Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

How accurate is this data and how does it fit match with USGS maps? Just checked one Peak I had entered some time ago. USGS map 9735ft =2967m, GNIS import 2965m & position shift ~20m (Garmin TopoUS 2008 2964m) position of USGS map and Yahoo matches exactly with my gpx tracks. Interesting to see U

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76

Ngày 3/12/09 7:09 PM, Dylan Semler vie^'t: On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Adam Killian > wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: I did not break OSM. IMO, Pennsylvania is no more a "region" than it is a "nation." Given two equally wrong choices, I chose the one th

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Adam Killian wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > I did not break OSM. IMO, Pennsylvania is no more a "region" than it is > a "nation." Given two equally wrong choices, I chose the one that would > render better. > > If the consensus of the community is that US stat

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76

Paul Johnson wrote: > Dylan Semler wrote: > > >> So I don't mean to be a pain but whatever happened to the "Don't tag for >> the renderers" rule? I thought that was pretty fundamental advice for >> tagging but people seem to be ignoring it in this thread. I don't know >> anything about US or B

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76

Dylan Semler wrote: > So I don't mean to be a pain but whatever happened to the "Don't tag for > the renderers" rule? I thought that was pretty fundamental advice for > tagging but people seem to be ignoring it in this thread. I don't know > anything about US or British bike routes but if they a

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Adam Killian wrote: > > Minh Nguyen wrote: > > Ngày 3/11/09 8:48 PM, Paul Johnson vie^'t: > >> Spencer Riddile wrote: > >> > >>> Chris, > >>> > >>> What would the advantage/disadvantage be of using a different network > >>> name ("usbrs" vs. "ncn") for U.S. bike r

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

Hi all, thanks for the tips about tagging schools / hospitals and such. :) I'm carefully following along and learning as i go, as i don't want to repeat any of the same mistakes made before (but knowone is perfect, so im sure i'll make more blunders as i have done before) Anyway, i too have the g

[Talk-us] Portland Car-free happy hour tonight-- potential networking for mappers interested in transit maps

Dear All, I was asked to pass this along to OSM folks. Sounds like an interesting event that holds potential for networking around OSM Portland car-free happy hour is tonight at Roots in SE (http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-carfree/browse_frm/thread/f01529f84095f162 ). I hope you can ma

[Talk-us] Mapping Party in Philadelphia this weekend!

No, no, no, don't go to Santa Monica! Instead, come to MY mapping party in Philadelphia, near University of Pennsylvania, at Intermezzo Cafe, Saturday and Sunday, from 11AM to 4PM. Who wants to be in Southern California, when you can spend the same weekend in the sunny Quaker state? Come

[Talk-us] Mapping Party in LA this weekend!

Hey fellow mappers! Wanted to let you know that there's a great gathering of OpenStreetMappers and newbies getting together this weekend in Santa Monica! We have a mapping party at Ye Olde Kings Head near the beach from 12-4 both Saturday and Sunday! Come join the fun, meet other folks who like

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

Ngày 3/12/09 8:47 AM, Ian Dees vie^'t: On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Ted Mielczarek mailto:ted.mielcza...@gmail.com>> wrote: Yeah, I deleted quite a few POIs for things that no longer exist. Sorry if I sounded mad in my message. :) I still question the value of this data given m

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

> If you know that Zavala School and Zavala Elementary School are the > same thing, then you should delete the "less correct" node (along with > its gnis:feature_id). That would eventually push a "delete the less > correct data point" change into GNIS, which is a good thing I think. I hope soon

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:43 AM, David Lynch wrote: > Another thing I'm seeing as I look around is duplicates and > near-duplicates ("Zavala School" vs. "Zavala Elementary School", for > instance.) For now, I'm putting both feature IDs into one point, > separated by a semicolon. Does that work f

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

Another thing I'm seeing as I look around is duplicates and near-duplicates ("Zavala School" vs. "Zavala Elementary School", for instance.) For now, I'm putting both feature IDs into one point, separated by a semicolon. Does that work for your purposes of reporting back to GNIS? On Thu, Mar 12, 20

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

This didn't make it to the list: On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:18 AM, David Lynch wrote: > >> Another what-if tagging situation -- what about places where there are >> two nodes for the same object, one containing an out-of-date name, one >>

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Matt Maxon wrote: > Ian Dees wrote: > >> that we can send back to the GNIS board, who has the option of putting it >> back into their data set. >> >> 3. If there are already OSM features in your area for a certain node that >> I imported, feel free to delete my n

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

Ian Dees wrote: > that we can send back to the GNIS board, who has the option of putting > it back into their data set. > > 3. If there are already OSM features in your area for a certain node > that I imported, feel free to delete my node, but please merge at > least the gnis:feature_id tag fro

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

Ian Dees wrote: > that we can send back to the GNIS board, who has the option of putting > it back into their data set. > > 3. If there are already OSM features in your area for a certain node > that I imported, feel free to delete my node, but please merge at > least the gnis:feature_id tag fro

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Ted Mielczarek wrote: > Yeah, I deleted quite a few POIs for things that no longer exist. Sorry if > I sounded mad in my message. :) I still question the value of this data > given my (brief, informal) survey of what it brought to my local area. I > think I may ha

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

Yeah, I deleted quite a few POIs for things that no longer exist. Sorry if I sounded mad in my message. :) I still question the value of this data given my (brief, informal) survey of what it brought to my local area. I think I may have also deleted a few nodes where I had already mapped the featur

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Adam Schreiber wrote: >> >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Ian Dees wrote: >> > 3. If there are already OSM features in your area for a certain node >> > that I >> > imported, feel free to delete my node,

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Adam Schreiber wrote: > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > > 3. If there are already OSM features in your area for a certain node that > I > > imported, feel free to delete my node, but please merge at least the > > gnis:feature_id tag from the GN

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > 3. If there are already OSM features in your area for a certain node that I > imported, feel free to delete my node, but please merge at least the > gnis:feature_id tag from the GNIS data so that we can keep track of future > name changes. What a

[Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

Hi everyone, I completed the GNIS node import yesterday. Please see the wiki page [1] for more details. As several of you have messaged me and posted on this list, there are some problems with this data. Let me try to explain my thought process: 1. Since the resolution of the information is fair

Re: [Talk-us] National Park Boundaries

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Zeke Farwell wrote: > The thing about the several renderers we currently have is that they can't > be expected to take every possible mapped feature into account. The map > would just get too cluttered. I think for a general street map (the Mapnik > layer) one

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76

Minh Nguyen wrote: > Ngày 3/11/09 8:48 PM, Paul Johnson vie^'t: >> Spencer Riddile wrote: >> >>> Chris, >>> >>> What would the advantage/disadvantage be of using a different network >>> name ("usbrs" vs. "ncn") for U.S. bike routes. The author of open cycle >>> map would have to adjust their s