Re: [Talk-us] How do I fix dupe nodes in waterways?

; __**_ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-us<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us> > -- John Novak Novacell Technologies and the Old Topo Depot http://www.novacell.com 585

Re: [Talk-us] Special issues in LA remap

t; ** Charlotte Wolter > > 927 18th Street Suite A > Santa Monica, California > 90403 > +1-310-597-4040 > techl...@techlady.com > Skype: thetechlady > > *The Four Internet Freedoms* > Freedom to visit any site on the Internet > Freedom to access any content or servi

[Talk-us] Menlo Park Admin Boundary

It appears that changeset 11339421 deleted way id 108849539, which was a part of the Menlo Park admin boundary. As the changeset is rather large (2,304 nodes; 160 ways) a full revert seems undesirable. What might be the best way to recover th

Re: [Talk-us] Menlo Park Admin Boundary

Thanks much, Nathan, for the assist. On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > I forgot to mention that you can also use Potlatch 1. Hit U to view > deleted ways, select the way, and unlock. This is probably the easiest for > a simple undeletion like this. > > > _

Re: [Talk-us] Menlo Park Admin Boundary

Jun 8, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Apollinaris Schoell wrote: > there is more damage to the borders in the area. I have removed some > duplicates for Menlo PArk now and fixed PA,EPA,MV,SV too. looks like > another pretty new user deleted even more boundaries. > > > On Jun 7, 2012, at 9

Re: [Talk-us] Menlo Park Admin Boundary

ch other and > there is still duplicates and misaligned borders. I am not aware of a high > quality set of city borders. The tiger borders are of very low quality and > where possible I have aligned to the county borders. > > On Jun 8, 2012, at 4:13 PM, the Old Topo Depot wrote: > > Th

Re: [Talk-us] Menlo Park Admin Boundary

Hi Steve, Does the border reappear if your revert your changes ? If not, perhaps a style sheet change happened around the same time as your change. It may be fruitful to minimize the tags on the way; get it rendering properly, then re-add tags and see if rendering breaks. On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at

Re: [Talk-us] Import discussions

The OSM UK wiki has a priorities page ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Mapping_Priorities); since a similarly named page does not exist for the US ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_Mapping_Priorities), we should create one and begin populating it. Best, On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 8:15 A

[Talk-us] Contact info for Ben Supnik

if anyone has it, would be apprecaited. Or, Ben, if you're out there, please contact me offlist re NHD shapefiles. Thanks in Advance -- John Novak 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8676) ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetm

Re: [Talk-us] Seeing things you don't care about in the database

>From a slightly different perspective, there are, in fact, many solutions, each of which may be suboptimal in some respects. In any case, the scalability issues arising as a result of data growth will need to be dealt with. Some benefits may be had looking for optimizations to apply to data down

Re: [Talk-us] Special issues in LA remap

Hi Alan, Maybe, though I'm not sure the result is better. To me, it has more to do > with whether the area has any other user edits (other than blars). > Glendale, in particular, may be a decent candidate for a re-import, if I > (or someone else) can ever get around to it. I've done a little bit o

Re: [Talk-us] Special issues in LA remap

Well, looking at the way names, I see that a good number are missing directional prefixes. That's unfortunate... On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:45 PM, the Old Topo Depot wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Maybe, though I'm not sure the result is better. To me, it has more to do >> with

Re: [Talk-us] Redaction bot is heading our way!

x27;t show changes to ways, only > nodes. I just found a way in Kansas City that lost its highway=* tag > but none of its nodes were modified so it didn't show up in this > software. > > Toby > > _______________ > Talk-us mailing list >

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

Certainly the significant data loss in areas is suboptimal, and reconstruction will take time. It seems that significant challenges are identifying areas most impacted and prioritizing reconstruction efforts. Toby's post yesterday using the modified live edit bot osmZmiany seems a good way to hel

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

I'm presuming that Kai's link is showing only current data. So what's needed is 1. A pre-redaction planet snapshot, loaded into a DB. 2. An installation of the OSRM that uses 1 for its calculations 3. Changes to Kai's work to look at both source, compute the deltas and color the results approp

