[OSM-talk] OSM History Viewer

2013-07-15 Thread Mike Thompson
Hello, Does anyone know when the OSM History Viewer (http://osmhv.openstreetmap.de) might be back up? I have been receiving the following message for the last couple of hours: Service Temporarily Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM History Viewer

2013-07-15 Thread Mike Thompson
but there has been no response: https://bugs.cdauth.eu/index.php?do=detailstask_id=80project=2 On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Mike Thompson miketh...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, Does anyone know when the OSM History Viewer ( http://osmhv.openstreetmap.de) might be back up? I have been

Re: [OSM-talk] Www.openstreetmap.org Down?

2013-08-14 Thread Mike Thompson
Seems to be working for me. On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Steve Doerr doerr.step...@gmail.comwrote: Is it? -- Steve __**_ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Empty tag values

2013-09-09 Thread Mike Thompson
Roland, What is the value of (use case for) empty tags? What does name = mean? This should have a name, but I don't know what it is (kind of a specific fix me tag)? I am not saying there isn't value in empty tags, I just am not sure what it is. Mike On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Roland

Re: [OSM-talk] Not attaching polygons to roads

2014-02-25 Thread Mike Thompson
Wouldn't it be nice if the editors wouldn't allow polygon to connect to highways. The edges of some polygons are truly coincident with road centerlines. For example, many municipal boundaries. Mike ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Detrimental to the OSM database

2014-08-22 Thread Mike Thompson
In almost all other science and technology fields we use instrumentation to allow us to see what would otherwise be too dangerous, expensive or just impossible to see with our unaided human senses. Mapping is no different. We use satellite (more generically overhead) imagery to see areas where

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM completeness

2014-09-02 Thread Mike Thompson
you could use my website http://compare.osm-tools.org/ Nicely done site. I just took a look at my area, most of the red pixels are due to simple differences in classification. In other words, OSM does have the street, but classifies it differently than Google. On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 7:07 AM,

[OSM-talk] JOSM Imagery Contrast

2014-10-18 Thread Mike Thompson
Is there anyway to adjust the contrast of Bing imagery when viewed in JOSM? I am mapping an area that has a lot of shadows and lightening up the image would help. Mike ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Imagery Contrast

2014-10-18 Thread Mike Thompson
attached image. Hope this helps. Best On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Mike Thompson miketh...@gmail.com wrote: Is there anyway to adjust the contrast of Bing imagery when viewed in JOSM? I am mapping an area that has a lot of shadows and lightening up the image would help. Mike

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Imagery Contrast

2014-10-18 Thread Mike Thompson
/Enhance_Imagery But unfortunately, I think the developer drop the binary. I don't know where I can download it. It's interesting though. Or maybe anyone else here know the guy who made the binary? *Kind Regards,Emir Hartato* On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:40 AM, Mike Thompson miketh

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Imagery Contrast

2014-10-20 Thread Mike Thompson
-- *De :* Mike Thompson miketh...@gmail.com *À :* Emir Hartato emir.hart...@gmail.com *Cc :* OpenStreetMap talk@openstreetmap.org *Envoyé le :* Samedi 18 octobre 2014 14h11 *Objet :* Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Imagery Contrast Emir, Thanks. That seems to be exactly what I was looking

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Imagery Contrast

2014-10-20 Thread Mike Thompson
Andrew, Thanks I will try and reach out to PovAddict, as well as submit a ticket in Trac. Mike ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] GoPro video traces?

2014-10-23 Thread Mike Thompson
Does anyone know if the video plugin for JOSM works under Windows? I tried it about a year ago and couldn't get it to work. If it is not working, is anyone working on a fix or another video plugin? Mike On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 5:53 AM, Jóhannes Birgir Jensson j...@betra.is wrote: Well all

[OSM-talk] JOSM Query for recent edits to area?

2015-02-02 Thread Mike Thompson
I just spoke to a class of college students, introduced them to OSM, and had them make a few edits on their campus. I would like to review those edits. Is there anyway in JOSM (or other software) to select/highlight the elements over the campus that have been edited during the past day? Thanks,

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Query for recent edits to area?

2015-02-02 Thread Mike Thompson
Blake, Thanks! That worked! Mike ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Query for recent edits to area?

