Re: [Talk-transit] Railway route relations

2009-08-05 Thread Peter Miller
On 4 Aug 2009, at 23:37, Frankie Roberto wrote: Hi all, I'm still keen to try and nail this public transport service vs infrastructure issue. I have create a new wiki-page 'Public transport schema 2' based on Oxomoa's proposal on the main wiki based on the last edit made before the

Re: [Talk-transit] Railway route relations

2009-08-05 Thread Shaun McDonald
Couldn't you just use the network tag on the 3 tram route relations and merge the results to get this relations? It requires a bit more preprocessing to get the information that you are looking for, whilst making it easier for mappers and reducing the data size. Shaun On 4 Aug 2009, at

[Talk-transit] Route relations types

2009-08-05 Thread Brian Prangle
Do we want to add route=coach to differentiate long distance routes operated in the UK mainly by National Express and which mainly travel city to city with very limited stops, from the typical bus services which operate within cities or short distance between adjacent or closely related towns and

Re: [Talk-transit] Route relations types

2009-08-05 Thread Frankie Roberto
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Roger Slevin ro...@slevin.plus.com wrote: Before anyone answers your question, please bear in mind that there is no clear definition of a “coach” ... and I have dealt with a feedback to traveline on this very point only this morning. A limited stop service

Re: [Talk-transit] Railway route relations

2009-08-05 Thread Richard Mann
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Cartinus carti...@xs4all.nl wrote: IMHO the solution is simple. Name it after what you are mapping. For vehicles: The route the cyclist follows is route=bicycle. The route bus 5 follows is route=bus. The route tram 13 follows is route=tram. The route the

Re: [Talk-transit] Route relations types

2009-08-05 Thread Peter Miller
On 5 Aug 2009, at 13:05, Frankie Roberto wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Roger Slevin ro...@slevin.plus.com wrote: Before anyone answers your question, please bear in mind that there is no clear definition of a “coach” ... and I have dealt with a feedback to traveline on this

Re: [Talk-transit] Railway route relations

2009-08-05 Thread Richard Mann
Some information lies better on the infrastructure, so for some purposes you want both. I've concluded that infrastructure relations are probably the best way to mark whether route sections are predominantly 1-track, 2-track, 4-track etc. I don't think we've identified much of a need for

Re: [Talk-transit] Route relations types

2009-08-05 Thread Richard Mann
There's a clear definition - a coach has it's wheels attached to an underframe distinct from the bodywork. That's why they're higher and have a more-comfortable ride. However there's an overlap caused by the 50km rule. I would surmise that the same threshold is used to require free access by

Re: [Talk-transit] Railway route relations

2009-08-05 Thread Frankie Roberto
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com wrote: Deprecating route= and replacing it with line= for most things where we currently use route= is a lot of work for no real gain. Though I'd go for route=railway for infrastructure, since route=rail

Re: [Talk-transit] Railway route relations

2009-08-05 Thread Peter Miller
On 5 Aug 2009, at 13:13, Richard Mann wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Cartinus carti...@xs4all.nl wrote: IMHO the solution is simple. Name it after what you are mapping. For vehicles: The route the cyclist follows is route=bicycle. The route bus 5 follows is route=bus. The route tram

Re: [Talk-transit] Railway route relations

2009-08-05 Thread Richard Mann
Yes Frederik could tidy things up, but it's best not to change things arbitrarily (ie substituting line for route), because it just makes it harder to remember what is correct. The lack of presets for relations in Potlatch makes it doubly useful to minimise the complexity. Richard

Re: [Talk-transit] Railway route relations

2009-08-05 Thread Peter Miller
On 5 Aug 2009, at 14:41, Richard Mann wrote: Yes Frederik could tidy things up, but it's best not to change things arbitrarily (ie substituting line for route), because it just makes it harder to remember what is correct. The lack of presets for relations in Potlatch makes it doubly

