Re: [Talk-GB] Android Auto and OSM

2018-09-23 Thread Simon Poole
The question is what not "ignoring this" entails. Essentially we would need to file a complaint with the respective authorities which afaik even the companies that are directly affected by this (see for example

Re: [Talk-GB] Android Auto and OSM

2018-09-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Simon, No this is not that simple and (in my view) OSM shouldn't ignore this. It works with quite a few existing third party apps (list on [1], [2]) including Google competitors (e.g. Amazon Music) and Open Source (e.g. Signal messenger). I cannot see any OSM app in the list which is a shame

Re: [Talk-GB] What was the outcome of the discussion about C class roads with ref tags?

2018-09-23 Thread Neil Matthews
> If there are tertiary ways that don't meet the above criteria they > should be listed in some form of text file for individual editing if > appropriate. Where does this text file live? Better to add notes to the map / fixmes to the data. Neil ___

Re: [Talk-GB] Android Auto and OSM

2018-09-23 Thread Simon Poole
AFAIK "Android Auto" is actually "google Auto" and simply an app that connects to compatible screens provided by car manufacturers that are in bed with the goog (sometimes in an open relationship complemented with the same from the fruit company). As actually running the app requires selling your

Re: [Talk-GB] 'historic' county boundaries added to the database

2018-09-23 Thread Dave F
On 22/09/2018 14:46, Martin Wynne wrote: Great. Let them consider themselves so. It has little to do with OSM & nothing to do with this specific subject. OSM mappers spend many hours of their free time adding stuff to OSM because it interests them and in the hope that others may find it

[Talk-GB] Android Auto and OSM

2018-09-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, I recently was on holiday and needed maps for the hire car. Usually I use Maps.Me as I like the fact that you can download the maps in advance and that they have the hotels from Booking.com (thereby increasing the chance that I can easily find my hotel). This time however I forgot the

Re: [Talk-GB] Farmland colour change

2018-09-23 Thread Gregrs
Hi Martin, Many thanks to whoever did this. Here's the related pull request on Github: https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/3327 Thanks, Greg -- Twitter: @gregrs_uk http://gregrs.dev.openstreetmap.org PGP key ID: 64907C8A Fingerprint: EBD1 077F CCDD 841E A505 3FAA D2E8