[OSM-dev] Tag for building name

2010-07-01 Thread Yuliya Leonova
Hi guys, For now in Mapzen for tagging building name parameter we use 'addr:housename' tag. But recently Mapzen team have got several requests to change it to just 'name' tag key. What would you say - which one is more appropriate to use to mark building name? If we change addr:housename to name

Re: [OSM-dev] Tag for building name

2010-07-01 Thread Sven Geggus
Yuliya Leonova yleon...@cloudmade.com wrote: For now in Mapzen for tagging building name parameter we use 'addr:housename' tag. But recently Mapzen team have got several requests to change it to just 'name' tag key. addr:housename ist meant for postal purposes only (Part of an address in

Re: [OSM-dev] Tag for building name

2010-07-01 Thread Julio Costa Zambelli
Hello Yuliya, As a mapper I normally use the name tag, and would only think of using the housename tag for those rare (here) british kind of places where a building is identified as Something House (for example Hedley House) instead of using a housenumber. If the housenumber is present and there

[OSM-dev] Convert osm link into a google map

2010-07-01 Thread Atton Jonathan
Hello, Do you know a way to convert a static osm map link into a static google map link ? The aim is to get the same portion of the map. I have search and I think we can't do it :( -- Regards. ___ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-dev] Convert osm link into a google map

2010-07-01 Thread Jean-Guilhem Cailton
Le 01/07/2010 18:51, Atton Jonathan a écrit : Hello, Do you know a way to convert a static osm map link into a static google map link ? The aim is to get the same portion of the map. Hi, Have a look at OSM Jumper plugin for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/93113/ It

Re: [OSM-dev] Convert osm link into a google map

2010-07-01 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Atton Jonathan jonathan.at...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Do you know a way to convert a static osm map link into a static google map link ? The aim is to get the same portion of the map. I have search and I think we can't do it :( Well perhaps you _shouldn't_ do

Re: [OSM-dev] Convert osm link into a google map

2010-07-01 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/7/1 Atton Jonathan jonathan.at...@gmail.com: Hello, Do you know a way to convert a static osm map link into a static google map link ? The aim is to get the same portion of the map. I have search and I think we can't do it :( There is at least 2 tools out there to do it:

[OSM-dev] OSM and CouchDB/GeoCouch

2010-07-01 Thread Andreas Kalsch
Hi, were there any successful attempts to read OSM data into CouchDB and Geocouch? Does somebody know of a backend? Andi ___ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev

Re: [OSM-dev] Tag for building name

2010-07-01 Thread Pieren
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Sven Geggus li...@fuchsschwanzdomain.dewrote: Yuliya Leonova yleon...@cloudmade.com wrote: For now in Mapzen for tagging building name parameter we use 'addr:housename' tag. But recently Mapzen team have got several requests to change it to just 'name'

Re: [OSM-dev] OSM and CouchDB/GeoCouch

2010-07-01 Thread Lars Francke
were there any successful attempts to read OSM data into CouchDB and Geocouch? Does somebody know of a backend? I have done something like that and can provide some code at the end of July (I won't be back home before then). It really is just a different kind of schema. But the exact schema