Re: [Talk-us] Caliparks re-tagging paths?

Kevin Kenny writes: > This isn't a matter of "get off my lawn." It's a matter of "there's no > promise that there's a path there at all." I think you're making a separate argument, that when there's some maybe-path that's indistinct, and not clearly followable, then probably the mapper should d

Re: [Talk-us] Slack

On 2016.03.26. 21:59, Steve Coast wrote: Ok so look, Slack took over the world. And it turns out it’s pretty good and useful. Let’s have an official OSM slack. ... I realize that I’m inviting a discussion about how slack is an evil company or that we should all just use IRC, and those are fine

Re: [Talk-us] Slack

Hi Steve and list members, OSM US already set up a Slack that has a few dozen people on it. Originally the board used it solely for internal communications but now there are plenty of folks hanging out talking about OSM in general (not just OSM US). One particular nicety of our Slack team is that

Re: [Talk-us] mapRe: (Second attempt) Potential data source: Adirondack Park Freshwater Wetlands

Kevin, as a Vermont resident who is planning several canoe and hiking trips to the Adirondacks (with data collection for OSM), I look forward to having this import as context. Especially when exploring the Saint Regis canoe wilderness, which has a few lakes in OSM, but is otherwise pretty devoid of

[Talk-us] Slack

Ok so look, Slack took over the world. And it turns out it’s pretty good and useful. Let’s have an official OSM slack. — Due Diligence: https://www.google.com/#q=slack+site:wiki.openstreetmap.org https://www.google.com/#q=slack+site

Re: [Talk-us] Caliparks re-tagging paths?

On 26/03/2016 15:26, Kevin Kenny wrote: In these areas, a trail is a fairly tenuous thing. The marking may be just a splash of paint or an axe cut on a tree, and even that may be limited to once every few hundred metres. "A splash of paint every few hundred metres? You were lucky"* Seriousl

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Boston, MA, USA addr:housenumber Import

Hi all, Just an update on the current status. 1. I am waiting for a response from Boston GIS regarding the license terms (MassGIS != Boston GIS, as I recently realized). 2. At this point the code will only be minimally tweaked as I have implemented everything I originally planned:  - Standalone b

Re: [Talk-us] Caliparks re-tagging paths?

On 03/25/2016 07:09 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: I wouldn't call it wiki-agitiation; anyone is welcome to propose something on the wiki - if this were done at the outset then we could have avoided all this brouhaha. Personally I don't quite understand the concept of a "social path". A path is a path

Re: [Talk-us] mapRe: (Second attempt) Potential data source: Adirondack Park Freshwater Wetlands

On 03/26/2016 02:06 AM, Russ Nelson wrote: Frederik Ramm writes: > I have zero knowledge about the Adirondack[s] I live here. Imagine a park half the size of Austria, with about 130K people living in it, and 200K people visiting it. Give about 30K of those people Internet access. Oh, and there

Re: [Talk-us] WeeklyOSM 296

Apologies for the typing mistake it is "Brussels attack" and not "Berlin attack". - Our thoughts and sympathy are with the families and friends of the victims of the 'Brussels' attack. SotM organizing committee is safe. SotM will happen as planned and are monitoring the situation closely

[Talk-us] WeeklyOSM 296

The weekly round-up of OSM news, issue #296, is now available online in English, giving as always a summary of all things happening in the OpenStreetMap world: http://www.weeklyosm.eu/archives/7155 *Among others:* - Our thoughts and sympathy are with the families and friends of the victims