Re: [Talk-us] Ghost suburbs

2012-11-17 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
highway=track is fine if the road is open to the public, but quite often incomplete subdivisions are not. Richard Welty wrote: >On 11/17/12 6:56 AM, Charlotte Wolter wrote: >> Hello, >> >> While doing the Maproulette, I came upon a large area east of > >> El Paso >> (http://www.openstr

Re: [Talk-us] Ghost suburbs

2012-11-17 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
My preference has been highway=proposed proposed=residential for ghost subdivisions around Chicago. Charlotte Wolter wrote: >Hello, > > While doing the Maproulette, I came upon a large area east >of El Paso >(http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=31.7234&lon=-106.1106&zoom=13) >with hun

Re: [Talk-us] Chicago "L" updates

2012-11-15 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
the one I ride the most). Should this be extended to Metra? The Metra lines still need work in general (I fixed up the Milwaukee District West and Electric District lines a while back, but I haven't touched any other relations since). - -- Kristian M Zoerhoff -BEGIN PGP SIGNATUR

Re: [Talk-us] 'creative' mapping

2012-11-13 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
ze. There should probably be a business tag here for the attraction. As these change every season, I sure hope this user plans on keeping this up-to-date. -- Kristian M Zoerhoff ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Schizophrenic highway

2012-09-14 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2012-09-14 18:02, Charlotte Wolter wrote: > Hello, > > I'm working on US 50 near Trenton, Ill. Here's the location: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=38.61248&lon=-89.68529&zoom=16 > > It looks like, at one point there were plans to turn th

Re: [Talk-us] Consensus on "SR" for state route versus state abbreviation?

2012-09-12 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Paul Johnson wrote: >On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Charlotte Wolter >wrote: > >> **Was there ever consensus on whether to use "SR" (or some >> variation on that) for state highways versus an abbreviation of the >state >> name ("CA" or "N

Re: [Talk-us] Scenic/Historic byways

2012-07-09 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
ecked to see if anyone created a network for them yet, but I don't believe it exists. -- Kristian M Zoerhoff pgpk7dI0XAhLl.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Fixing TIGER street name abbreviations

2012-05-11 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
x27;t seen an example where there is both a prefix and a suffix in > the name, and they're the same as the suffix. You might want to check Minneapolis/St Paul. They have some really bizarre directional combinations that could give you heartburn. -- Kristian M Zoerhoff

Re: [Talk-us] Smooth shoulder intended for cycling

2012-04-17 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
s an AASHTO standard) Has anyone run this by the OpenCycleMap folks? They're the only likely data consumer for this information at present. Alternatively, maybe cycleway needs an "unmarked lane" setting for these situations, though that would imply the local authorities are inten

Re: [Talk-us] Highway Shield Rendering

2012-04-12 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
, those are odd. What the description on that page fails to mention is that I-94 also passes by the Cook Nuclear Power Plant at Bridgman, so it's not just snow MDOT is worried about :-) -- Kristian M Zoerhoff ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Highway Shield Rendering

2012-04-06 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
a few years ago, it was a green circle with two Indianas. [1] > The orange logo was introduced in 2007, but I don't know if they've > started to use it in signage or just the toll plazas. When I was last on the toll road in January, the guide signs were still the ol

Re: [Talk-us] Highway Shield Rendering

2012-04-03 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
e prominently posted on signs? That's all I can think of, and I'm in the metro area. Unless he's thinking of Chicago's portions of Cook County Highways, but those are spottily signed, even outside the city limits. -- Kristian M Zoerhoff p

Re: [Talk-us] Using TIGER to find missing road segments in OSM after license change

2012-03-29 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
st TIGER data is > improved, you might be able to test with the older TIGER data. Since Ian is already in Cook County, IL, he can move next door to McHenry County, which I spent ages fixing up over the last year or so. Cook County itself still has a lot of unfixed TIGER roads, especially in i

Re: [Talk-us] Contacting high-impact undecided users in the US

2012-02-09 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
made nearly 30 changes in the past 19 hours since he accepted! For > reference, here's the text I sent, based on one from Simon Poole: I just got in contact with elliskev, and he accepted as well, so a large chunk of Michigan just dropped off my list. -- Kristi

Re: [Talk-us] Contacting high-impact undecided users in the US

2012-02-07 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 08:26:56AM -0600, Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote: > On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 07:25:27AM -0500, Josh Doe wrote: > > > > For starters I tried to find one of the users, David Speakman, and > > after a bit of searching have found his LinkedIn page, two domains

Re: [Talk-us] Contacting high-impact undecided users in the US

2012-02-07 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
x27;s the right David (there seemed to be several when I searched). -- Kristian M Zoerhoff pgpaNdtBBp49X.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Finding new roads

2012-02-04 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
3 are easily solved by cross-referencing with satellite imagery, but 1 can be tricky. This is where TIGER 2011 can come in handy. Kane County, IL actually has subdivision plats all the way back to the 1850s online, which can be pretty cool to look at in their own right. -

Re: [Talk-us] LA and other license changeover challenged areas.

2012-01-30 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 03:59:15PM -0800, Bryce2 Nesbitt wrote: > > pubic records searches)? Unless you work for the TSA, I sincerely hope you meant public records searches :-) If you do work for the TSA, carry on. -- Kristian M Zoerhoff pgp5da2YaurkQ.pgp Description: PGP sig

Re: [Talk-us] LA and other license changeover challenged areas.