[Talk-transit] NAPTAN Import: Plus-bus Zones

2009-08-05 Thread Jerry Clough - OSM
I've had a quick look at a couple of the PlusBusZones (once inadvertently, as the name is rendering inappropriately on the Mapnik map): Nottingham and Maidenhead. In both cases boundaries are only approximate, and appear to be delimited by bus stops rather than routes (e.g., service 6 in

Re: [Talk-transit] Route relations types

2009-08-05 Thread Melchior Moos
I would favor a similar solution to the network=lcn/ncn etc for route=bicycle. For example network=local/regional/national. Than you can handle the distinction between long distance and regioal trains also with it. regards, melchior 2009/8/5 Brian Prangle bpran...@googlemail.com Do we want to

Re: [talk-ph] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Nationnal websites

2009-08-05 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
I guys Andre and Ahmed can and should take of this? On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:26 AM, maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Don't know how to respond here: On Monday 03 August 2009 20:09:23 SLXViper wrote: www.openstreetmap.is and osm.is weren't mentioned as far as I could

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Brussel - Bruxelles

2009-08-05 Thread Luc Van den Troost
you can add the other language names with for instance name:fr tag or so. If there are - or will be - different language versions of the osm rendering, dunno if there are, they would be marked with the name of the language specific name, if there is one. see

[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
While this isn't my proposal, I have an interest in getting 4wd_only tracks to render properly. I've slightly modified this page to conform to what people suggested on the talk-au list. This tag is already in use in the Australian area, judging by the talk pages possibly other countries too.

Re: [OSM-talk] definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread Lester Caine
John Smith wrote: --- On Wed, 5/8/09, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: 'Urban' areas should on the whole be covered by 'residential' or 'service' in between the 4 main vehicle route tags. Although personally I'd prefer that motorway service roads were not grouped with 'industrial'.

[OSM-talk] [RFC] restriction=school_zone (second email)

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
Since proposing this tag combination I've tagged about a dozen schools and at first glance I can't see any problems. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:restriction%3Dschool_zone ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Gustav Foseid
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:40 AM, John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm proposing not to replace highway=unclassified but to clarify it's meaning to be one thing, that is it has higher volumes of traffic than residential, but not enough to be considered tertiary. Then I propose to

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Lester Caine
John Smith wrote: While this isn't my proposal, I have an interest in getting 4wd_only tracks to render properly. I've slightly modified this page to conform to what people suggested on the talk-au list. This tag is already in use in the Australian area, judging by the talk pages possibly

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 5 Aug 2009, at 06:40, John Smith wrote: Currently highway=unclassified is too ambiguous, and while there was a proposal to replace this with highway=minor this seems to have gone no where yet the same problem still exists. I'm proposing not to replace highway=unclassified but to

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Elena of Valhalla
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:40 AM, John Smithdelta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm also proposing to introduce a new highway classification for non-urban* areas. That is highway=rural would be for roads generally lesser than residential, generally unsealed but some of them are sealed and they

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: High ground clearance required? More 4WD vehicles are appearing nowadays, but it's not always clear what they are actually capable off. So 4WD_Only is not really the correct terminology and does not clearly identify the

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Shaun McDonald sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk wrote: You can determine whether an unclassified road is rural by whether there are other things around in the area. That's the whole point of Geo extensions in databases. you can also do some preprocessing if you need to. That

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Gustav Foseid gust...@gmail.com wrote: I'm proposing not to replace highway=unclassified but to clarify it's meaning to be one thing, that is it has higher volumes of traffic than residential, but not enough to be considered tertiary. Someone already tried that. It

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Elena of Valhalla elena.valha...@gmail.com wrote: where would this differ from an highway=track? A track is lower grade, at least here. rural road: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/330763485_4f976dba02.jpg track:

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, John Smith wrote: I'm proposing not to replace highway=unclassified but to clarify it's meaning to be one thing, that is it has higher volumes of traffic than residential, but not enough to be considered tertiary. This is not how it is generally used over here (Germany) where the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Jack Stringer
4x4 are for the crap drivers, 2wd is the best. In the UK there are several reliabilty trials that use these so called 4x4 tracks for competitions. I think we need a tag that suggests the highway is either rough terrain or hard going and a decent off road vehicle is strongly advised. 4x4 only does

