Re: [Talk-us] Bicycle lanes on one side only?

2009-06-18 Thread Ted Percival
The Wiki currently proposes cycleway=lane_left or cycleway=lane_right. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cycleway#On-Road_Cycle_Lanes mike.oni...@juno.com wrote: > > Is there a tag for a bike lane on only one side of the street? > > As wierd as it sounds, there are a number of locations in my

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Bicycle boulevards

2009-06-10 Thread Ted Percival
Paul Johnson wrote: > Frederik Ramm wrote: > >> Mario Salvini wrote: >> >>> Even in germany on these roads there are no additional rights-of-way in >>> comparison to "normal" cycleways (except that bicycles get the >>> officially allowance to drive next to each other and not just inline.

Re: [Talk-us] Tidying up TIGER data

2009-06-04 Thread Ted Percival
Paul Johnson wrote: > Ian Dees wrote: >> - "Collapse spaces": Ok, that makes sense. >> - "Expand abbreviated dirs": This is the one that I have the most >> problems with. In my neighborhood in Minnaepolis, the official names for >> roads actually end in SE. For example, I live on 6th Avenue SE. I'v

Re: [Talk-us] Tidying up TIGER data

2009-06-04 Thread Ted Percival
Dave Hansen wrote: > On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 00:36 -0600, Ted Percival wrote: >> Its functions are: >> - Strip "St" suffix from grid-named streets (eg. "South 500 West") >> - Collapse multiple spaces into a single space (lots of TIGER) >> - Expand abbr

[Talk-us] Tidying up TIGER data

2009-06-03 Thread Ted Percival
Paul Johnson wrote: > 4) Remove abbreviations TIGER imported. Sometimes, I really wonder if > TIGER was such a hot dataset to import... > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name#Abbreviation_.28don.27t_do_it.29 I wrote a script to expand TIGER abbreviations into full words. It's an addon for

Re: [Talk-us] dirt road classification?

2009-04-29 Thread Ted Percival
Paul Fox wrote: > alex wrote: > > Paul Fox wrote: > > > is there a way to distinguish pavement type separately from > > > road classification? is there a standard tag for doing so? > > > > You want the surface key. > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface > > > > does the