Re: [Talk-us] Routing tests

It may appropriate to consider several metrics, but I also think it important to get a first version running. Another way of saying this is iterate and add refinements over time. Metrics to consider (pre vs post redaction) in roughly order of complexity: 1. Distance of route (using segment leng

[Talk-us] Tracking Interstate Work Progress on OSM Wiki

What do folks on the list think of using a page such as http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:JohnANovak/Interstates to track progress on Interstates (and similarly for other major road classes as well) -- John Novak 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8676) ___

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

Most Excellent, and perhaps we should move this to Toby's routing thread ;-) On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:37 PM, James Mast wrote: > Very nice Kai. However, I'd like to suggest a few more cities that > might be of use for that. > > Pittsburgh > Cleveland > Las Vegas > Toronto, Ontario (mainly beca

[Talk-us] OSRM (http://map.project-osrm.org/) update frequency

Anyone know how frequently the OSRM DBs are updated/rebuilt ? -- John Novak 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8676) ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] OSM Meetup in Metro Atlanta (Late Notice)

Martijn, What mapping devices/processes are used to gather and update OSM data ? Best, On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Mike N wrote: > > On 7/23/2012 1:04 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > >> > >> We talked about mapping priori

Re: [Talk-us] Routing tests

That was me How does http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:JohnANovak/Interstates fit your requirements ? On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Toby Murray > wrote: > > I think this topic deserves its own thread. > > > > O

Re: [Talk-us] Routing tests

entry, update status and notes (with the area you've fixed) as appropriate, and save. If I'm missing the point of your question, message me off list and we can discuss further. On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Richard Weait wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:27 PM, the Old Top

[Talk-us] Tracking Interstate Review/Cleanup Progess

Hi All, I'm asking everyone performing clean-up/review on the US Interstates to please take a few extra minutes and update the pages at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:JohnANovak/Interstates and http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:JohnANovak/Interstates3d as you progress to help everyo

Re: [Talk-us] Redaction affected ways map

Hi Martijn, I believe you are not showing ways deleted by redaction; any way to add indicators for this situation to your display ? See http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=40.45269&lon=-122.29221&zoom=15&layers=M, for example. The additional road class information, as well as the specificity of th

Re: [Talk-us] Redaction affected ways map

I suppose that this line (64) http://127.0.0.1:8111/load_object?new_layer=true&objects=w"; + osmid is forcing the new layer ? On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 8:50 AM, the Old Topo Depot wrote: > Hi Martijn, > > I believe you are not showing ways deleted by redaction; any way to add >

Re: [Talk-us] trying to figure out the former path of a trolley line in Derry/Londonderry, NH

I'd suggest the USGS Store map locator ( http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/(xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd&layout=6_1_61_48&uiarea=2&ctype=areaDetails&carea=%24ROOT)/.do ) to get a list/images of current and historic sheets or the area. Sanborn Fire Insurance maps are a go to source as wel

Re: [Talk-us] US local chapter

Notes from May are at ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kQjV_zNHt4XG-6dNhr0FMgBcLS6Ey16Y4lfvUbf06b8/edit?pli=1 ) On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Richard Weait wrote: > talk has started on the osmf list about the upcoming OpenStreetMap > Foundation board election, which reminded me of the US

Re: [Talk-us] Remap-a-tron level 2 complete! Suggestions for level 3?

Way connectivity fixes, prioritized by class of way and size of metro area containing them. Largest metro areas, based on population, and highest class ways get higher priority. Simple query; simple fixes. Best, On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Paul Norman wrote: > > From: Martijn van Exel [m

Re: [Talk-us] Remap-a-tron level 2 complete! Suggestions for level 3?

Statements that we should fix all the unedited TIGER data express a Great Idea. They are, however, rather ambitious statements, and will require more than a few weeks to completely realize. As such, cleaning up US TIGER data is a Long Term goal, and does not say anything regarding how we might pr

Re: [Talk-us] Remap-a-tron level 2 complete! Suggestions for level 3?

