[Talk-ko] online survey (academic research) about the OSM community

2014-08-22 Thread OSMR
***apologies for cross-posting*** Dear OSM contributor, If you are at least 18 years of age and speak English, you are invited to take part in an online survey about the OSM community pursued by faculty at San Diego State University (contact info below). In this academic research, we are

[talk-ph] Maps Engineer job position at the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-08-22 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
Maybe some of you are interested. :-) http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qSa9VfwQcs=9UL9Vfwtpage=Job%20Descriptionj=ojIlZfw5 Knowledge of OSM is required since the Wikimedia Foundation is expanding its use of OSM in the Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia. Mostly this involves

[talk-ph] USAID talk at the White House on HOT and Typhoon Haiyan

2014-08-22 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
Hi everyone, HOT has posted a blog article highlighting the talk given by Albert Gembara of the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) at the White House. His talk highlighted the use of the HOT OSM Tasking Manager in coordinating the mapping work in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan and how

Re: [OSM-talk] route=road - What's that all about then?

2014-08-22 Thread Dave F.
On 21/08/2014 22:36, Janko Mihelić wrote: P.S. I think this is for the tagging mailing list. I'm asking about the validity of a relation, not asking whether I should use tag A or tag B, so this forum is the correct place. Dave F. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because

Re: [OSM-talk] route=road - What's that all about then?

2014-08-22 Thread Pieren
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Janko Mihelić jan...@gmail.com wrote: But if you ask me, the ref tags on ways should be deleted, and route relations can be used as information for highway refs. This makes sense because you can have more than one route on one way. And if you ask me, I would

Re: [OSM-talk] route=road - What's that all about then?

2014-08-22 Thread Janko Mihelić
2014-08-22 13:42 GMT+02:00 Pieren pier...@gmail.com: Excepted perhaps for ways with multiple refs, these relations are just used as categories : http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Relations_are_not_Categories We do not, however, create relations that simply collect a loose group

Re: [OSM-talk] route=road - What's that all about then?

2014-08-22 Thread Pieren
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Janko Mihelić jan...@gmail.com wrote: If road routes are categories, then bus routes are also categories. No. At least, the bus route relation brings some info that is not available elsewhere: the ordered list of bus stops. But if you ask me again, I would say

Re: [OSM-talk] route=road - What's that all about then?

2014-08-22 Thread Janko Mihelić
2014-08-22 13:42 GMT+02:00 Pieren pier...@gmail.com: And if you ask me, I would say the opposite. *Excepted perhaps for ways with multiple refs*, these relations are just used as categories : What did you mean with this? Do you suggest we use relations when there are multiple refs, and

Re: [OSM-talk] route=road - What's that all about then?

2014-08-22 Thread Pieren
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Janko Mihelić jan...@gmail.com wrote: What did you mean with this? Do you suggest we use relations when there are multiple refs, and ways when there is only one ref? Yes. It's just a pragmatic approach : I use relations only if I have no easier alternative.

Re: [OSM-talk] route=road - What's that all about then?

2014-08-22 Thread Yves
On 22 août 2014 13:42:55 UTC+02:00, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote: Excepted perhaps for ways with multiple refs, these relations are just used as categories : http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Relations_are_not_Categories We do not, however, create relations that simply collect a

Re: [OSM-talk] route=road - What's that all about then?

2014-08-22 Thread Jo
Do I really hear you saying I should only map bus routes as relations where the ways are used by more than one route? and as route_ref tags on the stretches where that particular road is used only by a single bus line? How can one easily check whether the routes is continuous in that case? Jo

[OSM-talk] Ways needing smoothing back on track

2014-08-22 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi all - just wanted to let you know that the ‘Ways Needing Smoothing’ MapRoulette challenge is finally being updated again. It used to consist of mostly false positives for the past week, and there still are some, but there should be some fun to be had there still :)

Re: [OSM-talk] route=road - What's that all about then?

2014-08-22 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Il giorno 22/ago/2014, alle ore 20:26, Jo winfi...@gmail.com ha scritto: Do I really hear you saying I should only map bus routes as relations where the ways are used by more than one route? and as route_ref tags on the stretches where that particular road is used only by a single bus

Re: [OSM-talk] Detrimental to the OSM database (was: Ways needing smoothing back on track)

2014-08-22 Thread Dave F.
Hello All Please include all replies to OM-Talk: I was meaning to start a separate thread on this subject, but this seems the appropriate time place. This website, along with http://osmlab.github.io/to-fix/ ( maybe others) are encouraging errors to be introduced to the OSM database. For

Re: [OSM-talk] Detrimental to the OSM database (was: Ways needing smoothing back on track)

2014-08-22 Thread Martijn van Exel
Dave,  MapRoulette challenges have been designed specifically with the armchair mapper in mind - no local knowledge should be required to fix what MapRoulette asks you to fix.  If you can provide factual evidence that MapRoulette (or its new cousin MapBoxRoulette) are causing significant harm