2015-02-03 Thread Mike Thompson
JOSM has a search Looking for timestamp:2010-01-12/2010-04-12. Thanks Malenki, I missed that in the documentation, and it was just what I was looking for! OSM History Viewer http://osmhv.openstreetmap.de/index.jsp Michal - Thanks, I have used that before but didn't think of it in this case.

Re: [OSM-talk] Galaxy S3 for Mapping

2015-02-03 Thread Mike Thompson
Just an addition to what Andrew wrote, the stock camera app should have an indication of when it has a fix. The OpenCamera app has a preferences that requires a fix before you can take a picture and the added bonus of storing compass information (needs to be set in a preference too). Thanks

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM services

2015-01-24 Thread Mike Thompson
Steve, Thanks for hosting the party! It was a lot of fun and I think we accomplished quite a bit. Mike On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Steve Coast st...@asklater.com wrote: Today I ran a mapping party and everything worked. GPS upload, editing, rendering and even the third party map

[OSM-talk] Galaxy S3 for Mapping

2015-02-01 Thread Mike Thompson
Normally I use a point-and-shoot camera and a Garmin GPS 60Cx while mapping. I correlate the photos to the GPX using the time stamps in JOSM. Works great! I thought I would try my Galaxy S3 and let it geotag the photos taken with its camera with its GPS. What I got was five or six photos all

Re: [OSM-talk] Galaxy S3 for Mapping

2015-02-01 Thread Mike Thompson
I ensure I leave the app osmtracker tracking in the background, at least this way I can ensure that the GPS is constantly trying to get a fix, Thanks! That makes sense. I will try that next time. Mike ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] Map Roulette

2015-03-03 Thread Mike Thompson
I am trying to use Map Roulette for the Fix Waterway Direction challenge. It seems that after processing a couple of issues, it fails to advance to the next issue. I am using Chrome and editing in JOSM. Does anyone have any idea what I might be doing wrong? Mike

Re: [OSM-talk] Map Roulette

2015-03-03 Thread Mike Thompson
Cliff, Thanks! Perhaps it is my network connection or security settings? I will try from a different location later. Mike On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Mike Thompson miketh...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying

Re: [OSM-talk] Map Roulette

2015-03-03 Thread Mike Thompson
issue yet. Are there any tasks left for that challenge? Let me know if it persists and we can try and look into it together. I am also on IRC (#osm-us) as mvexel if that helps. Martijn On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Mike Thompson miketh...@gmail.com wrote: Cliff, Thanks! Perhaps it is my

[OSM-talk] Mapping of temporary features/conditions

2015-02-20 Thread Mike Thompson
Hello, I am preparing a talk to introduce new mappers to OSM. I want to provide them some guidance as to what general things we map and don't map. The beginners guide provides much of this. One thing that is not addressed is the mapping of temporary features/conditions. It seems common sense

[OSM-talk] JOSM Tile Cache

2015-04-23 Thread Mike Thompson
I am using JOSM version 8109 on Windows 7. I would like to flush JOSM's OpenStreetMap (Mapnik) tile cache. With the OpenStreetMap (Mapnik) layer displayed, I right clicked on the map, and then clicked on Flush Tile Cache, but I still see outdated tiles (when compared to the openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Tile Cache

2015-04-26 Thread Mike Thompson
this problem with the current development build or with the upcoming release, then please don't hesitate to report it directly on the JOSM bug tracker! Paul On 23.04.2015 22:58, Mike Thompson wrote: I am using JOSM version 8109 on Windows 7. I would like to flush JOSM's OpenStreetMap (Mapnik

[OSM-talk] Event Calendar on Wiki

2015-04-26 Thread Mike Thompson
I added an event (OSM Basics @ Colorado State University...) to the wiki (by editing the calendar template as the instructions state), yet it doesn't show up on the main wiki page with the other events. Did I do something wrong? Mike ___ talk mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Tile Cache

2015-04-27 Thread Mike Thompson
with the same results. Is it possible that JOSM uses the same tile cache as Chrome (but is unable to flush it directly)? MIke On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Mike Thompson miketh...@gmail.com wrote: Paul, Thanks for your reply and for the information. I test with the development version

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Tile Cache

2015-04-28 Thread Mike Thompson
look into this. Cheers, Wiktor On Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Mike Thompson miketh...@gmail.com wrote: Paul, I tested version 8287. I can go ahead and submit a bug report, but wanted to let you know the results directly. It seems that refreshed Mapnik tiles will only show up after