Regarding TIGER county connectivity; since the last OSMI update GA, AL and northern MS have had county boundary issues cleaned. What's left is KY, LA, AR, southeastern TX, and portions of VA, TN, and KS. States such as ME and southeastern MA also have scattered boundaries that have not been addre

[Talk-us] Polk and Hempstead Counties, AR

If we have any AR editors, it might be worthwhile to review road classification for these two counties, which seem to have a rather large proportion of tertiary roads. Best, -- John Novak 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8676) ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@op

[Talk-us] 2012 Board Manifesto Posted

Greetings, My manifesto for the 2012 US Board Election is now available http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:JohnANovak/2012_OSMF_US_Chapter_Board_Elections_Manifesto I look forward to your comments Best, -- John Novak 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8676) ___

Re: [Talk-us] US chapter board meeting

Hi Greg, Thanks for sharing your concerns re Google Hangout. We've had similar comments from others and having discussions about what we can do to help address such concerns. Having said that, I will also say that the ability to see, as well as hear, the other folks on the call (even though they

Re: [Talk-us] MapRoulette new challenge: connectivity

There is a TIGER editing page at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TIGER_fixup which is a good start. I'm sure it can be improved. Having edited connectivity errors across the US, I can say that the large majority of fixes are obvious and simple. In general, (and I realize I'm wandering into da

Re: [Talk-us] Operation Cowboy - preparations

Not good for me; this weekend is for family in my case. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Matthias Meißer wrote: > Am 02.11.2012 17:11, schrieb Alex Barth: > > Is the Thanksgiving weekend Nov 23-25 good for this? Fine by me, just >> wanted to flag it. >> > > Others pointed to this as well. I thi

Re: [Talk-us] [OPC2012] Operation Cowboy - Mission statement

Hi Matthias Another possibility is using Martijn's maproulette tool ( http://lima.schaaltreinen.nl/remap/) and simply iterating through the errors. Best, On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Matthias Meißer wrote: > Hi, > as I don't read any discussions about where and what to map, I would like > t

Re: [Talk-us] What's the Google event page for Mappy Hour?

https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/ee82326b6900541fd5016a4379cc2f9898f6f8a2 On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Richard Welty wrote: > On 11/12/12 7:54 PM, Charlotte Wolter wrote: > >> Hey folks, >> >> I understand the link to Mappy Hour will be posted on the Google >> event page, but what i

Re: [Talk-us] Operation Cowboy - Preaparing Thank you gift

On the MapRoulette subject, the connectivity challenge error count dropped below 10,000 today, down from around 60,000 a mere four weeks ago. This is really outstanding progress. On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Alex Barth wrote: > I'd like to ride on the coat tails of Richard's comments: Thank

Re: [Talk-us] US Addressing

If it is feasible to have a (mostly) unified parcel schema, a MapRoulette challenge can be created to task the conversion work to the community. On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Greg Troxel wrote: > > MassGIS has parcel data available in a license-ok manner, and I have > been thinking about it,

Re: [Talk-us] tools for analysis of road networks?

Richard, If the data you're using is in PostGIS ST_Length will give you the length of all the ways of interest within a bounding box, and, if you reproject to EPSG:900913 before calling the function you'll get the results in meters. select ST_length( ST_Transform( linestring, 900913 ) ), id, tags

Re: [Talk-us] Massachusetts addresses/tiger addresses

Hi Jason, This is likely far superior to interpolation. Looking forward to more discussion on how a high quality import might happen. You can likely learn a lot by keeping track of the Seattle discussion Best, On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Jason Remillard wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure if a

[Talk-us] MapRoulette Update

Hi All, I've been migrating the error calculation that feeds the current MapRoulette challenge to new hardware, and that migration is now complete. I have increased the error recalculation frequency to 4 hours, so the MR data will be much fresher. The error calculation also now includes Canada a

Re: [Talk-us] MassGIS building conversion

Hi Jason, If the MassGIS building/address objects have MassGIS IDs are you planning to preserve them in the OSM DB ? Best, On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Jason Remillard wrote: > Hi Serge, > > I don't see a license related to this data, only a copyright notice on >> the page. Is there a separa

[Talk-us] Shoreline Updates

Hello All, Anyone on the US list happen to know how often the shoreline shapefile used to render openstreemap tiles is updated ? Thanks in advance -- John Novak 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8676) OSM ID:oldtopos OSM Heat Map: http://yosmhm.neis-one.org/?oldtopos OSM Edit Stats:http://hdyc.neis-one.or

[Talk-us] Where is this way in the DB ?