2012-01-30 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
one flat-out decliner that I'm working to map around, and a lot of little cleanup in general. > A remap-a-thon is called for, perhaps? Probably. I'd propose everyone on list drop all their other projects and remap like mad badgers for the next 8 weeks. -- Kristian M Zoe

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER 2011 Road Tiles

2012-01-18 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 06:40:27PM -0600, Ian Dees wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote: > > > I got it working in Potlatch 2 [*], but as someone else mentioned, the > > white > > layer is invisible on Potlatch's default manilla backg

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER 2011 Road Tiles

2012-01-16 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
black-outlined text labels are fine. Otherwise, it looks awesome. Nice work! * As http://tile.openstreetmap.us/tiger2011_roads/$z/$x/$y.png in the Background menu. -- Kristian M Zoerhoff pgpWozzQHoHhW.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Getting ready for the license change

2012-01-14 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
p.org/browse/changeset/143258 Am I reading the history correctly? What do we do in thic case? -- Kristian M Zoerhoff ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Women trust GPS, drive SUV into Lake

2011-06-17 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 06:15:01AM -0400, Mike N wrote: > > http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f225/women-trust-gps-drive-suv-into-lake-81264/ > > I did check the OSM map to be sure there were no non-existing > roads shown crossing the lake. I did see a post mentioning that there appears

Re: [Talk-us] Women trust GPS, drive SUV into Lake

2011-06-17 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 06:15:01AM -0400, Mike N wrote: > > http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f225/women-trust-gps-drive-suv-into-lake-81264/ > > I did check the OSM map to be sure there were no non-existing > roads shown crossing the lake. The *claim* the GPS directed them into the lake

Re: [Talk-us] GPS overreliance anecdotes (WAS: Women trust GPS, drive SUV into Lake)

2011-06-17 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 05:28:29AM -0700, Craig Hinners wrote: > > No matter, he insisted on obeying his GPS and ignoring me. I bit my > tongue, what with being the new guy and all. Three wrong turns, two missed > expressway exits, and one illegal u-turn later, we arrived at the > restaurant. Fif

Re: [Talk-us] Categorizing Stores/Restaurants

2011-06-16 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 07:52:15PM +, dion_d...@comcast.net wrote: > Businesses don't make it easy when they go by multiple names. Is it IBM > or International Business Machines? > > I'm sure you'll find similar issues with punctuation. IBM or I.B.M.? Only the New York Times insists on I

Re: [Talk-us] County road network relations

2011-04-13 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:56:51AM -0400, Richard Welty wrote: > On 4/13/11 10:54 AM, Mike N wrote: > >On 4/13/2011 10:44 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: > network="US:CA:Orange" > + ref="CR S18" > >>I'd drop the CR prefix since that's more of a network identifier than a > >>reference number. >

[Talk-us] County road network relations (was: REF tags for State Highways on ways)

2011-04-10 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 10:42:43AM -0400, Richard Weait wrote: > > ref=number portion only > network=countrycode_statecode_[location details as > required]networkcode_variant > > Interstate 95. ref=95; network=us_i > US 66 historic. ref=66; network=us_us_historic > York Regional Road 8. ref=8; n

Re: [Talk-us] REF tags for State Highways on ways

2011-04-08 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 02:03:25PM -0500, Nathan Mills wrote: > On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:11:49 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > >On 4/8/2011 2:00 PM, James Mast wrote: > >>I just thought I would throw this out there so this can be > >>settled once > >>and for all. Which ref tag setup do you think sho

Re: [Talk-us] default to potlatch 1?

2011-04-04 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 08:07:30AM -0700, jeremy jozwik wrote: > > might ask why would you want to do that, well this morning i was > adding addr:??? to the map. > everytime i completed a address collection i would click a new point > and reload the previous point information. > then add the new a

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER edited map updated with Toby's suggestion

2011-01-24 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 01:55:57AM +0100, andrzej zaborowski wrote: > On 25 January 2011 00:57, Alan Mintz wrote: > > > > In summary, I propose to add the following requirements to the existing > > filter for turning a feature red: > > - Must have tiger:name_base tag > > I'd suggest tiger:reviewe

Re: [Talk-us] Creating relations for abandoned railway lines

2011-01-11 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:06:44PM +0100, andrzej zaborowski wrote: > On 10 January 2011 17:23, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Kristian M Zoerhoff > > wrote: > >> type = route > >> route = train > >> operator = Elgin &am

Re: [Talk-us] Creating relations for abandoned railway lines

2011-01-10 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:24:27AM -0500, Richard Weait wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Kristian M Zoerhoff > wrote: > > Hi, all. > > > > I've been working on adding some abandoned railway lines in my area, and > > I've been wondering how to grou

[Talk-us] text/plain; charset=us-ascii

2011-01-10 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:24:27AM -0500, Richard Weait wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Kristian M Zoerhoff > wrote: > > Hi, all. > > > > I've been working on adding some abandoned railway lines in my area, and > > I've been wondering how to grou

Re: [Talk-us] Creating relations for abandoned railway lines

2011-01-10 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:23:12AM -0500, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Kristian M Zoerhoff > wrote: > > Hi, all. > > > > I've been working on adding some abandoned railway lines in my area, and > > I've been wondering how to g

[Talk-us] Creating relations for abandoned railway lines

2011-01-10 Thread Kristian M Zoerhoff
Hi, all. I've been working on adding some abandoned railway lines in my area, and I've been wondering how to group them together. The line I'm working on right now (the former Elgin & Belvidere Electric Co. line) has been re-used in some areas as public streets, bike paths, service roads, and e