Re: [OSM-talk] Event Calendar on Wiki

2015-04-28 Thread Mike Thompson
Jochen, Thanks for the explanation. After several hours the event I posted did show up on the main page. Mike On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Jochen Topf joc...@remote.org wrote: On So, Apr 26, 2015 at 12:27:05 -0700, Clifford Snow wrote: On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Mike Thompson

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapillary plugin for JOSM

2015-05-05 Thread Mike Thompson
Looking forward to the JOSM plugin! Is there, or will there be, some sort of way that one can indicate that a sequence of Mapillary images has been reviewed and relevant content added to OSM? Perhaps a notes field in the Mapillary database where a mapper could state mapped signs or mapped surface

Re: [OSM-talk] Broken coastline

2015-05-10 Thread Mike Thompson
I am considering an edit involving natural=coastline involving the Great Lakes that are shared between the US and Canada. This has been discussed on the Talk-US and Talk-Ca lists and there have been no objections to date. Background: Lake Superior is represented both with individual ways tagged

Re: [OSM-talk] Broken coastline

2015-05-11 Thread Mike Thompson
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 1:36 AM, Christoph Hormann chris_horm...@gmx.de wrote: On Sunday 10 May 2015, Mike Thompson wrote: I am considering an edit involving natural=coastline involving the Great Lakes that are shared between the US and Canada. This has been discussed on the Talk-US

Re: [OSM-talk] Etsy

2015-06-24 Thread Mike Thompson
Steve, Anyway we can see the map without making a purchase? Mike On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Steve Coast st...@asklater.com wrote: https://www.etsy.com/teams/7720/bugs/discuss/16484376/ Attribution missing, doesn’t even appear in the popup. Best Steve

[OSM-talk] OSM2GIS Website Down?

2015-06-22 Thread Mike Thompson
Anyone know what happened to the OSM2GIS website? I think its address was: www.openstreetmap.re/osm2gis/ I am getting this webpage not available Mike ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue

2015-05-30 Thread Mike Thompson
I have posted this issue to the Craigslist feedback forum, but I also thought I would post it here to see if anyone has a specific contact at Cragislist that handles their map rendering. They use - and credit - OpenStreetMap (which is wonderful), but I believe they perform their own custom

Re: [OSM-talk] Summer/Winter/Seasonal Imagery Air Photos for use in JOSM?

2015-08-05 Thread Mike Thompson
Bryce, Where are you mapping? If you are mapping in the US there may be USGS Large Scale Imagery available in the area you are mapping. Imagery - Imagery Preferences - (scroll down to US section) - (select USGS Large Scale Imagery) - Activate - OK Mike On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Bryce

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Am I mapping this wrong, or should the router be fixed for this?

2015-07-27 Thread Mike Thompson
In reality there is only one set of stop lights there, correct? In other words, if one were headed south on McKnight Road turning east on Seibert, one would not have to stop (assuming red lights) three different times. 1) A routing engine should have some heuristics to interpret the three (in

[OSM-talk] waterway - routable network and reservoirs/lakes

2015-07-27 Thread Mike Thompson
The wiki states that the linear features representing waterways should connect with other linked waterway features to create a routable network. [1] In the case where a stream flows into a reservoir , and then a stream (with the same name) also flows out of that reservoir, should a linear way be

Re: [OSM-talk] waterway - routable network and reservoirs/lakes

2015-07-27 Thread Mike Thompson
Although a height difference between in and out might indicate a weir or other obstruction may well indicate that a route is non-navigable? The outflow from a dam may have the same name, but have no use as a through route? This is more about the water flow than about being navigable by

Re: [OSM-talk] Is this good enough attribution for OSM?

