Re: [Talk-GB] Recycling Points

Jez, I'm confused :) Your first email recognised the difference between a recycling centre (i.e. a council-run 'tip' / 'dump' that you can normally drive into) and a recycling point (i.e. one with containers, found in supermarket car parks etc.). So I'm really not sure why you would tag the

Re: [Talk-GB] Documenting tagging practice for place nodes in London

It seems like a number of those hamlets could be changed to something else. Also worth having a look at place=locality nodes, to see if they can be tagged as another place type (if it's a populated place - e.g. https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4678882808) or the name added to a feature.

Re: [Talk-GB] CWGC: worldwide, war graves

This seems to be it: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2010-August/010110.html Found via a search for: site:lists.openstreetmap.org "talk-gb" "Commonwealth" Daniel, what is actually being proposed to be added to OSM? Is it a list of CWG cemeteries that could then be checked

Re: [Talk-GB] Strava heatmaps - permission reconfirmed

Are you definitely logged in to an account on strava.com with that browser? If I log out then I too am missing the CloudFront cookies. On 24/11/2019 12:35, Philip Barnes wrote: On Wed, 2019-11-20 at 12:16 +, Michael Booth wrote: Just tried it and it works for me. The cookies have an expiry

Re: [Talk-GB] Strava heatmaps - permission reconfirmed

1-18 at 17:28 +0000, Michael Booth wrote: Only problem is that Strava's iD fork includes the low-res heatmap tiles, plus I don't think the Slide tool works anymore and it's a really old version of iD. The high-res heatmap tiles can be used in JOSM however, by creating a Strava account and

Re: [Talk-GB] Strava heatmaps - permission reconfirmed

Only problem is that Strava's iD fork includes the low-res heatmap tiles, plus I don't think the Slide tool works anymore and it's a really old version of iD. The high-res heatmap tiles can be used in JOSM however, by creating a Strava account and following the guide at:

[Talk-GB] Additional NLS map layers

Hi, Just to let everyone know there are now additional NLS maps available for use - some detailed ones mostly covering Scotland, but there's also the 1940-60s National Grid maps covering all of Great Britain. I got in touch with the NLS after noticing they were available on their website,

Re: [Talk-GB] Next quarters project will be fixmes and notes

Great idea. Think there should also be an effort to open notes for some fixmes which require a survey, as many go unnoticed. Fixmes can only be viewed in iD or with a QA tool, while notes can be viewed on osm.org and StreetComplete which is useful for actually going out and surveying them.

Re: [Talk-GB] 'Sources' tags

From the wiki: Tags such as imagery_used=Bing are set automatically by the iD editor and Vespucci on changesets .

Re: [Talk-GB] RNLI Dunkirk Memorial

Tagging it as type=memorial and memorial=yes doesn't seem very useful to me. Even though the wiki doesn't say you can use historic=memorial on a relation, I would tag it as that. It would be similar to this one nearby [1], would still get rendered and be recognised by data consumers. Or

Re: [Talk-GB] Alignment at Point of Sleat

In addition, the ESRI imagery doesn't have the distortion around the rocky cliffs and also seems to match Bing further inland where the path comes from, so that should help you. On 12/08/2019 18:51, SK53 wrote: I had a quick look. The lighthouse as currently mapped sits fair & square on the

Re: [Talk-GB] How to Fix a "Fix-Me"

Looks like the fixme was added to the end node of that road when it was first created, and then the person who added the loop probably didn't realise it was there so it remained. If you look at the node history and the changeset where it was created, you can see the loop being added and the

Re: [Talk-GB] Is this a footbridge?

Ctrl + Shift + M for the measurement panel which shows the length of a way or dimensions of an area. Ctrl + Shift + B, H or L also show other info panels. On 05/05/2019 18:18, Martin Wynne wrote: p.s. Am I missing something? How can I see the actual dimensions of an element in the iD editor?

Re: [Talk-GB] We're missing changes to M1 Junction 36 which have apparently been in place for a year.

You can get an RSS feed to keep an eye on the in your area at https://tyrasd.github.io/osm-qa-feeds/ There's also one for the UK: http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=United%20Kingdom I think a quarterly project on notes would be good for the summer, while people are more

Re: [Talk-GB] Changing highway=ford to ford=yes.

Replying to this message as for some reason Dave's emails never come through to my inbox. I agree these should be updated to the new tag, but not simply with a automated edit - it would be much better to check each individual instance first before retagging. I've just looked at some of the

Re: [Talk-GB] Network tag on railway stations

If you look at the history of some stations, you'll see that about 6 years ago this was corrected to National Rail but it was reverted soon after, e.g. https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1305070561/history Clearly "Nation Rail" is wrong so it should be fixed. Perhaps this could be as part of

Re: [Talk-GB] House of Fraser

If you are going to do it use the notes feature, much more likely to get noticed than fixmes. On 07/06/2018 20:53, Andrew Hain wrote: House of Fraser today announced today that half their branches are to close, listing which ones. Although shops should not yet be removed does it make sense

Re: [Talk-GB] Petrol stations with fixme tag

For the overpass-turbo link on your blog, I suggest you use this one instead: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/uZR - which includes "in UK" in the query to limit the search to the UK instead of a normal bbox. The same can be done for other countries, councils and towns/cities with areas. On

Re: [Talk-GB] The OSM UK map: abandoned railways may still have bridges.

