Christoph Böhme wrote:
> In my opinion the name tag is used as a general purpose tag in OSM for
> names of all sorts of things. So, it appeared quite natural to use it
> for recording the names of the plus bus zones as well. From the other
> tags renderers can easily guess what type of object the n
Frankie wrote:
> Hopefully, we can get this bug
> (http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2177)
> fixed fairly soon, and Mapnik updated, so that we can
> continue using name=, rather than having to use the
> awkwardly namespaced version.
>
> Incidentally, if anyone knows anything about the Mapn
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Ed Loach wrote:
> > In my opinion the name tag is used as a general purpose tag in
> > OSM for
> > names of all sorts of things. So, it appeared quite natural to
> > use it
> > for recording the names of the plus bus zones as well. From the
> > other
> > tags ren
2009/8/17 Christoph Böhme
> > Heh. Sounds a bit like the geo information which is captured in the
> > Open Plaques project (http://www.openplaques.org/) which I run...
>
> Neat! In Birmingham we have started to put the blue plaques in the OSM
> database as memorials.
>
Cool! I did wonder about
> I am the one who prepared the import of the PlusBus zones. When
> I
> decided to use the name tag I was not aware that the mapnik
> style
> renders them unconditionally otherwise I would not have
> imported the
> data without warning.
>
> In my opinion the name tag is used as a general purpose t
Frankie Roberto schrieb:
> Dave F wrote:
> > My initial response would be to agree with Chris M. & query whether
> > it should be included in the main database. It does seem to get in
> > the way a bit. However, being a newbie, I'm willing to hear
> > arguments for it.
> >
>
> I'm not sure about
"Ed Loach" schrieb:
> > With specialist data without a physical presence, like PlusBus
> > zones,
> > my view is that careful thought should be given to whether to
> > import
> > them into the main OSM database at all, and if they are
> > imported they
> > should use namespaced tags.
>
> On the
> With specialist data without a physical presence, like PlusBus
> zones,
> my view is that careful thought should be given to whether to
> import
> them into the main OSM database at all, and if they are
> imported they
> should use namespaced tags.
On the Harwich area I renamed the name= tag to
>Heh. Sounds a bit like the geo information which is captured in the Open
>Plaques project (http://www.openplaques.org/) which I run...
Ah! I saw your Freedom Of Information request on What Do They Know for Bath.
I assume you sent requests to all authorities. Were there any that didn't/were
able
Dave F wrote:
> First off a couple of queries about transit talk.
> Is T-T purely email client based or is there a web page listing the posts?
>
There's a web archive here:
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-transit/ (this is linked to in
the footer of each of the posts)
> I receive
@ Chris M.
Excuse my ignorance but what is a namespaced tag? I can't see an explanation in
the Wiki.
Thanks
Dave F.
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Thank you for the welcome
First off a couple of queries about transit talk.
Is T-T purely email client based or is there a web page listing the posts?
I receive a digest of previous posts & can't see a way to reply individually to
specific posts, where I get the Re: in the subject box.
The a
With specialist data without a physical presence, like PlusBus zones,
my view is that careful thought should be given to whether to import
them into the main OSM database at all, and if they are imported they
should use namespaced tags. The NAPTAN import of bus stops in
Birmingham did not (quit
Hi Dave,
Firstly - welcome to the group.
Can you post a link to the area on the map (or to the way)?
I've logged a note about this in trac here:
http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2177
Frankie
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Dave F. wrote:
> Hi
>
> The pay_scale_area gas just been added a
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 02:57:29PM +0100, Dave F. wrote:
> The pay_scale_area gas just been added around my home town.
>
> The boundary, thankfully, doesn't show up, but unfortunately the name
> label does in Mapnik.
> Can this be amended to it _doesn't_ display?
Thats a long-standing problem wi
Hi
The pay_scale_area gas just been added around my home town.
The boundary, thankfully, doesn't show up, but unfortunately the name
label does in Mapnik.
Can this be amended to it _doesn't_ display?
Thanks
Dave F.
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