2015-10-24 Thread Mike Thompson
Dave, I think the "Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors" on the Leaflet page just refers the maps on that page. Mike On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Dave F. wrote: > Hi > > Came across this today: http://geo8.webarch.net/master/ > >

[OSM-talk] Mapillary Login From JOSM

2015-11-15 Thread Mike Thompson
I am attempting to log into Mapillary from JOSM so that I can upload some photos directly from JOSM. I click Edit->preferences->display settings (top tab on left)->Mapillary Tab (top right)->Login My browser opens to a Mapillary page, I login, and then it asks be to "authenticate" which I do by

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Fix missing and wrong oneway ways

2015-11-11 Thread Mike Thompson
Martijn, When I attempt to install the JOSM plug in it get "Downloading the following plugin has *failed*: - trafficFlowDirection" JOSM / Java version information: Version 8964 Java Version 1.8.0_65 Any ideas? Thanks, Mike On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Martijn van Exel

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Fix missing and wrong oneway ways

2015-11-11 Thread Mike Thompson
e forward this to my team so they may look into > it. Can they email you with follow up questions? > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:38 AM Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Martijn, >> >> When I attempt to install the JOSM plug in it get

Re: [OSM-talk] open question about boundaries sharing nodes with ways or nodes

2015-10-14 Thread Mike Thompson
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Colin Smale wrote: > > The boundary is where the government says it is... > Correct and there is a difference between "delimiting" (marking on a map or specifying coordinates) and demarcation (placing or referencing physical features on the

Re: [OSM-talk] open question about boundaries sharing nodes with ways or nodes

2015-10-14 Thread Mike Thompson
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 3:43 AM, Colin Smale wrote: > > > > A boundary couldn't be "the river" as a river has non-zero width. It might > be the "centre line", "deepest line", "fastest flowing bit" . but it > cannot be "the river" without further qualification. >

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Error

2015-10-15 Thread Mike Thompson
also need that you enable the Java console as described here: > https://www.java.com/en/download/help/javaconsole.xml > and that you copy/paste the full console output. > Regards, > Vincent > > 2015-10-15 21:31 GMT+02:00 Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com>: > >>

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Error

2015-10-15 Thread Mike Thompson
, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Mateusz Konieczny <matkoni...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:54:40 -0600 > Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > When I start JOSM I get: > > === > > JOSM tried to access the

[OSM-talk] JOSM Error

2015-10-15 Thread Mike Thompson
When I start JOSM I get: === JOSM tried to access the following resources: - https://josm.openstreetmap.de/maps - https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/StartupPage but *failed* to do so, because of the following network errors: -

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] Generating list of interesting places

2015-10-13 Thread Mike Thompson
Perhaps use Overpass Turbo[1] to design a query. Mike [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_turbo On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 8:59 AM, John Eldredge wrote: > It would seem that each user would need to provide a checklist of what > they find interesting, unless you

[OSM-talk] Sharing my Speech about OSM

2015-07-10 Thread Mike Thompson
Back in May I was selected to participate in a forum on the future of the city of Fort Collins Colorado US. The title of my presentation was Shaping our Community through Maps and of course, that map is OpenStreetMap. Here is a link to the video recording of my presentation:

Re: [OSM-talk] Terms of use compliance

2015-09-05 Thread Mike Thompson
iki/MapQuest#Tile_URLs). > > A friendly reminder that they need to give OSM attribution would probably > get them to update their website. > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I found this really neat site: >> http://ma

Re: [OSM-talk] Terms of use compliance

2015-09-07 Thread Mike Thompson
> Yes, they are using the MapQuest OSM tiles ( > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest#Tile_URLs). > > A friendly reminder that they need to give OSM attribution would probably > get them to update their website. > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Mike Thompson <mike

[OSM-talk] Terms of use compliance

2015-09-04 Thread Mike Thompson
I found this really neat site: http://maps.smugmug.com/?feedType=geoAlbum=15273921_2ysNu I am pretty sure that at least some of the data it uses are from OSM as I added some of those trails and waterways. In any event I can't find where they attribute OSM as their source. Before I make an attempt

Re: [OSM-talk] Terms of Use Issue? - MapMyRide

2015-09-28 Thread Mike Thompson
Ian, Hans, Thanks. I will write them an email this evening. Mike On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Ian Dees <ian.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I cannot seem to find anywhere on th

[OSM-talk] Terms of Use Issue? - MapMyRide

2015-09-28 Thread Mike Thompson
I cannot seem to find anywhere on this site where OpenStreetMap is appropriately credited/attributed. Am I missing something? Worse yet, even after turning on "OpenStreet" [sic] ( it still says "Google"! http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/873824797/ (click on the "OpenStreet" button in

