Re: [Talk-GB] London venues

2019-04-27 Thread Philip Barnes
On Wed, 2019-03-13 at 23:14 +, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > For the next OSM UK annual general meeting we thought we would try > London as a possible location. Does anyone know of good (and cheap) > venues that we can use? We have 100 members but would expect the > number to actually att

[Talk-GB] OSMappers meeting in Norfolk

2019-04-27 Thread nkn
Hi fellow OSM companions in Norfolk, I’m trying to organise a meetup. /Why?/ I aim to revitalise the social side of mapping in the rural spheres of Norfolk. It would be great to get to know other local mappers from the area and to find out what other people are interested in or currently work

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Andy Townsend
On 27/04/2019 18:10, Martin Wynne wrote: barrier=stile seems unhelpful to me if rendered as a normal stile symbol, for walkers needing to know if they will have to climb any. I'd use a "step_count" tag for how many steps there are ("steps" has also been used, often by me, but is probably less

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Peter Neale via Talk-GB
Sorry, but, to me at least, a "chicane" involves a (double) bend. See: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/chicane " NOUN1.  A sharp double bend created to form an obstacle on a motor-racing track or a road." and these seem to involve a narrow "sqeeze", not a double bend. Peter  On S

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sat, 2019-04-27 at 18:10 +0100, Martin Wynne wrote: > barrier=stile seems unhelpful to me if rendered as a normal stile > symbol, for walkers needing to know if they will have to climb any. > > barrier=chicane would perhaps be more descriptive? barrier=chicane will already be in use, probably

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Martin Wynne
barrier=stile seems unhelpful to me if rendered as a normal stile symbol, for walkers needing to know if they will have to climb any. barrier=chicane would perhaps be more descriptive? Martin. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https:

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Peter Neale via Talk-GB
Running Overpass Turbo, it seems that they are concentrated in a small area, so probably "hipster" is a local term. Looking at a well-known global Aerial Imagery source, with links to Street level photography, shows at least 2 of them (adjacent to roads) to be narrow gaps in stone walls, so a ve

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Mark Goodge
On 27/04/2019 18:02, I wrote: On 27/04/2019 17:52, Andy Townsend wrote: On 27/04/2019 17:50, Philip Barnes wrote: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier%3Dstile#Stile_details 4000 of those: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/stile#values However also from that page I'm no

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Mark Goodge
On 27/04/2019 17:52, Andy Townsend wrote: On 27/04/2019 17:50, Philip Barnes wrote: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier%3Dstile#Stile_details 4000 of those: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/stile#values However also from that page I'm now wondering what "stile=hipster"

[Talk-GB] weeklyOSM #457 2019-04-16-2019-04-22

2019-04-27 Thread weeklyteam
The weekly round-up of OSM news, issue # 457, is now available online in English, giving as always a summary of all things happening in the openstreetmap world: http://www.weeklyosm.eu/en/archives/11906/ Enjoy! Did you know that you can also submit messages for the weeklyOSM? Just log in to ht

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Andy Townsend
On 27/04/2019 17:50, Philip Barnes wrote: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier%3Dstile#Stile_details 4000 of those: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/stile#values However also from that page I'm now wondering what "stile=hipster" (!) is? Best Regards, Andy _

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Mark Goodge
On 27/04/2019 17:46, Chris Hill wrote: I've always known them as squeeze stiles. Indeed. The term "stile" doesn't have to imply steps, although that is the most common form. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stile Mark ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sat, 2019-04-27 at 17:18 +0100, Michael Collinson wrote: > ced close to each other (usually in a drystone wall) to > leave a gap wide enough for humans and sheep dogs to squeeze through That is a squeeze stile, stile=squeezer. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier%3Dstile#Stile_deta

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Mike Baggaley
Hi Mike, I call them fat man's agony and consider them to be a type of stile. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_fat_man%27s_agony_-_geograph.org.uk_-_945142.jpg Mike B. -Original Message- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 17:18:46 +0100 From: Michael Collinson To: OSM talk-gb Subjec

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Roger Calvert
I think they are generally called a 'squeeze stile'. JOSM suggests barrier=stile;stile=squeezer Roger On 27/04/2019 17:18, Michael Collinson wrote: What do you call the type of wall crossing the that consists of two stone pillars placed close to each other (usually in a drystone wall) to leav

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Chris Hill
I've always known them as squeeze stiles. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 27/04/2019 17:18, Michael Collinson wrote: What do you call the type of wall crossing the that consists of two stone pillars placed close to each other (usually in a drystone wall) to leave a gap wide enough for humans

[Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

2019-04-27 Thread Michael Collinson
What do you call the type of wall crossing the that consists of two stone pillars placed close to each other (usually in a drystone wall) to leave a gap wide enough for humans and sheep dogs to squeeze through but not cattle or fully-grown sheep? Has anyone one got a barrier= tag for them?  Jus

Re: [Talk-GB] Missing Captcha when adding event in OSM wiki

2019-04-27 Thread nkn
No, I haven't tried it before. After doing so, it didn't make a difference unfortunately. However, using Chrome instead of Firefox helped. The Captcha appeared. Thank you though Nora Am 27/04/2019 um 16:23 schrieb Andrew Hain: Have you tried using the link at the bottom of the page to switch

Re: [Talk-GB] Missing Captcha when adding event in OSM wiki

2019-04-27 Thread Andrew Hain
Have you tried using the link at the bottom of the page to switch between mobile and desktop view before you edit? -- Andrew From: n...@posteo.net Sent: 27 April 2019 15:19 To: Talk GB Subject: [Talk-GB] Missing Captcha when adding event in OSM wiki Hi I attem

[Talk-GB] Missing Captcha when adding event in OSM wiki

2019-04-27 Thread nkn
Hi I attempt to add an event to the list on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Current_events. However, when it comes to saving the edit, the alert /Your edit includes new external links. To protect the wiki against automated spam, we kindly ask you to solve the following CAPTCHA:/ comes up,