There are inconsistencies from one place to another around the world.
These idiosyncrasies are what make the world so interesting for travellers.
OSM needs to cater for that.
Reading the OSM wiki can be reading the last change by some editor
'fixing' it for their view, which may well be fine
Hello,
I think it is important to be precise in the language we use. Therefore I'd
like to point out that this is a mailing list and not a forum.
If you find the UI poor then this likely due to the way you use the mailing
list.
Browsing the archives on the list website is not how I
Hi Andrew, I fully, whole heartedly agreed.
Wiki is supposed so evolve.
Gardening to fix little broken or spelling issues.
Bigger changes are best outlined here on the list to capture common sentiment.
I must admit I often just look up things in the wiki, so for me it is mostly a
reference and
I completely agree the "how to map" of OpenStreetMap (not just tags, but
also things like when to split a highway, when to snap nodes, what should
be mapped etc) is full of "inconsistencies, idiosyncrasies and vagueness".
But when I look at where OSM is today I think we've done a pretty amazing
A special thank you for the links yesterday. I have read them. "Australian
Tagging Guidelines" and "Good practice" are worth knowing and I am very
grateful for our forefathers that put so much effort into writing these
documents. It worth noting, however, when you compared the two that they are
Please allow me to share some experiences of moving to another
platform we had in our community.
In Belgium we moved from the mailing list to Matrix/Riot . Most active
participants in the community made the move, but in the process we
lost some people
Matrix/Riot is good for short questions, but
Thanks for bringing this up Herbert.
*Similar sentiments*
This has actually been bothering me the last few weeks as I started to
realise how much of my day is spent reading through talklists that do not
have relevance to me or that I do not have time to respond to. For those of
us subscribed to
I am a member of some international OSM Slack channels.
However, because it requires a whole different app (which I only have space for
on my computer), I only check it monthly at best.
On the other hand, I read every talk-au message within a few days of original
posting, because they all
Hi,
On 9/20/19 03:14, Herbert.Remi via Talk-au wrote:
> I will post several concerns and information on several issues, but the
> first is this platform itself.
You call this platform a "forum" which is ok in the abstract sense, but
note that there is actually an Australia forum in addition to
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