Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Your opinion about SOTM US

2015-03-18 Thread Greg Morgan
On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 8:00 PM, Mike Thompson miketh...@gmail.com wrote: The editor visits a site which accesses the JOSM remote control protocol. They fix up the TIGER date and indicate Yes, I'm done or Needs more work,

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-18 Thread Greg Morgan
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: My initial reaction to any automated edit is to break out in a rash. I don't have the same reaction. A long time ago I added building=entrance to buildings. That tag was deprecated in favor of entrance=* at some point.

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-18 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-03-18 3:48 GMT+01:00 Bryan Housel br...@7thposition.com: (IMO the “Bender’s Corner” hamlet should probably just be deleted outright. I live near it and there really is no such thing.) or maybe keep it as a historical place name, something like place=locality and old_name=Bender's

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Your opinion about SOTM US

2015-03-18 Thread SomeoneElse
On 15/03/2015 23:20, Mikel Maron wrote: On Saturday, March 14, 2015 9:59 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: Yeah, that's just setting up a HOT tasking manager right? Except the HOT tasking manager will probably choke on one half hour tasks for all of US :) Set up multiple projects on the

Re: [Talk-us] On advocacy. (Rant-ish) Was: Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-18 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 4:01 AM, Greg Morgan dr.kludge...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: 3) New mapper fixes the BadHamlet and starts mapping their favourite restaurants, bowling alleys and coffee shops. This is a great idea but I

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-18 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 5:08 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-03-18 3:48 GMT+01:00 Bryan Housel br...@7thposition.com: (IMO the “Bender’s Corner” hamlet should probably just be deleted outright. I live near it and there really is no such thing.) or maybe keep

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-18 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Would you put bender's corner on a map today? If the barrier to cleaning is too great, not enough cleaning will happen. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Weigh stations on Interstates

2015-03-18 Thread Greg Morgan
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-03-16 17:33 GMT+01:00 Harald Kliems kli...@gmail.com: In continuing mapping destination tag on highways based on Mapillary imagery, I've come across the problem of how to tag weigh stations on

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-18 Thread Kevin Kenny
On 03/17/2015 05:25 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com mailto:a...@mapbox.com wrote: What do people think about how to properly retag place=hamlet in US urban areas? My colleague Eliane rendered out a map of all hamlets in urban

Re: [Talk-us] USA Rail: Calling all OSM railfans! (especially in California)

2015-03-18 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:56:29PM -0700, stevea wrote: Especially if you are a railfan in California, please have a look. Or, if you are a rail enthusiast in another state, and want a template with which to jump-start better OSM rail completion

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-18 Thread Richard Welty
On 3/18/15 1:29 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 5:08 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com mailto:dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: or maybe keep it as a historical place name, something like place=locality and old_name=Bender's Corner? I agree that this is

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-18 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Everyone, Aren't some of these hamlets still used as postal addresses? In that sense, they still exist. Also, in the West we have the phenomenon of old rail infrastructure, such as watering stations, that were named. A good example is Adamana near the Petrified Forest. There

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-18 Thread Richard Welty
On 3/18/15 2:51 PM, Charlotte Wolter wrote: Everyone, Aren't some of these hamlets still used as postal addresses? In that sense, they still exist. Also, in the West we have the phenomenon of old rail infrastructure, such as watering stations, that were named. A good example

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging (in general)

2015-03-18 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:01 AM, Greg Morgan dr.kludge...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: My initial reaction to any automated edit is to break out in a rash. I don't have the same reaction. A long time ago I added building=entrance

[Talk-us] USA Rail: Calling all OSM railfans! (especially in California)

2015-03-18 Thread stevea
http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/California/Railroads now documents an early alpha state of OSM rail in California. Especially if you are a railfan in California, please have a look. Or, if you are a rail enthusiast in another state, and want a template with which to jump-start better OSM rail