This way http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/13694101 is not in ways nor way_nodes tables in a PostGIS replica I have of the OSM planet, yet it appears in the master DB copy. I admit that I cannot understand how this might be, and I'm wondering if anyone has more insight into this situation.

Re: [Talk-us] Where is this way in the DB ?

. But there is no way that change will happen until P2 > is fixed... > > Toby > > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:47 PM, the Old Topo Depot > wrote: > > This way > > > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/13694101 > > > > is not in ways nor

Re: [Talk-us] Anyone ever talked about adding more Land Ownership data to OSM?

Some OSM Editors have spent time improving at least county borders. A core part of the discussion is ownership. If BLM data is added to the OSM DB, who are the individuals within the community that will take active ownership for keeping the data quality high and updated as BLM issues changes, or

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Happy New Year from MapRoulette!

Some folks were looking at connectivity errors systematicallyfrom early July, and things accelerated substantively when Martijn released an MR challenge. It's likely that nearly 100K connectivity errors were cleared last year within the US (remember those horrible county boundaries ;-)) On Thu,

[Talk-us] OSM Edit-a-thon January 26th

Details at http://www.openstreetmap.us/. Check back for updates before the event. Please join us for a day of editing and socializing at several US locations. If you're interesting in hosting a local event, please contact me off-list. Best, -- John Novak 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8676) http://ww

[Talk-us] OSM US DNS

Hi All, Did we ever get DNS management sorted for OSM US ? Best, -- John Novak 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8676) http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnanovak/ OSM ID:oldtopos OSM Heat Map: http://yosmhm.neis-one.org/?oldtopos OSM Edit Stats:http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?oldtopos ___

Re: [Talk-us] OSM Edit-a-thon January 26th

On the subject of metrics, we will have changeset stats as well as unique user counts for changesets tagged as #editiathon. I may have actual edit counts, but may not have time to implement before the event starts I will try to have them posted on a public web site during the event; any assistanc

Re: [Talk-us] OSM Edit-a-thon January 26th

Finger check alert The changeset tag is #editathon ... On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:07 PM, the Old Topo Depot wrote: > On the subject of metrics, we will have changeset stats as well as unique > user counts for changesets tagged as #editiathon. I may have actual edit > counts, but may

[Talk-us] Topeka,KS Address Import

Is anyone aware of a Topeka, KS address import effort on 12/24/12 ish ? http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/14394032 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/14398537 for example I tried to contact the user via OSM messaging but have not received a response. The tagging/comments

Re: [Talk-us] Topeka,KS Address Import

ut it before the > import happened... > > Toby > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:14 AM, the Old Topo Depot > wrote: > > Is anyone aware of a Topeka, KS address import effort on 12/24/12 ish ? > > > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/14394032 >

Re: [Talk-us] Seattle JOSM / Seattle Import / US Editathon (a day later) underway

Jeff, Are the editors tagging changesets with #editathon ? Not sure stats are reflecting your work in Seattle On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Jeff Meyer wrote: > On IRC at osm-us on irc.oftc.net > > 15 mappers here right now, pics on the way > > -- > Jeff Meyer > Global World History Atlas >

Re: [Talk-us] User pxptyrone's edits

Message sent to user via osm messaging On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 6:10 PM, andrzej zaborowski wrote: > Hi, > > denimboy on IRC mentioned that the label for Bakersfield, CA was > missing and a few other things had disappeared. Harry Wood found that > Bakerfield's boundary relation was missing the ac

Re: [Talk-us] Welcome, OSM-St Louis!