[OSM-talk] JOSM and shapefile rendering

2015-09-29 Thread Mike Thompson
I would like to open a shapefile in JOSM for use as reference when manually editing (I am not doing an import). Using the Opendata plugin I can do this, but I can't figure out how to change the rendering and labeling. I don't need anything fancy, just a larger/brighter symbol (it is a point file)

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM and shapefile rendering

2015-09-30 Thread Mike Thompson
more to your > liking based on the key=values they already have. > > And I am sure there is probably a better way than either of those two as > well. > > Cheers > blake > > > > On 9/29/2015 10:44 PM, Mike Thompson wrote: > >> I would like to open a shapefile

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM and shapefile rendering

2015-09-30 Thread Mike Thompson
rd > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Blake, >> >> Thanks for the clever tips. I will try what you suggested. >> >> Mike >> >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 6:09 AM, Blake Girardot <bgira

[OSM-talk] Mapping Parking Lots

2016-01-11 Thread Mike Thompson
I notice that some times just the part of a parking lot where cars may park is mapped [1]. In other cases the entire lot, including the lanes between rows of cars, has been mapped [2]. The wiki [3] doesn't specify which is preferred, but seems to suggest [2] is better. What do you think? Mike

Re: [OSM-talk] Vandalism

2016-02-26 Thread Mike Thompson
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Andy Townsend <ajt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26/02/2016 20:55, Mike Thompson wrote: > >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/37315914 >> >> Should I just manually delete, or would it be better for someone to do a >> revert.

Re: [OSM-talk] Vandalism

2016-02-26 Thread Mike Thompson
6/02/2016 21:09, Mike Thompson wrote: > > > <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/G%20Jenny> > ... > appear to be of very poor quality, or out right vandalism. > > How should this be handled? > > > In this particular case, the changeset comments suggest it's

Re: [OSM-talk] Vandalism

2016-02-26 Thread Mike Thompson
So far all of the edits by user: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/G%20Jenny appear to be of very poor quality, or out right vandalism. How should this be handled? On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset

Re: [OSM-talk] Vandalism

2016-02-28 Thread Mike Thompson
On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 3:17 AM, Jean-Marc Liotier <j...@liotier.org> wrote: > On 26/02/2016 22:21, Mike Thompson wrote: > >> Thanks! I haven't found any valid edits from this user. He/she has been >> tagging any patch of bare ground as building=house. In s

[OSM-talk] Vandalism

2016-02-26 Thread Mike Thompson
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/37315914 Should I just manually delete, or would it be better for someone to do a revert. Mike ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapathon In Sweden, Göteborg

2016-03-09 Thread Mike Thompson
Daiva, Thank you for taking the initiative on planning a mapathon at your university! I have been recording our "lessons learned" here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Fort_Collins,_Colorado#Mapathon_Ideas Although a lot of the things listed are specific to our location, it should give you

Re: [OSM-talk] Global high-resolution model of relief

2016-03-20 Thread Mike Thompson
I think this could be very useful, especially when working with rivers and streams. I am having trouble finding the actual link for downloading the data and/or connecting to the service. Mike On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 12:05 PM, clustergis wrote: > Hi, > > probably you know

Re: [OSM-talk] [BOT] [RFC]: water surfaces

2016-03-23 Thread Mike Thompson
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Frank Villaro-Dixon wrote: > >> Can you give me an example ? > > Two lakes, collectively known as "Sheep Lakes" but individually known as "North Sheep Lake" and "South Sheep Lake" R [natural=water name=Sheep Lakes] W [natural=water

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with JOSM imagery

2016-03-21 Thread Mike Thompson
Mark, Have you checked whether your corporate IT department is blocking the URLs/IP addresses for those tile services? Mike On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:41 AM, EthnicFood IsGreat < ethnicfoodisgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Recently I started having a problem getting imagery to display in JOSM. > Bing

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with JOSM imagery

2016-03-21 Thread Mike Thompson
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > Try browsing the map in your area with this debug slippy map (double click > to zoom, shift-double-click to zoom out): > http://tile.openstreetmap.us/usgs_scanned_topos/preview.html > > Works great for a little while (in the

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with JOSM imagery

2016-03-21 Thread Mike Thompson
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > > I forgot that I have a rate limiter enabled that is probably tuned too > low. I will block the IPs that are scraping and loosen the rate limiter a > bit. > Thanks Ian. Might this be an issue with the actual tile service as

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM plugin to import GeoJSON?

