Re: [Talk-us] TriMet will begin OSM improvements in the Portland area

2011-03-09 Thread PJ Houser
Hi Alan, The aerials are owned by Trimet, so we (the Trimet interns) can derive data from it, and then provide the derived data to OpenStreetMap. However, we cannot distribute the aerials themselves. -- PJ Houser Trimet GIS intern, 503-962-5711 (office) On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Alan

[Talk-us] Trimet, Portland, Oregon updates

2011-03-09 Thread PJ Houser
Some background in case you just learned of this right now:I work at Trimet transit agency in Portland, Oregon, and we are updating OSM for our area. We are switching to an open source trip planner that uses OSM data, so we are updating OSM with jurisdictional data that has been made available to

[Talk-us] Trimet updates to OSM in Portland, Oregon area - workflow

2011-03-09 Thread PJ Houser
Paul, Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington Counties in Oregon. Clark County in Washington. -- PJ Houser Trimet GIS intern, 503-962-5711 (office) Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:33:16 -0600 From: Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Trimet updates to

Re: [Talk-us] Trimet, Portland, Oregon updates

2011-03-09 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 3/9/2011 5:27 PM, PJ Houser wrote: 1) We are editing incorrect trails and adding missing trails from RLIS (Metro, Oregon) and CCGIS (Clark County, Washington). We'd like to tag handicap accessibility of the trails we edit or add in. What tag would OSM mappers prefer? We were thinking

Re: [Talk-us] Trimet, Portland, Oregon updates

2011-03-09 Thread Dave Hansen
On Wed, 2011-03-09 at 14:27 -0800, PJ Houser wrote: 2) Since we are using two jurisdictional datasets for editing and adding streets and trails, should we delete the TIGER tags if we change a way based on our datasets? I'd say to just leave them. People realize that if it got moved since

Re: [Talk-us] Trimet, Portland, Oregon updates

2011-03-09 Thread Mike N
2) Since we are using two jurisdictional datasets for editing and adding streets and trails, should we delete the TIGER tags if we change a way based on our datasets? If you make any change, do only what's easiest for you while you are editing - it's fine to leave or remove the tags; the way