Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Some of the 3300 parks in OSM Ireland are just patches of grass.

2020-10-18 Thread Neil O'Byrne
Many planning permissions for development require up to 10% of the site area as public open space. Developers meet this requirement by providing a patch of grass to the Local Authority or local community, and either dedicating the land as open space or transferring ownership to the local

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Some of the 3300 parks in OSM Ireland are just patches of grass.

2020-10-18 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-ie
18 paź 2020, 15:25 od br...@hollinshead.net: > I understood that adding to the amount of land area that was > classified with a landuse category was a good addition to the map. > > Yes, and mapping leisure=park area is enough to classify area as used as a park > My > research showed that we

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Some of the 3300 parks in OSM Ireland are just patches of grass.

2020-10-18 Thread Brian Hollinshead
I understood that adding to the amount of land area that was classified with a landuse category was a good addition to the map. My research showed that we have some 3,300 patches of land mapped but excluded from the landuse tag. For private citizens or public officials seeking data from OSM for

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Some of the 3300 parks in OSM Ireland are just patches of grass.

2020-10-18 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-ie
Oct 18, 2020, 11:59 by br...@hollinshead.net: > As part of my researches into what features we have on OSM that might > interest someone wishing to make use of outdoor facilities, I find on the > Island of Ireland we have close to 3,300 parks to choose from, wow! > (leisure=park). On closer

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Some of the 3300 parks in OSM Ireland are just patches of grass.

2020-10-18 Thread Rory McCann
I tend to do `landuse=grass` too If you want more work, you could see who'se adding these features, and talk to them to ask them to stop. On Sun, 18 Oct 2020, at 11:59 AM, Brian Hollinshead wrote: > As part of my researches into what features we have on OSM that might > interest someone wishing

[OSM-talk-ie] Some of the 3300 parks in OSM Ireland are just patches of grass.

2020-10-18 Thread Brian Hollinshead
As part of my researches into what features we have on OSM that might interest someone wishing to make use of outdoor facilities, I find on the Island of Ireland we have close to 3,300 parks to choose from, wow! (leisure=park). On closer inspection I find that many of these in South Dublin at

[OSM-talk-ie] weeklyOSM #534 2020-10-06-2020-10-12

2020-10-18 Thread weeklyteam
The weekly round-up of OSM news, issue # 534, is now available online in English, giving as always a summary of a lot of things happening in the openstreetmap world: https://www.weeklyosm.eu/en/archives/13803/ Enjoy! Did you know that you can also submit messages for the weeklyOSM? Just log