2016-03-21 Thread Mike Thompson
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Christoph Hormann wrote: > > The general problem with SQLite based files is that they are always read > and written through the SQLite database engine which is not > particularly good for sequential write and read operations. In my

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with JOSM imagery

2016-03-21 Thread Mike Thompson
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > > > Yes, the issue is with the rate limiter on the tile service. I have > removed the rate limiter so you shouldn't run into problems now. > Thanks again Ian! That will make my work editing in the National Forests much faster

[OSM-talk] DB Performance (was: JOSM plugin to import GeoJSON?_

2016-03-22 Thread Mike Thompson
This from the ogr2ogr documentation[1] may be relevant: "When writing into transactional DBMS (SQLite/PostgreSQL,MySQL, etc...), it might be beneficial to increase the number of INSERT statements executed between BEGIN TRANSACTION and COMMIT TRANSACTION statements. This number is specified with

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Data Contribution Study

2016-03-29 Thread Mike Thompson
I thought I had read somewhere that the OSM Foundation was supposed to review research proposals and recommend for or against participation at least partly based upon whether the results would be released under an open license. Is that the case, and if so, what is the recommendation regarding

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Data Contribution Study

2016-03-29 Thread Mike Thompson
Andrew, Thanks for your response and your willingness to engage the community. It is great to see research being done on OSM. My personal belief is that research can help accelerate the acceptance and growth and success of OSM. I am not on the board of the OSMF, perhaps someone that is, or

Re: [OSM-talk] Craigslist

2016-05-11 Thread Mike Thompson
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:59 AM, Joseph Reeves wrote: > >People can do what they want with the OSM data. I don't set it as a poor > reflection on OSM. The problem is that the CL rendering style is just > looking at oneway=* without looking at the value. CL is rendering

[OSM-talk] Steve Coast named 1 of 5 most influential people in Geo Industry!

2016-05-05 Thread Mike Thompson
http://geoawesomeness.com/top-5-most-influential-living-people-shaping-the-geo-industry-of-the-21-century/ Congrats Steve! Mike ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Craigslist

2016-05-08 Thread Mike Thompson
On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 3:43 AM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On 05/08/2016 02:03 AM, Mike Thompson wrote: > > Does anyone have a contact at Craigslist [1]? > > I don't but Dennis Watson @fuzzymeat of Craigslist did a talk at SOTM US > 2013 a

[OSM-talk] Craigslist

2016-05-07 Thread Mike Thompson
Does anyone have a contact at Craigslist [1]? As you know they use data from OSM, but have their own rendering style. Unfortunately it looks like at zoom level 16 and higher they render all streets as one way. This reflects poorly on OSM. I attempted to contact them about something like this

[OSM-talk] JOSM Imagery Caching

2016-08-18 Thread Mike Thompson
At the moment I am working from a slow internet connection. It seems that JOSM only uses its imagery cache if there is no connection at all. If there is a connection it seems that it always attempts to fetch tiles from the source even they are already in the cache.. Is this the intended

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Imagery Caching

2016-08-19 Thread Mike Thompson
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 4:30 AM, Svavar Kjarrval wrote: > There was some work done on > imagery caching and released with version 10786 (as per the changelog of > that version). Are you using that version (or a later release)? > Thanks. I will upgrade and retry. Mike

[OSM-talk] Local Overpass Issue

2016-09-19 Thread Mike Thompson
A company I support maintains a private instance of the overpass server so that they do not burden the public server with their queries. The instance has been working for a over a year, but last week we discovered that a simple query, e.g. [out:xml]; node(min_lat,min_long,max_lat,max_long); out

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM error on upload

2016-10-28 Thread Mike Thompson
:39 AM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am getting the following error when I try to save a change set: > > Failed to upload data to or download data from 'https://api.openstreetmap. > org/api/0.6/' due to a problem with transferring data. Details > (untrans

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetView name change

2016-11-08 Thread Mike Thompson
Libre Via Picturae (Open Street View in Latin... as best I can tell usingahem... Google translate) Mike On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Hans De Kryger wrote: > Guessing that company's name rimes with frugal > > Regards, > Hans > > On Nov 8, 2016 8:35 AM,

[OSM-talk] Disable snapping in iD Editor?

