Re: [Talk-us] Dirt Roads (formerly: Abandoned railway)

2014-09-02 Thread Mark Newnham
Seeing as I already spend 70% of my time mapping unpaved roads in Colorado, and I've some opinions of my own about the subject, I'm happy to set up and run wiki pages etc bout the subject if people think that this would help Mark From: Clifford Snow

Re: [Talk-us] South Valley Hwy/I-25

2014-01-16 Thread Mark Newnham
Just did a visual on  http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/10386713 and it is indeed S Valley Highway  From: russdeff...@gmail.com russdeff...@gmail.com To: Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org Cc: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Openstreetmap talk-us@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] JuicyTrails Map and App based on OSM data released

2013-07-26 Thread Mark Newnham
Just downloaded it onto a Samsung Galaxy 2.  1. when the phone goes to sleep, as soon as it wakes up, the position of the map reverts back to the current position. If I'm using the phone to review where I'm going to walk before I get to the start point, this is really annoying. Suggest that: a.

Re: [Talk-us] access restriction, water only: How to tag?

2013-07-26 Thread Mark Newnham
True, but the thread has not identified that it is indeed on an island. If it is boat-only for that reason, then of course. If it is at a place where you could walk there legally, but that the conditions make it very dangerous to get there, then why not?

Re: [Talk-us] what do we mean by geocoding?

2013-06-23 Thread Mark Newnham
I work in the Uitilities/Billing industry and do a reasonable amount of work in addressing quality (in order to get lower USPS rates with things like the Intelligent Mail Barcoder and suchlike). I'd just like to throw a couple of things in to enhance the discussion. 1. In 90% of cases in the

Re: [Talk-us] Neighborhoods / Zillow

2013-06-11 Thread Mark Newnham
I'm interested in this, I recently posted a question on how to map subdivisions, I'm using landuse=residential,name=Name of Subdivision to map mine. I think it's important that for US purposes, we can distinguish between HOA managed subdivisions, which are defined as a legal entity, and all

[Talk-us] Guidance on road designation

2013-06-02 Thread Mark Newnham
I'm looking for some guidance on road designation. I have a sample of the area here http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.59736lon=-104.89872zoom=17. My difficulty is with the size of the roads vs their utility. Having scanned the mailing lists and the wiki, I have tended to designate them

Re: [Talk-us] Guidance on road designation

2013-06-02 Thread Mark Newnham
2, 2013 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Guidance on road designation On 6/2/13 6:55 PM, Mark Newnham wrote: I'm looking for some guidance on road designation. I have a sample of the area here http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.59736lon=-104.89872zoom=17. My difficulty is with the size