Re: [Talk-us] Boundaries and verifiability (was Re: Retagging hamlets in the US)

2015-03-23 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Clifford Snow wrote: > Except when it reports you are in a different neighborhood than you > actually are. > A point feature does not imply a radius. A governmental defined neighborhood boundary is totally mappable at the right admin level, and you would not ne

Re: [Talk-us] mappy hour link

2015-03-23 Thread Martijn van Exel
Thank you Richard! That was fun. We had a good turnout today. I hope to see you all in a couple of weeks. Martijn On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Richard Welty wrote: > this should be it: > > https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/event/cnsbqt4rtjjcekl2hcgc53josj0 > > -- > rwe...@averillpark.net >

[Talk-us] mappy hour link

2015-03-23 Thread Richard Welty
this should be it: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/event/cnsbqt4rtjjcekl2hcgc53josj0 -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux Java - Web Applications - Search signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [Talk-us] Boundaries and verifiability (was Re: Retagging hamlets in the US)

2015-03-23 Thread Clifford Snow
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > The nice thing about mapping a "neighborhood name" as a point feature is: > > a) It helps people locate the neighborhood > b) it completely sidesteps the question of the exact, possibly fuzzy, > boundaries. > > For 10% of the hassle you map

Re: [Talk-us] Boundaries and verifiability (was Re: Retagging hamlets in the US)

2015-03-23 Thread Serge Wroclawski
I agree 100% with Bryce. - Serge On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > The nice thing about mapping a "neighborhood name" as a point feature is: > > a) It helps people locate the neighborhood > b) it completely sidesteps the question of the exact, possibly fuzzy, > boundaries.

Re: [Talk-us] Boundaries and verifiability (was Re: Retagging hamlets in the US)

2015-03-23 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
The nice thing about mapping a "neighborhood name" as a point feature is: a) It helps people locate the neighborhood b) it completely sidesteps the question of the exact, possibly fuzzy, boundaries. For 10% of the hassle you map 90% of the benefit. ___

Re: [Talk-us] Boundaries and verifiability (was Re: Retagging hamlets in the US)

2015-03-23 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 2:30 AM, Greg Morgan wrote: > > 1. Every time this boundary debate or accuracy debate comes up, I image that > I am supposed to have $20,000 of GPS equipment[1]; post process the data so > that it is accurate; before I dare put the data in OSM. I agree with you that things

Re: [Talk-us] Mappy Hour tomorrow (monday) night

2015-03-23 Thread Richard Welty
here is an event link which i hope works ok: https://plus.google.com/b/113331273824393211883/events/cnsbqt4rtjjcekl2hcgc53josj0?authkey=COK7xau86urZ6gE i may need to send invitations to people on a case by case basis; if you have a g+ account but can't get access, send me an email and i'll try to

Re: [Talk-us] Mappy Hour tomorrow (monday) night

2015-03-23 Thread Paul Johnson
OK On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Richard Welty wrote: > On 3/23/15 8:32 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: > > I may need access to the US chapter page to do it without screwing over > who's gonna be running it from recording. > > i think only Martijn can add managers. i'll try wrestling with > event

Re: [Talk-us] Mappy Hour tomorrow (monday) night

2015-03-23 Thread Richard Welty
On 3/23/15 8:32 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: > I may need access to the US chapter page to do it without screwing > over who's gonna be running it from recording. > i think only Martijn can add managers. i'll try wrestling with event interface again in a little bit. richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net

Re: [Talk-us] Mappy Hour tomorrow (monday) night

2015-03-23 Thread Paul Johnson
I may need access to the US chapter page to do it without screwing over who's gonna be running it from recording. On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 7:04 AM, Richard Welty wrote: > On 3/23/15 4:14 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Should I make the G+ event for it or will that trip things up? > > i was a littl

Re: [Talk-us] Mappy Hour tomorrow (monday) night

2015-03-23 Thread Richard Welty
On 3/23/15 4:14 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: > Should I make the G+ event for it or will that trip things up? > i was a little mystified by the current G+ interface so i didn't do so. if you can figure it out, more power to you. richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Co

Re: [Talk-us] Boundaries and verifiability (was Re: Retagging hamlets in the US)

2015-03-23 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Greg Morgan wrote: > 2. To quote Richard Fairhurst, "Seriously, OSM in the [England] s still > way beyond broken. You can open it at any random location and the map > is just __fictional__. Here are two random examples "bing;OS StreetView" > [2] "shape is approximate. Needs proper survey as mo

Re: [Talk-us] Mappy Hour tomorrow (monday) night

2015-03-23 Thread Paul Johnson
Should I make the G+ event for it or will that trip things up? On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 9:19 PM, Richard Welty wrote: > in the traditional 8:30pm ET slot - Martijn is traveling so i get > to pick the time. > > i'll post a link here when i have it. > > richard > > -- > rwe...@averillpark.net > Av

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

2015-03-23 Thread Greg Morgan
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Alex Barth wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:40 AM, Greg Morgan > wrote: > >> Thanks for another TIGER tool. I used it to look at some areas and made >> changes. The map reminds me of another map that MapBox produced several >> years ago using a slider tool.

Re: [Talk-us] Boundaries and verifiability (was Re: Retagging hamlets in the US)

2015-03-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Greg, > 3. It is my belief and experience that the "ground observable rule" is > something that only applies to Europe or older metropolitan areas. I think there's a misunderstanding here. Of course even in European metropolitan areas there will *not* be a sign bearing the name of every stream t