Re: [Talk-ca] Why does a search for Edmonton show the city out in the country?

2013-11-20 Thread James Ewen
If you look at the history, you'll see that way back in the dark ages (Nov 2008), I tried creating a way that defined the city limits of Edmonton. Actually I was creating a way that defined the boundary of Strathcona County, and part of that way was coincident with the City of Edmonton boundary. In

[Talk-ca] 1 on 1 help with JOSM in Vancouver

2013-11-20 Thread Steve Roy
Just wondering if one (or more) or the local Vancouver/Lower Mainland guru's has time for a 1 on 1 teaching session on JOSM. I am in New Westminster and happy to meet wherever there is WiFi. I have viewed Adam's video's on the wiki but have more questions etc. Thanks Steve Roy __

Re: [Talk-ca] Why does a search for Edmonton show the city out in the country?

2013-11-20 Thread Harald Kliems
If you click on "View Details" you will get to this way: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/28295454 I believe the problem is that the way is tagged as area=yes, despite not being closed. And I guess in general it would make more sense to have the city boundaries in a relation, not a way. I'm

[Talk-ca] Why does a search for Edmonton show the city out in the country?

2013-11-20 Thread Mark Bennett
If I search for "Edmonton" on http://openstreetmap.org than select "City Edmonton, Alberta, Canada" I am taken to this feature which is way out in the country. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/28295454 Shouldn't this take me to a marker in the centre of the city? Or at least somewhere with