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: This is not how it is generally used over here (Germany) where the majority of people use unclassified for a road roughly equal to residential but without people living there. I don't know about the talk-de list, just what I've

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Jack Stringer jack.ix...@googlemail.com wrote: 4x4 are for the crap drivers, 2wd is the best. In the UK there are several reliabilty trials that use these so called 4x4 tracks for competitions. I think we need a tag that suggests the highway is either rough terrain or

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Roy Wallace
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Lester Caineles...@lsces.co.uk wrote: High ground clearance required? ...So 4WD_Only is not really the correct terminology and does not clearly identify the problem? IS it ground clearance, deep fords, mud or poor traction conditions ... The sign says 4WD ONLY

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Roy Wallace
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:49 PM, John Smithdelta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Wed, 5/8/09, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: I would not hesitate to use highway=residential or highway=unclassified for these (or even tertiary and up if they are important to traffic). In fact, nobody

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Roy Wallace wrote: The sign says 4WD ONLY - I therefore suggest that 4wd_only is indeed the correct terminology, at least in regions (e.g. Australia) where the sign appears as such and the phrase is in common use. What is the legal status of these signs? Are you liable to a fine if you

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread OJ W
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Lester Caineles...@lsces.co.uk wrote: High ground clearance required? More 4WD vehicles are appearing nowadays, but it's not always clear what they are actually capable off. So 4WD_Only is not really the correct terminology and does not clearly identify the

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm... Frederik has a point. John you seem to be mashing together 1) the importance and 2) the quality (good vs bad). Quality doesn't have as much to do with things as the importance, as a result of the importance and the number

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Morten Kjeldgaard
On 05/08/2009, at 10.09, Frederik Ramm wrote: Maybe it makes sense to use a variation of the motorcar tag which is already widely used to model car access (e.g. highway=tertiary, motorcar=4wdonly - or even highway=tertiary, motorcar=no, motorcar:4wd=yes or something)? This is going in the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: What is the legal status of these signs? Are you liable to a fine if you proceed with a 2WD car, or is it just that the insurance won't pay if you do and get stuck? Or are they just meant as an advice to drivers? Primarily

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Peter Körner
Morten Kjeldgaard schrieb: On 05/08/2009, at 10.09, Frederik Ramm wrote: Maybe it makes sense to use a variation of the motorcar tag which is already widely used to model car access (e.g. highway=tertiary, motorcar=4wdonly - or even highway=tertiary, motorcar=no, motorcar:4wd=yes or

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread James Livingston
On 05/08/2009, at 5:54 PM, Roy Wallace wrote: The sign says 4WD ONLY - I therefore suggest that 4wd_only is indeed the correct terminology, at least in regions (e.g. Australia) where the sign appears as such and the phrase is in common use. While true, it would also be useful to know whether

Re: [OSM-talk] definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread Liz
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: that's IMHO why I started this discussion: it surely isn't just physical. well perhaps that was why the Australian Guidelines, written before I joined OSM, tagged highways both with their physical condition and an administrative condition, double

Re: [OSM-talk] definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread Liz
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Lester Caine wrote: Certainly an 'unclassified' highway should not be capable of handling a large lorry so routes for access to farms should be tagged 'service' perhaps where such access is practical, It must be capable of taking the fire truck. Often they can also take

Re: [OSM-talk] residential and unclassified in Australia WAS definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread Pieren
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:18 AM, John Smithdelta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: Change highway=unclassified definition to be more explicit, for example: Are you just speaking about Australia wiki pages or in general ? No administrative classification. Unclassified roads typically form the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Liz
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Lester Caine wrote: High ground clearance required? More 4WD vehicles are appearing nowadays, but it's not always clear what they are actually capable off. So 4WD_Only is not really the correct terminology and does not clearly identify the problem? IS it ground clearance,

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Peter Körner osm-li...@mazdermind.de wrote: But never the less I think if 4wd-only is common in that region, why not tag it? The more data, the better. But I'm unsure if the renderer should implement it, as it could just be used in this area, whereas surface=* can

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Jonathan Bennett
Roy Wallace wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Lester Caineles...@lsces.co.uk wrote: High ground clearance required? ...So 4WD_Only is not really the correct terminology and does not clearly identify the problem? IS it ground clearance, deep fords, mud or poor traction conditions ...