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

2014-08-22 Thread Dave F.
Hi Martijn MapRoulette challenges have been designed specifically with the armchair mapper in mind - no local knowledge should be required to fix what MapRoulette asks you to fix There's the fundamental flaw in these types of sites. Of course you need local knowledge. Please provide

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

2014-08-22 Thread SomeoneElse
On 23/08/2014 02:03, Dave F. wrote: ... Of course you need local knowledge. ... I'm not convinced that that's always the case. For example, to-fix has just taken me here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/41203129#map=19/53.23534/-0.61945 Whilst I'm no fan of armchair mapping, you don't

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

2014-08-22 Thread Andreas Vilén
I can see both places clearly in Bing imagery... Armchair mapping exists and in most cases it improves the map. If you want to complain about armchair mapping in general, I think it's wrong to attack someone who's trying to improve the map in an unorthodox way. Of course people need to actually

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

2014-08-22 Thread Jóhannes Birgir Jensson
Þann 23.8.2014 01:03, skrifaði Dave F.: http://maproulette.org/#t=osmose-8170-147-soccer/osmose-8170-147-soccer-None-d19295cc3e005283ae80b66bde86f474 Supposed missing soccer pitch in France. I mean, really? I believe these sites add more inaccuracy than accuracy. Hello Dave. On the contrary

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

2014-08-22 Thread Andreas Vilén
I was bored so I think I cleaned up most of the village. It's easy to see what the mapper really intended with some basic mapping experience and knowledge of how streets are normally placed. Of course a survey is needed for poi's, but it's not needed to change a strange way to the side at the end

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] Detrimental to the OSM database (was: Ways needing smoothing back on track)

2014-08-22 Thread Russ Nelson
Dave F. writes: I live in the UK. How can I possibly know if there's genuinely a sharp angle in Arizona You seem not to understand the problem being solved here (but please clarify if I am guessing wrong). I haven't looked much at other states, but in New York State, some counties (about 12)

Re: [Talk-de] Thomas Krenn Open Source Förderung für OSM2World

2014-08-22 Thread Sven Geggus
Peter Barth osm-t...@won2.de wrote: Das Rendering via OSM2World ist sicher anspruchsvoller (mehr Bedarf an RAM und CPU) als mit Mapnik, daher nehmen wir soviel Speicher wie geht und die beste(n) CPUs. Na ja, um schnell an die Daten fürs Rendering ranzukommen sind SSD für die Postgis

Re: [Talk-de] Thomas Krenn Open Source Förderung für OSM2World

2014-08-22 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Friday 22 August 2014, Peter Barth wrote: ein gutes Stichwort, da würde ich dich bzw. mal allgemein die Runde befragen, was man denn so braucht. Wir dürfen uns ja jetzt Hardware aussuchen, sind uns aber nicht ganz sicher, was wir eigentlich für genaue Anforderungen haben. Soweit ich euer

Re: [Talk-de] Thomas Krenn Open Source Förderung für OSM2World

2014-08-22 Thread Peter Barth
Hi, Christoph Hormann schrieb: Für die Beurteilung der Anforderungen wäre es deshalb wichtig zu wissen, welche Strategie ihr da plant. der grobe Plan ist, das wie bei Mapnik zu machen: Wir rendern nur die Kacheln die angefragt werden (und nicht im Cache liegen). OSM2World ist in den

Re: [Talk-de] Wanderweg splittet sich in zwei Alternativen

2014-08-22 Thread NopMap
Hubert wrote Die beiden Wege kommen jeweils einzelnd in eine Relation vom type=route jeweils von Start bis Ziel. Die beiden route-Relationen kommen dann als Child in die Relation vom type=route_master. +1 Dabei wäre noch wichtig, daß jede der beiden Einzelrouten vollständig getaggt und für

Re: [Talk-de] Thomas Krenn Open Source Förderung für OSM2World

2014-08-22 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Friday 22 August 2014, Peter Barth wrote: der grobe Plan ist, das wie bei Mapnik zu machen: Wir rendern nur die Kacheln die angefragt werden (und nicht im Cache liegen). OSM2World ist in den meisten Situationen schnell genug für Echtzeit, die anderen müssen wir dann noch optimieren :)

Re: [Talk-de] Thomas Krenn Open Source Förderung für OSM2World

2014-08-22 Thread Sven Geggus
Peter Barth osm-t...@won2.de wrote: der grobe Plan ist, das wie bei Mapnik zu machen: Wir rendern nur die Kacheln die angefragt werden (und nicht im Cache liegen). Hm, mod_tile arbeitet mit Metatiles (8x8 Kacheln). Sven -- Das allgemeine Persönlichkeitsrecht (Art. 2 Abs.1 i.V.m. Art.1 Abs.