Assuming you are talking about this way: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/201674137 Nothing to do with disused=yes - it's not rendered because it's marked as railway=abandoned, which is the correct way to tag a former railway line where the tracks have been lifted but the route is still

Re: [Talk-GB] Select and correct a discovered key duplication of sorts in JOSM

I think select all includes all of the vertex nodes in each of the ways. You need to select all, ctrl + F, then choose "find in selection" and click "type:way" to select only the ways. On 08/10/2017 15:50, Bob Hawkins wrote: I return to this thread because there is something I do not

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging "Shared space" roads (Preston City Centre)

One of the first edits I did in OSM was to change my local high street to a tertiary road from a living_street. I think I noticed it because it's rendered different by osm-carto and some routers wouldn't use the road for directions. It's a 20mph two lane road, except with three traffic

Re: [Talk-GB] Building that have been replaced

Do you mean https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/445288438 is no longer there, and has been rebuilt into a rectangular building? If so, have a look at the newer DigitalGlobe imagery, and also OS OpenData StreetView to see the new building. Mind and check imagery alignment as there's normally an

Re: [Talk-GB] Birmingham Tree Import

Surely instead of just using email to let users know about comments on changesets and notes, there should be some sort of notification on the OSM website as well? There already is a notification in the top right corner for unread messages - this should be extended to changesets and notes.

Re: [Talk-GB] Rendering Stiles

Might be worth commenting on this issue about adding kissing gate/stile icons, with any suggestions for rendering them on the standard layer: https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/846 On 05/04/2017 10:09, Ian Caldwell wrote: I am having a conversation with a new mapper, he

Re: [Talk-GB] Blackwall Tunnel

Seems to be missing from OSRM's list of barrier features that cars can be routed through: https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/blob/c2727f202975414ffdaf9bfb8a4dd54615bcb9d0/features/car/barrier.feature Might be worth opening an issue on their github about the problem. On 08/03/2017

Re: [Talk-GB] Propose automated edit to update NAPTAN data in the west mids

On a related note, what is the process for getting an import in places that don't already have NAPTAN data? I'd be interested in having bus stops in Fife imported. On 03/02/2017 17:52, Brian Prangle wrote: Hi everyone We have an opportunity to work with the regional transport authority TfWM

Re: [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

It's been mentioned on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/5q4ctl/warning_players_of_pok%C3%A9mon_go_may_be_editing_osm/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/5pvkkn/about_openstreetmap_and_pokemon_go People are commenting on changesets but if new users don't

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] This is an auto-generated note from MAPS.ME application:

I don't think it's possible to delete an object in Maps.me. When you edit a place, after all the other details the option at the bottom is "place does not exist", which presumably leaves a note and comment. With the complaints people have about Maps.me, just imagine how many more there would

Re: [Talk-GB] Suspicious edits in Tarbrax, South Lanarkshire

There seems to have been a number of new users editing in the West Calder area, all creating their accounts around 25th November: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/beeemm https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Agnes%20Cosgrove https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ldrin It looks like they have come

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping dangerous - but valid - routes

In case you haven't seen it, the roundabout is on Mapillary from both a car and bike perspective: https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=W8Ri1G-L6w5ytkcMy_nv1w=map=51.6437334501=-0.254655100079=17 On 05/12/2016 16:12, Stuart Reynolds wrote: Greetings At Stirling Corner, on the A1 in

Re: [Talk-GB] UK suburbs

addr:locality could cause confusion in OSM because place=locality is a named place with no population? I live in a post town so things are straightforward, but I've never been entirely sure how to tag addresses in the village and town either side of me. For example the Royal Mail address:

Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

I noticed via overpass-turbo there's quite a lot of place=farm to the north of Dundee, which seem to have all been added by the same person. http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/inl Many of them have the place=farm node on top of an unnamed farmyard way, for example:

Re: [Talk-GB] wrong tag "tunnel_name""bridge_name"

That's just for the UK though - global stats show bridge:name is used on ways 9611 times (plus a further 6565 nodes) compared to 5388 for bridge_name. On 10/08/2016 10:42, Ed Loach wrote: Checking taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk there are 1957 bridge_name compared to 633 bridge:name – is the

Re: [Talk-GB] defibrillators - was: phone boxes used for other purposes

Wow, poor excuse from the leisure centre - they should deal with the actual problem and not a hypothetical one! I've added one in my town's High Street, but unfortunately it doesn't show up on the standard map layer. It would be good if there was an "emergency" layer, which listed all the

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

There's already an android app that does some of that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.guillaumin.android.osmtracker I record traces and add notes/markers for various things and take photos, export it as a gpx, share the trace/photos to google drive, then download them for

[Talk-GB] place=village/town/city

Hi all, new mapper with a question about the place=* tag. I noticed my town (population 6,000+) was tagged as place=village, so I looked at the wiki and also other places in my council area before making any changes. The wiki gives a suggestion to go by population: city > 100,000; town >