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: and mud, poor traction ground clearance and a ford still might not make a 4wd only track. Having grown up in such areas I'm well schooled in traveling along tracks that aren't 4wd only and ways to unstick yourself, usually jacking up the car

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Liz
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Frederik Ramm wrote: What is the legal status of these signs? Are you liable to a fine if you proceed with a 2WD car, or is it just that the insurance won't pay if you do and get stuck? Or are they just meant as an advice to drivers? Ah, the legal status is very interesting.

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Jonathan Bennett openstreet...@jonno.cix.co.uk wrote: WHS -- it meets the guidelines of being verifiable, by being what's on the ground. If it were based on one mapper's judgement, that would be different, but this is unambiguous. Australia isn't the only country that

Re: [OSM-talk] residential and unclassified in Australia WAS definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Jonathan Bennett openstreet...@jonno.cix.co.uk wrote: It's up to the AU community what to do about this, but be aware that in the European Axis there's a very strong feeling that for a road to be tagged residential, there needs to be houses (or other dwellings) on it,

Re: [OSM-talk] residential and unclassified in Australia WAS definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread Liz
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Jonathan Bennett wrote: be aware that in the European Axis there's a very strong feeling we are very aware of the European Axis there are many terms in English which can be used Eurocentric Cultural Imperialism etc Please guys, your corner of the world is small You don't

[OSM-talk] Redefine the highway-key from scratch

2009-08-05 Thread Konrad Skeri
As we probably never can agree on the semantics discussion we should redefine the syntax of the highway-tag from scratch. This will never happen since it's a pita-job to edit the existing data, but here we go: 1. Remove all highway=motorway, trunk, primary, etc. 2. Use highway=road. It's a road!

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Peter Körner
John Smith schrieb: --- On Wed, 5/8/09, Peter Körner osm-li...@mazdermind.de wrote: But never the less I think if 4wd-only is common in that region, why not tag it? The more data, the better. But I'm unsure if the renderer should implement it, as it could just be used in this area,

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Peter Körner wrote: 4WD has a special meaning in your area I don't know what 4WD means in other places but if I saw a map with certain roads marked 4 WD only I would know exactly what that means, and I doubt that anyone wouldn't! Bye Frederik

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Liz
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Peter Körner wrote: surface=* is unambiguous to anyone and in any place around the world. it doesn't tell me whether i drive my FWD car along there or if i should stay away and it doesn't matter how you define surface, it isn't going to explain what 4wd only means. it's a

Re: [OSM-talk] residential and unclassified in Australia WAS definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread Jonathan Bennett
John Smith wrote: I feel there is a very real need to describe something that is between residential and track and up until this point in time unclassified has been used. If there are types of roads in Australia that you feel the existing tags don't adequately describe, feel free to start

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing Imagery

2009-08-05 Thread Andy Allan
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:36 AM, John Smithdelta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: I know google forbids it, but I haven't heard about MS/Bing... Have they disallowed use of their sat imagery or is it explicitly forbidden in their TCs? It doesn't need to be explicitly forbidden for it to still be

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing Imagery

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com wrote: It doesn't need to be explicitly forbidden for it to still be forbidden. Is it forbidden, explicitly or otherwise? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] residential and unclassified in Australia WAS definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Jonathan Bennett openstreet...@jonno.cix.co.uk wrote: If there are types of roads in Australia that you feel the existing tags don't adequately describe, feel free to start using a new one -- you can use Any Tags You Like. Bear in mind that the highway tags aren't

