Re: [Talk-us] Remap-a-tron observation

2012-09-12 Thread David ``Smith''
One thing that would have made RemapATron's existence difficult before the redaction I think is predicting which ways would be deleted entirely. As I recall, there were various remapping tools which flagged dirty objects with slightly different criteria. I think it was even said a few times we'll

[Talk-us] Remap-a-tron observation

2012-09-11 Thread Mike N
Just a note to those participating with the awesome Remap-a-tron tool - please take time to look up or verify the road name from TIGER. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TIGER_2011 Use the URLs in the section Tiles in Potlatch or JOSM.You can also substitute the 2012 for 2011 in the

Re: [Talk-us] Remap-a-tron observation

2012-09-11 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Mike, Thanks for this information. I have been worrying about the unamed streets that I have been editing. Again, I have to ask, why wasn't a tool like this included in the original redaction? If someone had planned ahead and given the membership this tool and tools like

Re: [Talk-us] Remap-a-tron observation

2012-09-11 Thread Martijn van Exel
Because this is the kind of project where people invest their time and creativity mostly if and when they can spare it, not according to an all-encompassing master plan. This Remap-a-tron is a result of a lucky coincidence of a spark of creativity and a modest amount of time being available to

Re: [Talk-us] Remap-a-tron observation

2012-09-11 Thread Dale Puch
I think people react stronger to here is something specific that is missing, go create it then they do to these things might get messed up or deleted if you don't remake them The more straight forward a task, the better the response. Also the less subjective judgments needed the better. Also