Re: [Talk-us] Quick intro and request to contribute

And I encourage you to ask "is this a one time import" or an "ongoing import"? For your speed data a one time import might be OK. For something like store locations, which change all the time, the data might just get stale in OSM. The proper term for matching up data like this is 'conflation',

Re: [Talk-us] Quick intro and request to contribute

And I encourage you to ask "is this a one time import" or an "ongoing import"? For your speed data a one time import might be OK. For something like store locations, which change all the time, the data might just get stale in OSM. The proper term for matching up data like this is 'conflation', and

Re: [Talk-us] Semi-spammy sorta-helpful edit: how to handle

> > I ran into something similar: a note tag entered a week ago by user Noram > (near a new node with name= Noram Auto Repair) which simply listed "Repair > and service of Japanese, and American made automobiles and trucks." > Let's do better than that at http://www.noramautorepairservices.com/

Re: [Talk-us] Local user groups

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > Sponsoring Meetup groups is rather difficult. Meetup doesn't have a way to > sponsor a group's Meetup fees and doing it on a one-by-one basis is a lot > of paperwork (how does one keep track of who gets payment and how do they > make sure the pay

Re: [Talk-us] Semi-spammy sorta-helpful edit: how to handle

I have not run into much spam in OSM, but while working on the keepright link checker I ran into: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Axel's%20Mom/ Looks like mom pimped up her son's self storage business, but rather clums

Re: [Talk-us] Local user groups

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Clifford Snow wrote: > Meetup is a nice tool to organize local groups. However the cost is > expensive for individuals to start a Meetup group. I'm wondering if we can > get some corporate sponsor to help offset the cost of establishing local > communities. This is

[Talk-us] Semi-spammy sorta-helpful edit: how to handle

I have not run into much spam in OSM, but while working on the keepright link checker I ran into: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Axel's%20Mom/ Looks like mom pimped up her son's self storage business, but rather clumsily. I could (a) fix silently (b) write to her on t

Re: [Talk-us] Quick intro and request to contribute

Thanks for the great info. I'll definitely check out the Speed_limit page for tips. Also, I know that the data is largely good, partly because it _is_ the Traffic Code and therefore is the legal origin of the speed limits of the county, but mostly because I use many of the roads on there and eve

Re: [Talk-us] Quick intro and request to contribute

It might take a bit, but I could probably do it. If not, then it wouldn't be unreasonable for a person to do it by hand. As you mentioned, it's only the ones in unincorporated areas, where the county sets the limits. My thought was that if I was able to get it working for this small set, then get

Re: [Talk-us] Local user groups

Meetup is a nice tool to organize local groups. However the cost is expensive for individuals to start a Meetup group. I'm wondering if we can get some corporate sponsor to help offset the cost of establishing local communities. This is a not so subtle hint for all the corporations that make money

Re: [Talk-us] Local user groups

I added in the two St Louis area groups and cleaned up our entries. --Brett Lord-Castillo OpenDataSTL ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Quick intro and request to contribute

Using the poppler library can convert PDF into plain text, and it will probably work on this PDF. Saikrishna Arcot On Tue 14 Jan 2014 05:37:08 PM EST, Tod Fitch wrote: > Looking at that PDF, it is not obvious to me how to script the data for mass > input. Probably would take less time to print

Re: [Talk-us] Local user groups

http://usergroups.openstreetmap.de/ add your group to the wiki with the structured elements , and a bot will add your group to the map. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Quick intro and request to contribute

Looking at that PDF, it is not obvious to me how to script the data for mass input. Probably would take less time to print out a copy of the PDF and sit down with JOSM checking off each description as you enter it by hand. Maybe it is my deficient scripting skills, but things like this don't loo

Re: [Talk-us] Quick intro and request to contribute

On 1/14/14 4:51 PM, Dave Oksner wrote: > I can certainly enter data manually--like I said, I've made several edits > here and there over the last couple of years--but I was hoping to find > someone who is somewhat authoritative about mass changes. I'm pretty > good with scripting and can probably

Re: [Talk-us] Quick intro and request to contribute

Thanks for the great info. I'll definitely check out the Speed_limit page for tips. Also, I know that the data is largely good, partly because it _is_ the Traffic Code and therefore is the legal origin of the speed limits of the county, but mostly because I use many of the roads on there and ever

[Talk-us] Local user groups

Hi all, I cleaned up the list of local OSM groups on the 'WikiProject United States' page, deleting empty rows. If you run a local group and don't see it listed here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States - please add a row with your local group info! There must be a better

[Talk-us] Fwd: [OSM-talk] The game 'Kort' finally updates OpenStreetMap

>From the talk mailing list (mandatory disclosure: yes I know the authors). Original-Nachricht Hi there, I'm very proud to announce that finally Kort[1] (the OSM game) writes back it's collected solutions to OSM! All changes are made by the OSM user "kort-to-osm"[2], so it's

Re: [Talk-us] Oklahoma relations spreadsheet

On 08:34 2014-01-13, Peter Davies wrote: Thanks, Mihh. Actually I'm interested in any road on which significant traffic incidents and slowdowns occur, including county roads and major named urban streets (OSM primary, secondary, and maybe tertiary). I've not heard of anyone planning to go down