Re: [OSM-talk] definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com wrote: I'd agree that it should be importance for trunk/primary/secondary/tertiary. The stuff about not using trunk for single-track roads just doesn't match what people are actually doing (judging by some of

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing Imagery

2009-08-05 Thread David Earl
John Smith wrote: --- On Wed, 5/8/09, Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com wrote: It doesn't need to be explicitly forbidden for it to still be forbidden. Is it forbidden, explicitly or otherwise? These are from Multimap, and if you click the TCs on the bing mapping page it takes you to

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing Imagery

2009-08-05 Thread Jonathan Bennett
John Smith wrote: Is it forbidden, explicitly or otherwise? Yes. Unless it's explicitly permitted, it's forbidden. -- Jonathan (Jonobennett) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing Imagery

2009-08-05 Thread andrzej zaborowski
2009/8/5 maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com: I hope they do, they have several areas with high-res that are not covered in yahoo! in the Philippines While Ms's and Multimap's reputation is that they would not allow that if they have this option (Microsoft is a coin operated machine),

[OSM-talk] French/Dutch caribbean island Saint Martin (Sint Maarten) not correctly positionned

2009-08-05 Thread Pieren
Hi, I'm currently implementing the cadastre support in JOSM for the french part of the island Saint-Martin shared with our Dutch friends (it is a special projection). The island is quite well mapped today, mostly from the hi-res Yahoo imagery I guess:

Re: [OSM-talk] Redefine the highway-key from scratch

2009-08-05 Thread Ed Avis
Konrad Skeri konrad at skeri.com writes: [tagging 'admin_level' of roads instad of residential, unclassified, etc] Use the whole scale and omit levels so that countries with intermediate classifications will have a free number to use. One way of doing this it so use 1...100 and have 1, 10, 20,

[OSM-talk] French/Dutch caribbean island Saint Martin (Sint Maarten) not correctly positionned

2009-08-05 Thread Emilie Laffray
2009/8/5 Pieren pier...@gmail.com Can someone from the Netherlands contact me and check with me what could be done to fix this issue ? It is not someone from the Netherlands you should have contact with but with someone from the Netherlands Antilles of which Saint Martin is part of. The

Re: [OSM-talk] residential and unclassified in Australia WAS definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread Liz
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Jonathan Bennett wrote: In addition the Australian Tagging Guidelines (which Liz mentioned were written a year before the residential page) explicitly disagree with the residential page. I've done some investigation on this specific point, and found the following:

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Richard Mann
Proposal: +1. Thanks The question whether urban unclassifieds are at the same level of urban residentials can be left to the router/renderer - best not to mention it. The tagger just needs to be able to describe what is there simply and clearly. A new tag for rural unclassifieds would clarify

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com wrote: The tagger just needs to be able to describe what is there simply and clearly. A new tag for rural unclassifieds would clarify matters, and highway=rural is as good a suggestion as any. It would be better for us

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Andy Allan
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM, John Smithdelta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: but the emails in the last day or 2 have gone no where in addressing the issue, Seriously, there's a lot of people subscribed to this list, and very few joining the conversation. Maybe everyone is watching 5 or 6 people

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Morten Kjeldgaard
But never the less I think if 4wd-only is common in that region, why not tag it? The more data, the better. But I'm unsure if the The BETTER data, the better. There, I fixed that for you :-) Remember that data is no good if it's not rendered, and the software can't be expected to deal with

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Morten Kjeldgaard m...@bioxray.au.dk wrote: Remember that data is no good if it's not rendered, and the software can't be expected to deal with a gazillion different situations. It's better to keep the data general. So using the surface=* tag is a better approach

Re: [OSM-talk] residential and unclassified in Australia WAS definition of the main highway-tag

2009-08-05 Thread Renaud Martinet
After reading the http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines page, it strikes me that you are already redefining most of the values for the highway key. So why would you continue to refer to the http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features page. I guess that is because it

