Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Tagging Live indoor music venues

2013-02-25 Thread Philip Barnes
I would prefer amenity as it fits in better with other entertainment venues such as cinemas, theatres, concert halls and pubs. Leisure is more for sports places and swimming pools in my mind. Phil (trigpoint) -- Sent from my Nokia N9 On 25/02/2013 9:58 Floris Looijesteijn wrote: On Sun,

Re: [Talk-us] TopOSM 2

2013-02-25 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Looks very pretty, and I think this would be a great thing to have on the new US servers! One small styling thing... It's sometimes a bit hard to read the text. Could you replace the white halo with a black one, maybe? - Serge ___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-us] TopOSM 2

2013-02-25 Thread dies38061
Agreed -- looks very nice. Thank you. It would be very useful, I think, to have a layer which presents the currently available USGS topomaps for two reasons: first, as a reference to illustrate improvements; second, as a reference to illustrate gaps. Also, I should know, but what is the

Re: [Talk-us] Wilderness Data

2013-02-25 Thread Clifford Snow
SteveA, I'm out of the country right now but can wait to get my hands on the data when I get back.( Internet is spotty everywhere I've stayed. ) I've been working on US National Parks on the wiki, see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_US_National_Parks. My goal is to see all of the

Re: [Talk-us] Tagging Live indoor music venues

2013-02-25 Thread JaggedMind
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 8:37 AM, william skora skorasau...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was curious us to hear what others have been using to tag music venues. There's numerous places in my city that hold upwards of 1,000 people for music concerts (also called 'shows'). In the US, they're

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Tagging Live indoor music venues

2013-02-25 Thread Jaakko Helleranta.com
amenity=music_venue + music_venue=concert_hall/music_club/opera_house/? Now, how should restaurants that e.g. have live music every night (and host touring artists, too) be tagged? Should tags such as bar=yes or/and restaurant=yes be added where appropriate? Cheers, -Jaakko .. Who hasn't

Re: [Talk-us] Tagging Live indoor music venues

2013-02-25 Thread John F. Eldredge
JaggedMind jagged+...@cow.zotzed.net wrote: On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 8:37 AM, william skora skorasau...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was curious us to hear what others have been using to tag music venues. There's numerous places in my city that hold upwards of 1,000 people for music

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Tagging Live indoor music venues

2013-02-25 Thread Philip Barnes
On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 14:37 +, Jaakko Helleranta.com wrote: amenity=music_venue + music_venue=concert_hall/music_club/opera_house/? Now, how should restaurants that e.g. have live music every night (and host touring artists, too) be tagged? The tag live_music has been used 9 times,

Re: [Talk-us] TopOSM 2

2013-02-25 Thread Rick Marshall
I agree with the previous replies. It looks wonderful. The cartography is beautiful. Serge is right though, the blue text with the white halo for the water features is difficult to read. Sometimes it appears a little blurry. I am not sure a black halo will do the trick either. What about

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread Brian Cavagnolo
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Brian May b...@mapwise.com wrote: On 2/21/2013 7:27 PM, Brian Cavagnolo wrote: Hey guys, In a previous thread on parcel data, some people expressed interest in participating in creating some sort of open repository for parcel data. I was imagining a

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread SteveCoast
Majority of what exactly? I think it's tough to put much credence in a couple of people on this mailing list vs. anyone who added data this month as statistically valid. Steve PS check out my kickstarter projecthttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/237731198/gps-art-poster On Feb 25, 2013, at

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread Josh Doe
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:39 PM, SteveCoast st...@asklater.com wrote: Majority of what exactly? I think it's tough to put much credence in a couple of people on this mailing list vs. anyone who added data this month as statistically valid. If you haven't done so already, please try editing

Re: [Talk-us] TopOSM 2

2013-02-25 Thread Lars Ahlzen
On 02/25/2013 03:06 PM, Rick Marshall wrote: Serge is right though, the blue text with the white halo for the water features is difficult to read. Sometimes it appears a little blurry. I am not sure a black halo will do the trick either. What about changing the color of the text; maybe making

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread SteveCoast
I'm not arguing that life is easy with parcels. I'm questioning the majority statement. If anything parcels will be hard. That's a good thing. If we want to take the easy route we should give up now. Steve PS check out my kickstarter

[Talk-us] Virtual Mappy Hour starting in 30 minutes

2013-02-25 Thread Alex Barth
Quick reminder that this week's Virtual Mappy Hour is starting in 30 minutes. Elliott Pack will talk about mapping bus routes in Baltimore. Swing by! http://www.openstreetmap.us/2013/02/february-25-virtual-mappy-hour-bus-route-mapping/ ___ Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Virtual Mappy Hour starting in 30 minutes

2013-02-25 Thread Alex Barth
We're starting now! Join us: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/bee610ba18046d4ea90d36eb005ef1e2037c0257?authuser=0hl=en On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: Quick reminder that this week's Virtual Mappy Hour is starting in 30 minutes. Elliott Pack will talk

Re: [Talk-us] Virtual Mappy Hour starting in 30 minutes

2013-02-25 Thread Alex Barth
Also on Youtube right now: http://www.youtube.com/embed/0vgIIdiWOpk On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: We're starting now! Join us: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/bee610ba18046d4ea90d36eb005ef1e2037c0257?authuser=0hl=en On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:59 PM,

Re: [Talk-us] OSM US Server Infrastructure

2013-02-25 Thread Jason Remillard
Hi, Just a thought on US tag info server, It might be better to just work on a patch to the existing tag info code/server to support regions directly. Having our own taginfo server is not that useful if it is not integrated into the main wiki. The wiki is the major entryway to the tag info

Re: [Talk-us] new mapper tutorial explaining overlapping Ways?

2013-02-25 Thread Dale Puch
Hmm... this cover at least part of what you want? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rnBHhD3HUs This is probably too basic http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potlatch_2/Primer Else try http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Video_tutorials also some of the youtube videos

Re: [Talk-us] Virtual Mappy Hour starting in 30 minutes

2013-02-25 Thread Mike N
On 2/25/2013 8:30 PM, Alex Barth wrote: Elliott Pack will talk about mapping bus routes in Baltimore. Swing by! Great presentation; I couldn't manage to get my video chat working, but have one comment. Re: Bus Route relations way members and the negative recommendation in the Wiki

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread Brian Cavagnolo
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:39 PM, SteveCoast st...@asklater.com wrote: Majority of what exactly? I think it's tough to put much credence in a couple of people on this mailing list vs. anyone who added data this month as statistically valid. Fair enough. I'll downgrade my statement from

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread SteveCoast
Thanks Brian. I hear the point of view, I just don't want it to be (too) overstated. Steve PS check out my kickstarter projecthttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/237731198/gps-art-poster On Feb 25, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Brian Cavagnolo bcavagn...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:39

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread Russ Nelson
SteveCoast writes: If anything parcels will be hard. That's a good thing. If we want to take the easy route we should give up now. Well, as Josh points out, parcels are not necessarily related to anything on the ground. They could be, e.g. my property lines are co-incident with stone walls,