is there any articles on what does/doesn't get used on particular zoom
levels? just figure it wouldn't hurt to double check my general
understanding
On 5/7/19 1:21 PM, Russ Garrett wrote:
On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 12:40, Martin Wynne wrote:
I don't know anyone who would say "I see a residential
the way I see it, what osm is for... is whatever people want to use it
for really. to me, osm is great because you can achieve a detail like no
other, if you see a problem, you can either fix it there and then, or
mark it for fixing later a lot better than say for example google where
they
7 May 2019, 20:22 by ste...@stevenhorner.com:
> I imagine other Council's and public services have similar problems.
>
In Poland it turns out that there is no central fire hydrant database.
For obvious reasons this data is useful for firefighters.
Currently there is some infrastructure used by
Hi Norfolk mappers,
this is the confirmation for the OSM meeting to take place on Saturday,
11th May, 2pm.
I reserved a table in the Rumsey Wells Pub, 4 St. Andrews Street,
Norwich, NR2 4AF.
See you there :)
Jez - I did contact NorDev. Unfortunately no response yet. Might try the
other
I was thinking recently how my local council could use OpenStreetMap.
A couple of months ago I put a freedom of information request in to Durham
County Council in the hope of getting a full list of all Waste Bins in the
area with locations. I wanted to use this as a basis to survey for
7 May 2019, 14:30 by mar...@templot.com:
> This idea of primary and secondary tags is new to me. There is no such
> distinction in the iD editor -- all applied tags are simply listed in
> alphabetical order.
>
Primary tag in iD editor is one at the top, with an icon (selecting another
Hi all,
A quick update: Thanks for all your venue suggestions for the next OSM UK
annual general meeting. It's taken a while to go through the options and
find a date that works for venue and us. Subject to any last hitches we
have now settled on a venue in central London on Saturday 29 June. Jez
7 May 2019, 13:17 by mar...@templot.com:
> On 07/05/2019 11:34, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
>
>> Your OSM example look fine to me - a single property is still where people
>> reside. Any other details, such as garden, should be mapped individually
>> within that area.
>>
>
> Thanks Dave. But
7 May 2019, 14:38 by mar...@templot.com:
> On 07/05/2019 13:21, Russ Garrett wrote:
>
>>> From a zoomed-out perspective, landuse= (and natural=) is the main
>>>
>> thing you see on the map (especially if buildings aren't mapped), so I
>> think it's pretty useful from a cartographic point of
On 07/05/2019 15:40, David Woolley wrote:
Describing the physical object is a way of objectively mapping, but if
that is all you do, you don't need a map; just use the aerial imagery
directly.
Yes, but the aerial imagery isn't available *free* for anyone to use for
anything. It's not edited
On 07/05/2019 15:22, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
If a pub has external land other than the building itself a similar
schema to 'schools' should be used: draw an enclosing polygon around the
extent of the grounds & tag it with amenity=pub & any other details such
as name, address, website etc.
On 07/05/2019 15:03, Martin Wynne wrote:
But is that what OSM is for -- to describe the *purpose* of a thing?
The original purpose of OSM was to break the monopoly on map data held
by commercial mappers, by taking advantage of the ready availability of
GPS equipment, so the purposes for
On 07/05/2019 14:38, David Woolley wrote:
On 07/05/2019 13:30, Martin Wynne wrote:
This idea of primary and secondary tags is new to me. There is no
such distinction in the iD editor -- all applied tags are simply
listed in alphabetical order.
Things like name, height, and colour are
On 07/05/2019 14:38, David Woolley wrote:
However, I wouldn't say the primary purpose of the area you were asking
about is to be a garden; I would say it is somewhere to reside, and the
gardens form a subsidiary part of it, and should be represented with
nested areas.
Thanks David.
But is
On 07/05/2019 13:30, Martin Wynne wrote:
This idea of primary and secondary tags is new to me. There is no such
distinction in the iD editor -- all applied tags are simply listed in
alphabetical order.
Things like name, height, and colour are normally considered secondary.
Things like
On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 13:39, Martin Wynne wrote:
> Thanks Russ. That's what I was getting at when I started this topic. How
> many houses make a residential area? Does it make sense to apply it to a
> single isolated house?
I reckon it does, although it depends on your level of patience. The
On 07/05/2019 13:21, Russ Garrett wrote:
From a zoomed-out perspective, landuse= (and natural=) is the main
thing you see on the map (especially if buildings aren't mapped), so I
think it's pretty useful from a cartographic point of view. It's not
just about what you see on the ground, but
On 07/05/2019 13:04, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
Primarily, map
what you see on the ground, Any legalese requirements (access
restrictions etc) can be added as secondary tags.
Thanks Dave. In that case, I would think landuse=residential would be a
secondary tag on something else more visible?
On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 12:40, Martin Wynne wrote:
> I don't know anyone who would say "I see a residential area". Or "I see
> a plot of land with planning class C3 or C4".
From a zoomed-out perspective, landuse= (and natural=) is the main
thing you see on the map (especially if buildings aren't
Behind the scenes, your OSMUK Directors are engaging with various groups to
raise the profile of OpenStreetMap in the UK. We don't always get to shout
about it at the time, but here goes...
We now have good rapport with the Open Data Institute (the ODI). This in
part encouraged them to send 2
On 07/05/2019 12:40, Martin Wynne wrote:
Are we trying to create a legal reference document?
Or a description of what a visitor would see on the ground?
From OSM's main welcome page:
"OpenStreetMap is a place for mapping things that are both /real and
current"
On 07/05/2019 12:40, Martin Wynne wrote:
I think this goes to the heart of my (mis)understanding of what OSM is for?
Are we trying to create a legal reference document?
Or a description of what a visitor would see on the ground?
We are trying to create something that serves several
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On 07/05/2019 12:04, David Woolley wrote:
I would say it was anything that was landuse=residential, and, in the
UK, that would basically be anything where the primary planning class
was C3 or C4.
Thanks David.
I think this goes to the heart of my (mis)understanding of what OSM is for?
Are
On 07/05/2019 12:17, Martin Wynne wrote:
On 07/05/2019 11:34, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
Your OSM example look fine to me - a single property is still where
people reside. Any other details, such as garden, should be mapped
individually within that area.
Thanks Dave. But in that case, why in
On 07/05/2019 12:17, Martin Wynne wrote:
On 07/05/2019 11:34, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
Your OSM example look fine to me - a single property is still where
people reside. Any other details, such as garden, should be mapped
individually within that area.
Thanks Dave. But in that case, why in
On 07/05/2019 11:34, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
Your OSM example look fine to me - a single property is still where
people reside. Any other details, such as garden, should be mapped
individually within that area.
Thanks Dave. But in that case, why in the iD editor when I change
"Residential
On 07/05/2019 11:11, Martin Wynne wrote:
What is a "residential area" in the iD editor? How many dwellings are
needed in what proximity to become one? Is it a physical plot of land on
which at least one person lives? Or the usual meaning of a
village/hamlet/housing estate/suburb where a number
Your OSM example look fine to me - a single property is still where
people reside. Any other details, such as garden, should be mapped
individually within that area.
The mistake early in OSM's life was to use this tag to indicate a
village/town/city as a whole, with a blanket polygon covering
What is a "residential area" in the iD editor? How many dwellings are
needed in what proximity to become one? Is it a physical plot of land on
which at least one person lives? Or the usual meaning of a
village/hamlet/housing estate/suburb where a number of people live?
In my patch there are
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