Way to go Rick and St Louis !!! On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Kathleen Danielson < kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Exciting News-- St Louis is getting their very own local user group! Rick > Marshall is getting things rolling with their very first meetup this > Thursday, January 31 at

Re: [Talk-us] Reaching out to Local User Groups

We already did/do that : 1. Sunnyvale and SF Edit-a-thons used a Google Hangout so that I could give a remote bootstrap to SF as they did not have a local leader. Seemed to work 2. BiWeekly Mappy Hours are held, also via Hangout and are well attended and also seem to work Google hangout is cha

[Talk-us] Changeset 14828923 review

All, I'm asking for additional eyes on http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/14828923 as well as the edits of http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Themegamaster9000/edits in general. The specific changeset contains material of which I am skeptical, and, given the low edit counts of the user;

Re: [Talk-us] Changeset 14828923 review

Yes, Richard, I have. Awaiting a response. On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Richard Welty wrote: > On 2/9/13 2:39 PM, the Old Topo Depot wrote: > >> All, >> >> I'm asking for additional eyes on >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/**browse/changeset/14828923&

Re: [Talk-us] parcel boundaries and associated data in OSM

Hi Brian, I'd like to ask for some of your time to meet in person to talk more about this, as I'm the SF Bay Area, and am very interested in discussing this sort of work. Please contact me off-list if you're amenable. Best On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > PS: > > On Thu, F

[Talk-us] Spring Edit-a-thon in the US, April 20-21 2013

Please join us for a weekend of mapping April 20-21, 2013, from 11AM to 7PM (or longer) local time each day. Details can be found at http://www.openstreetmap.us/2013/03/april-spring-editathon/, and this post will be edited as locations are scheduled. Best, -- John Novak 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8

Re: [Talk-us] key source:maxspeed

I have used source:maxspeed=sign to indicate collection from a physical speed limit sign during a survey, and agree with Ian that the previously cited cases are an acceptable use of source:maxspeed. This is not the only case where multiple tagging schemes are used; it's one of the joys of crowd/co

[Talk-us] Spring Edit-a-thon, April 20-21; Pasadena, CA location

ESRI is hosting a gathering site in Pasadena, CA for the Edit-a-thon this weekend, from 12-5 PM at Jones Coffee Roasters at 693 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Contact Christine White (http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/eggwhites) We did not have a Southern

Re: [Talk-us] Google maps source

Brian, If good quality TIGER data exists for this area and can validate the changes then I suggest it's OK to change the source to TIGER, otherwise it seems prudent to backout all the changesets tagged as sourced from Google Maps. The one-way flows can sometimes be inferred from pavement markings

Re: [Talk-us] GNIS?

Jim McAndrew, one of the US Board Members, gave a presentation on the USGS National Map Corps project status on June 9th ( http://stateofthemap.us/sunday.html#schedule/sunday/usgs-national-map-corps). I recommend the community work with Jim and his colleagues to ensure the most effective exchange

Re: [Talk-us] How did this weekend's editathon go? (was Re: Steady increase in the number of mappers in the US)

Event stats 55 unique users 1,010 changesets One userid committed 270 changesets On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:54 AM, Serge Wroclawski wrote: > NYC went well, we had about seven people show up for a mapping party > in Brooklyn. We had a good mix of existing mappers, new mappers, and a > "new con

Re: [Talk-us] Imports information on the wiki

is a modified data store optimized for rendering (meta-tile sized data chunks or cached labeling performed using very sophisticated placement algorithms, as a couple examples) that the renderers use. Best, John Novak Novacell Technologies and the Old Topo De

Re: [Talk-us] MapQuest Open Maps

__**_ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-us<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us> > -- John Novak Novacell Technologies and the Old Topo Depot http://www.novacell.com 585-OLD-

Re: [Talk-us] Update on remapping

/listinfo/talk-us<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us> > -- John Novak Novacell Technologies and the Old Topo Depot http://www.novacell.com 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8676) ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Update on remapping

uys to my plan here so nobody else does the same thing as me so nobody > else wastes their time on it. > > -- James > > ___ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > &

Re: [Talk-us] Addition of building footprints in selected U.S. and Canadian cities

addition of your outlines. Best, On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:46 AM, William Morris wrote: > So here's something to mull over while we all wait for the license upgrade: > > -- John Novak Novacell Technologies and the Old Topo Depot http://www.novacell.

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Addition of building footprints in selected U.S. and Canadian cities

mappers in your area is much greater than just > > having new building outlines in your area. > > > > Now the Negative Army will jump in and say, "That's too hard.", "That > > will never work.", "I want buildings now." > > > >