ones ! I might have made myself a bit clearer about why I posted. Firstly, because I want to ensure people are happy with proposed edits to the wiki. But secondly, I'd like

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-20 Thread John Henderson
On 21/10/12 13:28, dban...@internode.on.net wrote: OK, I'm interested in what you say about lanes= John (and the rest too!) I use lanes=1 to indicate that a road is generally only wide enough for one car, if one approaches traveling in the other direction, both need to slow a little and pull of

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads (Nathan Van Der Meulen)

2012-10-20 Thread Nathan Van Der Meulen
-- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:33:21 +1030 From: dban...@internode.on.net To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject: [talk-au] dirt roads Message-ID:     <46217a218f3c33de582b3f9464710cf016d5a...@webmail.internode.on.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-20 Thread dbannon
- Original Message - From: "Matt White" To: Cc: Sent:Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:33:24 +1100 Subject:Re: [talk-au] dirt roads A couple of quick comments: There is a 4wd tag already in use -  4wd_only:yes|recommended (with no being a pointless value) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-20 Thread dbannon
ments, especially about the Hume ! David - Original Message - From: "John Henderson" To: Cc: Sent:Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:11:07 +1100 Subject:Re: [talk-au] dirt roads On 21/10/12 12:03, dban...@internode.on.net wrote: > lanes=[1; 2] I thing the "lanes" tag is best n

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-20 Thread John Henderson
On 21/10/12 12:03, dban...@internode.on.net wrote: lanes=[1; 2] I thing the "lanes" tag is best not used, unless there's more than two marked lanes on a two-way road, or more than one lane on a one-way road. This is the recommendation in the Australian tagging guidelines: http://wiki.openstre

Re: [talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-20 Thread Matt White
A couple of quick comments: There is a 4wd tag already in use - 4wd_only:yes|recommended (with no being a pointless value) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:4wd_only%3Dyes There's about 1000 instances of this tag in use in Australia. There was a proposal kicking around ages ago that wa

[talk-au] dirt roads

2012-10-20 Thread dbannon
Hi Folks, recent I have been going over parts of OSM mapped some time ago, following up on the infamous redaction. One thing that jumps out at me is the inconsistent tagging of dirt roads. Even, I must say, ones I have done myself but over a several year time span. So I started to write some not