2016-11-16 Thread Mike Thompson
Is there a way to temporarily disable snapping in the iD editor? In JOSM one can hold down the Ctrl key while in the add mode to do so, but I can't find a similar function in iD. Mike ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Disable snapping in iD Editor?

2016-11-16 Thread Mike Thompson
Thanks Bryan! On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Bryan Housel <br...@7thposition.com> wrote: > Yes, you can hold down the Alt/Option key to disable snapping in iD. > > > > On Nov 16, 2016, at 9:47 AM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Is ther

Re: [OSM-talk] Disable snapping in iD Editor?

2016-11-17 Thread Mike Thompson
Bryan This doesn't seem to be working for me. I am on Win7. browser is Chrome. Mike On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Bryan! > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Bryan Housel <br...@7thposition.com> > wrote: >

[OSM-talk] JOSM error on upload

2016-10-28 Thread Mike Thompson
I am getting the following error when I try to save a change set: Failed to upload data to or download data from ' https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/' due to a problem with transferring data. Details (untranslated): Stream closed. I have internet connectivity, and can download data in JOSM.

[OSM-talk] Interesting product using OSM

2017-01-12 Thread Mike Thompson
As a person who does a lot of back country exploring, and who is a contributor to OSM, this product caught my attention: http://nextgis.com/blog/peoplefinder Mike ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] JOSM Custom Presets - Combo to set multiple tags

2017-08-29 Thread Mike Thompson
I am learning how to create custom presets for JOSM. Is there a way to have a "combo" list set multiple tags? For example (just to illustrate the question), to make it so that if the user picks "Roman Catholic", religion=christian and denomination=roman_catholic are both set? Thanks, Mike

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM Custom Presets - Combo to set multiple tags

2017-08-30 Thread Mike Thompson
hough is to set the first key with a fixed value > (religion=chrisitian) and let user pick for denomination > > Let us know how is it going > > François > > > Le 29 août 2017 5:44 PM, "Mike Thompson" <miketh...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > I am learning how t

Re: [OSM-talk] finding overlapping buildings

2017-11-28 Thread Mike Thompson
John, Pierre, I made some improvements to the select duplicate buildings script. It now uses a spatial index, which makes it a lot faster on large datasets. It also now uses the actual area of the buildings and their intersection, as opposed to their bounding boxes. I will work on your other

Re: [OSM-talk] finding overlapping buildings

2017-11-24 Thread Mike Thompson
ction. Mike On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://github.com/MikeTho16/JOSM-Scripts > SelectDuplicateBuildings.js > > To Run: > * Install JOSM's Scripting Plugin > * Place above file in a convenient location on your sy

Re: [OSM-talk] finding overlapping buildings

2017-11-24 Thread Mike Thompson
On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 3:43 PM, john whelan wrote: > For a small number it works well. When faced with a sample with a thousand buildings it takes a little longer. I will work on speeding it up. It this proves useful to the community, I may try and make it into a plugin

Re: [OSM-talk] finding overlapping buildings

2017-11-24 Thread Mike Thompson
d area > > > Pierre > > > Le vendredi 24 novembre 2017 18:03:48 HNE, Mike Thompson < > miketh...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 3:43 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > For a small number it works well.

Re: [OSM-talk] finding overlapping buildings

2017-11-24 Thread Mike Thompson
hogonalBuilding.js > <https://github.com/MikeTho16/JOSM-Scripts/blob/master/SelectNonOrthogonalBuilding.js> > on Windows 8.1 with Java 8.0 1210.13 > Error message is > Failed to execute the script file > Error message:ReferenceError: Console is not defined > SelectNonOrthogonalBuilding.js#4

Re: [OSM-talk] Length of ways

2017-11-30 Thread Mike Thompson
If you select the way in JOSM it will give you the length in the lower margin of the window. I don't know about relations. On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Do we have a tool that will give me the length of a way (or a > relation, made from

Re: [OSM-talk] Length of ways

2017-11-30 Thread Mike Thompson
Relation length: In JOSM Select a member way In the "tags/memberships" window scroll down to the "Member of" section Right click Select members (add) Note the length in the lower margin of JOSM's main window On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmai

Re: [OSM-talk] Length of ways

2017-11-30 Thread Mike Thompson
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > I’m not sure if this is still valid, but a long time ago the measurements > in Josm weren’t very accurate... It uses the great circle distance[0], which is accurate to about 0.5%[1], still over long distances

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