Re: [Talk-us] Potential Mechanical Edit to remove access=private from Amazon Logistics driveways in NH

2020-08-21 Thread Skyler Hawthorne
On Mon, 2020-08-17 at 09:14 -0700, stevea wrote: > I believe it correct that access=private tag be removed from > highway=service + service=driveway, as "private" seems too strict to > accurately describe a driveway (that's part subjunctive mood where it > needs doing, part indicative where true

Re: [Talk-us] Potential Mechanical Edit to remove access=private from Amazon Logistics driveways in NH

2020-08-16 Thread Skyler Hawthorne
Was there a previous discussion about this that I can catch up on? Driveways seem like access=private is appropriate across the board, not just when there is explicit signage. If you drive onto someone's house's driveway without permission, you are trespassing on their property. --

Re: [Talk-us] Interested in importing address points in New York State

2020-07-20 Thread Skyler Hawthorne
Thanks Mateusz, I actually tried to make a page, but I am encountering some strange behavior from the wiki. When I try to edit or add a page, a text box appears that says "confirmation code," with no other explanation. I don't get an email with a confirmation code, so I have no idea what it

Re: [Talk-us] [Talk-us-newyork] Interested in importing address points in New York State

2020-07-19 Thread Skyler Hawthorne
Fascinating read, thanks so much for the research and the write-up! -- Skyler On July 19, 2020 23:12:52 Kevin Kenny wrote: On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:46 PM Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-us wrote: Once you write this diary entry (or OSM Wiki page) please post it to the mailing list! Here you

Re: [Talk-us] [Talk-us-newyork] Interested in importing address points in New York State

2020-07-18 Thread Skyler Hawthorne
On July 18, 2020 16:07:55 Russell Nelson wrote: Well there you go! You should make a page on the Wiki under Imports, and save this email there. So it doesn't get lost. Like my NYSDEC email did. :( I will make sure to do that when I get a chance! -- Skyler

Re: [Talk-us] [Talk-us-newyork] Interested in importing address points in New York State

2020-07-18 Thread Skyler Hawthorne
On July 18, 2020 14:53:26 Mateusz Konieczny wrote: Not a lawyer, but is it possible that "use the points for any lawful purpose" is nonanswer as a use invaloving copyright infringement would not be lawful? Also not a lawyer, but there is plenty of unambiguous context. I contacted him

Re: [Talk-us] [Talk-us-newyork] Interested in importing address points in New York State

2020-07-18 Thread Skyler Hawthorne
also attached the raw .eml file. From: Winters, Frank (ITS) frank.wint...@its.ny.gov Date: July 17, 2020 22:30:24 Subject: RE: Interested in importing the Address Point data from the Clearing House into OpenStreetMap To: Skyler Hawthorne o...@dead10ck.com CC: Coryell, Rodger (ITS) rodger.cory

Re: [Talk-us] [Talk-us-newyork] Interested in importing address points in New York State

2020-07-17 Thread Skyler Hawthorne
also attached the raw .eml file. From: Winters, Frank (ITS) frank.wint...@its.ny.gov Date: July 17, 2020 22:30:24 Subject: RE: Interested in importing the Address Point data from the Clearing House into OpenStreetMap To: Skyler Hawthorne o...@dead10ck.com CC: Coryell, Rodger (ITS) rodger.cory

Re: [Talk-us] [Talk-us-newyork] Interested in importing address points in New York State

2020-07-16 Thread Skyler Hawthorne
Thank you so much for your reply! That's exactly the kind of insight I was hoping for by posting here. On July 16, 2020 12:16:19 Kevin Kenny wrote: I'm less sanguine than Skyler is about the data quality. I suspect s/he (the given name doesn't clearly identify a preferred pronoun) has been

[Talk-us] Interested in importing address points in New York State

2020-07-16 Thread Skyler Hawthorne
Hello. I'm a relatively new mapper, and I'm mostly working in upstate NY, where there is not great coverage outside of roads. I've been adding houses manually, but progress is slow and inefficient this way. I found that NYS publishes GIS data in their "Clearing House", and one of the data