Re: [Talk-us] Prima Facie Speed Limits

2014-09-16 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-09-16 7:27 GMT+02:00 Greg Morgan dr.kludge...@gmail.com: Woot! Woot! If you are adding a speed limit to a node where a sign is located and if you add traffic_sign=maxspeed along with your maxspeed=25 mph, then JOSM will show you a cute little sign verses a blue dot.

Re: [Talk-us] Prima Facie Speed Limits

2014-09-16 Thread Tod Fitch
On Sep 16, 2014, at 12:44 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: PS: one remark to California vehicle code 22352 This apparently stands for all kind of prima facie limits in California, IMHO you could also use something more specific like US:CA:school where US:CA would be a short form for

[Talk-us] TIGER 2014 update

2014-09-16 Thread Mike N
Just out of curiosity, I did a dumb road name comparison between TIGER 2013 and TIGER 2014 for the surrounding dozen counties. I was surprised to find that my local county had a bunch of new roads added. So the TIGER data can get a major update for a reason other than the census workers

Re: [Talk-us] Prima Facie Speed Limits

2014-09-16 Thread Paul Johnson
I think in previous situations where this has come up on this list and the IRC networks was that explicit tagging plus explanatory note is better than what the Germans are doing for zonal speeds. On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Tod Fitch t...@fitchdesign.com wrote: On Sep 16, 2014, at 12:44

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER 2014 update

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/16/14 3:13 PM, Mike N wrote: Just out of curiosity, I did a dumb road name comparison between TIGER 2013 and TIGER 2014 for the surrounding dozen counties. I was surprised to find that my local county had a bunch of new roads added. So the TIGER data can get a major update for a reason

[Talk-us] Geography Awareness Week #mapathon Nov 15 and 16

2014-09-16 Thread Alex Barth
For this fall's #mapathon we're joining National Geographic's Geography Awareness Week. Add your city on the map and host a #mapathon in your community + help spread the word: http://openstreetmap.us/2014/09/fall-mapathon/ Cheers! -- Alex Barth Secretary OpenStreetMap United States Inc.

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER 2014 update

2014-09-16 Thread Nick Hocking
Mike wrote Since the new roads were flagged, I was able to bring them into OSM. (All manually checked for connectivity, smoothing, etc). Is ther a way to use TIGER 2014 in JOSM yet. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER 2014 update

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/16/14 11:10 PM, Nick Hocking wrote: Mike wrote Since the new roads were flagged, I was able to bring them into OSM. (All manually checked for connectivity, smoothing, etc). Is ther a way to use TIGER 2014 in JOSM yet. i presume that you're asking for a layer similar to the 2012 and

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER 2014 update

2014-09-16 Thread Nick Hocking
Richard Welty wrote the question is how much work are you willing to do to use it. The answer is simple - verry little. I've been doing quite a lot of armchair mapping recently. 1) Pushing crazy TIGER roads around in residential and rural areas. 2) Adding missing roads in Las Vegas (and adding