Re: [talk-au] Information source question - sorry kind of lengthy.

2022-02-13 Thread Bob Cameron
Finally got around to doing these changes. 10 ways were affected The signs at Willow Tree and just out of Merriwa only say that there is no access to the other town. I doesn't say where the actual closure is, so I relied on my pre closure drive Mapillary imagery. I vaguely remember that

Re: [talk-au] Information source question - sorry kind of lengthy.

2022-02-02 Thread Kim Oldfield via Talk-au
On 3/2/22 09:23, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 at 22:18, Kim Oldfield via Talk-au wrote: update a short section of road there with access=no. =no or =private, because work crews can still drive in there to do repairs? Either would be fine as far as I'm concerned. Both

Re: [talk-au] Information source question - sorry kind of lengthy.

2022-02-02 Thread cleary
I have used highway=construction where road was completely closed for a year or so. I also added a note about the the reason and anticipated duration. In such situations, sometimes sections of road near the closed section might remain open for restricted access by residents. If you are aware

Re: [talk-au] Information source question - sorry kind of lengthy.

2022-02-02 Thread stevea
On Feb 2, 2022, at 2:23 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > So you're standing in the pub having a cold beer & the two blokes beside you > are talking. > ... > Does that count as Local Knowledge? Graeme, I'm not an attorney / solicitor, but what you describe is called "hearsay" and is not usually

Re: [talk-au] Information source question - sorry kind of lengthy.

2022-02-02 Thread Bob Cameron
Thanks for the feedback everyone. - There are indeed numerous sources that say the road is closed, for more than one year. - To avoid routing yes I could pick a likely spot and make in Access:No - Livetraffic also have a text view that is end points specific, so any Google Maps issue are

Re: [talk-au] Information source question - sorry kind of lengthy.

2022-02-02 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 at 22:18, Kim Oldfield via Talk-au < talk-au@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > update a short section of road there with access=no. > =no or =private, because work crews can still drive in there to do repairs? > This achieves the main objective of stopping OSM from routing along

Re: [talk-au] Information source question - sorry kind of lengthy.

2022-02-02 Thread Kim Oldfield via Talk-au
What I'll often do is map what I can verify in person and is useful to others, even if it isn't complete. In this situation, the practical use to most others is that the road should no longer be routeable for through trips. If you know one end of the closure then update a short section of

Re: [talk-au] Information source question - sorry kind of lengthy.

2022-02-02 Thread stevea
On Feb 2, 2022, at 1:50 AM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > The 'facts cannot be copyright' may be a USA thing that does not work > elsewhere. Don't know but I would not rely on it alone. While I am reasonably certain this is true in the USA, I don't believe that makes it necessarily

Re: [talk-au] Information source question - sorry kind of lengthy.

2022-02-02 Thread Warin
On 2/2/22 20:20, stevea wrote: On Feb 2, 2022, at 12:41 AM, Bob Cameron wrote: MR358 or Coulsons Creek Road between Willow Tree and Merriwa NSW is closed for repair of major slippage as it crosses the Liverpool Ranges. "Livetraffic" (Traffic for NSW govt site) says not reopening until late

Re: [talk-au] Information source question - sorry kind of lengthy.

2022-02-02 Thread stevea
On Feb 2, 2022, at 12:41 AM, Bob Cameron wrote: > MR358 or Coulsons Creek Road between Willow Tree and Merriwa NSW is closed > for repair of major slippage as it crosses the Liverpool Ranges. > "Livetraffic" (Traffic for NSW govt site) says not reopening until late 2023. > A reference on that

[talk-au] Information source question - sorry kind of lengthy.

2022-02-02 Thread Bob Cameron
MR358 or Coulsons Creek Road between Willow Tree and Merriwa NSW is closed for repair of major slippage as it crosses the Liverpool Ranges. "Livetraffic" (Traffic for NSW govt site) says not reopening until late 2023. A reference on that to a local govt site is devoid of any current