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Jonathan Bennett
Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: Remember that data is no good if it's not rendered, Remember that rendering a map isn't the only use for geodata. -- Jonathan (Jonobennett) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing Imagery

2009-08-05 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
David Earl david at frankieandshadow.com writes: These are from Multimap, and if you click the TCs on the bing mapping page it takes you to Multimap's TC's: http://www.multimap.com/about/legal_and_copyright/ and the imagery (Birds Eye View) is explicitly marked as copyright below the

Re: [OSM-talk] Custom OpenStreetMaps ?

2009-08-05 Thread Sebastian Hohmann
Scott Bronson schrieb: Apparently you need to host the map yourself. 1) Click Download Map 2) Upload map.html it to your web host or save it to a directory on your local machine 3) Put map.css and util.js into the same directory as map.html (urls below) 4) Open map.html in Firefox.

Re: [OSM-talk] Custom OpenStreetMaps ?

2009-08-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Sebastian, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: To get map.css and util.js, you can run these commands from the same directory as the one that contains map.html, or just right-click on the links in Firefox and hit save as): wget http://osmtools.de/easymap/temp/map.css wget

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread David Lynch
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 09:45, Morten Kjeldgaardm...@bioxray.au.dk wrote: So using the surface=* tag is a better approach IMHO  to warn that a road is in a bad shape for ordinary traffic. Surface alone doesn't tell you enough. A standard car can handle just about any surface except mud, as long

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
John Smith wrote: That isn't the point, the same key/value pair is being used for 2 completely different purposes No, it isn't. highway=unclassified has, and always has had, a consistent meaning. If you are using highway=unclassified in a residential area to mean less significant than

Re: [OSM-talk] Custom OpenStreetMaps ?

2009-08-05 Thread Sebastian Hohmann
Frederik Ramm schrieb: Sebastian, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: To get map.css and util.js, you can run these commands from the same directory as the one that contains map.html, or just right-click on the links in Firefox and hit save as): wget http://osmtools.de/easymap/temp/map.css wget

Re: [OSM-talk] Custom OpenStreetMaps ?

2009-08-05 Thread simon
Not exclusively less technical, it's also an easier process, if you just want a simple map. I'm also unsure if its easier to unzip the files than to just download them. Its not like its dozens of files. Don't modern browsers provide a way to include all html/image/include files in one chunk

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Christiaan Welvaart
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Richard Mann wrote: I'd define a rural as a road which is (usually) maintained by a public body, and open to public access, but where only partial provision is made for vehicles travelling in opposite directions to pass (be that lower-grade shoulders, Australian-style or

Re: [OSM-talk] French/Dutch caribbean island Saint Martin (Sint Maarten) not correctly positionned

2009-08-05 Thread andrzej zaborowski
2009/8/5 Pieren pier...@gmail.com: I'm currently implementing the cadastre support in JOSM for the french part of the island Saint-Martin shared with our Dutch friends (it is a special projection). The island is quite well mapped today, mostly from the hi-res Yahoo imagery I guess:

Re: [OSM-talk] landuse for hotels

2009-08-05 Thread Ciarán Mooney
What landuse are we using for hotels? I'm pretty sure it should be commercial or retail. I'm going to go with commercial, they as retail suggests that they sell a physical product. Ciarán ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] landuse for hotels

2009-08-05 Thread OJ W
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Ciarán Mooneygeneral.moo...@googlemail.com wrote: What landuse are we using for hotels?  I'm pretty sure it should be commercial or retail. I'm going to go with commercial, they as retail suggests that they sell a physical product. commercial suggests office

Re: [OSM-talk] French/Dutch caribbean island Saint Martin (Sint Maarten) not correctly positionned

2009-08-05 Thread Maarten Deen
Pieren wrote: I'm currently implementing the cadastre support in JOSM for the french part of the island Saint-Martin shared with our Dutch friends (it is a special projection). The island is quite well mapped today, mostly from the hi-res Yahoo imagery I guess:

Re: [OSM-talk] landuse for hotels

2009-08-05 Thread John McKerrell
On 5 Aug 2009, at 21:31, OJ W wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Ciarán Mooneygeneral.moo...@googlemail.com wrote: What landuse are we using for hotels? I'm pretty sure it should be commercial or retail. I'm going to go with commercial, they as retail suggests that they sell a

Re: [OSM-talk] Redefine the highway-key from scratch

2009-08-05 Thread OJ W
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Konrad Skerikon...@skeri.com wrote: 1. Remove all highway=motorway, trunk, primary, etc. 2. Use highway=road. It's a road! Q) how will we classify each road? A) they will all be named Beverly ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 5 Aug 2009, at 20:59, Christiaan Welvaart wrote: On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Richard Mann wrote: I'd define a rural as a road which is (usually) maintained by a public body, and open to public access, but where only partial provision is made for vehicles travelling in opposite directions

Re: [OSM-talk] landuse for hotels

2009-08-05 Thread Nic Roets
Could even be farmland or nature reserve e.g. Singita Lodge. On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:04 PM, John McKerrell j...@mckerrell.net wrote: On 5 Aug 2009, at 21:31, OJ W wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Ciarán Mooneygeneral.moo...@googlemail.com wrote: What landuse are we using for

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Peter Körner
David Lynch schrieb: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 09:45, Morten Kjeldgaardm...@bioxray.au.dk wrote: So using the surface=* tag is a better approach IMHO to warn that a road is in a bad shape for ordinary traffic. Surface alone doesn't tell you enough. A standard car can handle just about any

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Peter Körner
Jonathan Bennett schrieb: Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: Remember that data is no good if it's not rendered, Remember that rendering a map isn't the only use for geodata. And also remember that the Main-OSM-Mapnik renderer isn't the only one out there. If someone wants to render a map with this

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread Peter Körner
John Smith schrieb: --- On Wed, 5/8/09, Morten Kjeldgaard m...@bioxray.au.dk wrote: Remember that data is no good if it's not rendered, and the software can't be expected to deal with a gazillion different situations. It's better to keep the data general. So using the surface=* tag is

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Christiaan Welvaart
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Shaun McDonald wrote: On 5 Aug 2009, at 20:59, Christiaan Welvaart wrote: On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Richard Mann wrote: I'd define a rural as a road which is (usually) maintained by a public body, and open to public access, but where only partial provision is made for

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing Imagery

2009-08-05 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/8/5 Jukka Rahkonen jukka.rahko...@mmmtike.fi: and the imagery (Birds Eye View) is explicitly marked as copyright below the image. Seems pretty explicit to me. Sure, if the aim is to copy the images.  It is not so clear if the aim is to interpret the imagery and make a map from the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Peter Körner osm-li...@mazdermind.de wrote: Okay, i got the point. I agree that this should be put into a tag/value pair but with the clarification that 4wd_only=yes (or whatever the tag will be) does *not* necessarily mean that all 4wd vehicles could pass this road at

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/8/5 Elena of Valhalla elena.valha...@gmail.com: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:40 AM, John Smithdelta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm also proposing to introduce a new highway classification for non-urban* areas. That is highway=rural would be for roads generally lesser than residential,

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: If you are using highway=unclassified in a residential area to mean less significant than highway=residential, you're doing it completely contrary to standard practice. Therefore you are by definition wrong. I didn't say I

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

2009-08-05 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/8/5 John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com: --- On Wed, 5/8/09, Shaun McDonald sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk wrote: You can determine whether an unclassified road is rural by whether there are other things around in the area. That's the whole point of Geo extensions in databases. you can also

Re: [OSM-talk] [RFC] restriction=school_zone (second email)

2009-08-05 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/8/5 John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com: --- On Wed, 5/8/09, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: but on second glance there are, and they are documented in the discussion-section: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Tag:restriction%3Dschool_zone The

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