[Talk-de] YAPIS (Yet Another Point of Interest Submitter)

2014-08-22 Thread Alexander Heinlein
Hallo, ich bin gerade durch ein paar Bearbeitungen in meiner Gegend auf YAPIS (Yet Another Point of Interest Submitter)[1] aufmerksam geworden. Darüber scheint man recht einfach POIs in OSM anlegen zu können, wenn man bereits über einen OSM-Account verfügt. Leider scheint YAPIS bereits

Re: [Talk-de] YAPIS (Yet Another Point of Interest Submitter)

2014-08-22 Thread Dietmar Seifert
Hallo Alexander, Am 22.08.2014 18:47, schrieb Alexander Heinlein: Hallo, ich bin gerade durch ein paar Bearbeitungen in meiner Gegend auf YAPIS (Yet Another Point of Interest Submitter)[1] aufmerksam geworden. Darüber scheint man recht einfach POIs in OSM anlegen zu können, wenn man bereits

Re: [Talk-de] YAPIS (Yet Another Point of Interest Submitter)

2014-08-22 Thread Alexander Heinlein
Hallo Dietmar, On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 07:14:59PM +0200, Dietmar Seifert wrote: Kennt jemand YAPIS näher oder ist dort bereits registriert? Habe auf der Seite leider keine Kontaktmöglichkeit gefunden, ohne mich selber soweit ich weiß, ist der User moenk im OSM-Forum [1] der Betreiber von

Re: [Talk-it] Numerazione impianti balneari

2014-08-22 Thread Stefano Droghetti
Il 21/08/2014 15:00, Martin Koppenhoefer ha scritto: Il giorno 21/ago/2014, alle ore 14:58, Germano Massullo germano.massu...@gmail.com mailto:germano.massu...@gmail.com ha scritto: Sul lungomare di Marina di Vasto vi sono impianti balneari numerati. Con che tag potrei segnare tale

Re: [Talk-it] Numerazione impianti balneari

2014-08-22 Thread Germano Massullo
Come va classificato un impianto balneare? ___ Talk-it mailing list Talk-it@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-it

Re: [Talk-it] Numerazione impianti balneari

2014-08-22 Thread Germano Massullo
Il giorno 22 agosto 2014 13:53, Germano Massullo germano.massu...@gmail.com ha scritto: Come va classificato un impianto balneare? Ho appena visto la pagina http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IT:Tag:leisure%3Dbeach_resort ___ Talk-it mailing list

[Talk-co] FW: [gismonyc] Fwd: Update: Ebola Crisis Data Call

2014-08-22 Thread Bennet Campoverde
He aquí una lista actualizada de enlaces y fuentes de interés para mapéros de todo el mundo con el tema de la Crisis del Ebola Mensaje re-enviado comienza aquí. Saludos. B. From: WWHGD Support3 suppo...@wwhgd.org Date: August 22, 2014 at 6:23:12 AM EDT To: WWHGD Support supp...@wwhgd.org

[Talk-co] Cómo producir un mapa *.img pequeño

2014-08-22 Thread Federico Explorador
Hola maper@s: Quiero producir un mapa (extracto) .img que me quepa en unos GPS Garmin etrex sencillos (Memoria interna 8 MB). Solo necesito el área entre Bogotá y Machetá, para apoyar la búsqueda de un guía desaparecido en el páramo de Guatanfur por la famila y un grupo de amigos

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Old Longbridge building outlines

2014-08-22 Thread Andy Robinson
Looks to me like the Longbridge works was never traced into OSM, at least there is nothing present prior to May 2010 and only the undemolished ones a month later (added by Brian). Stu, if you need to create the building outlines I can send you a rectified scanned map showing them.

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Old Longbridge building outlines

2014-08-22 Thread Brian Prangle
When I worked at the University there was chatter about a model mine underneath the Edgbaston Campus that was used by the now defunct School of Mining, also that the School of Physics used the tunnels for a minor branch of research for the Manhattan Project. Regards Brian On 21 August 2014

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Chamberlain Clock

2014-08-22 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Andy Is it technically the Chamberlain Memorial Clock? If so you could add the tag historic=memorial. I debated whether to add this originally but decided against it as the thing really is a clock physically and functionally- but that's just my opinion Regards Brian On 21 August 2014

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Old Longbridge building outlines

2014-08-22 Thread Jonathan Harley
Hi Brian, the mining tunnel is certainly true - when I was a student there was a ventilation shaft into it just behind the Guild. I'd guess the entrance into it was destroyed when the multi-story car park between the Guild and the Gun Barrels was built. There were also rumours of steam

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] September mapping party

2014-08-22 Thread Rob Nickerson
Yeah I was thinking the same when I drove to work this morning. Shouldnt make a habit of it though :-p I'll put a tweet out. On 22 Aug 2014 15:06, Matthijs Melissen i...@matthijsmelissen.nl wrote: As two of us are only available on 28 August and not on 4 September, I have decided to go ahead

[Talk-cz] úprava hlavní stránky české wiki

2014-08-22 Thread Zdeněk Pražák
Nemohl by někdo odstranit z hlavní stránky české wiki nefunkční odkaz na OpenTrackMap Pražák ___ Talk-cz mailing list Talk-cz@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-cz

Re: [Talk-cz] úprava hlavní stránky české wiki

2014-08-22 Thread Marián Kyral
-- Původní zpráva -- Od: Zdeněk Pražák zpra...@seznam.cz Komu: talk-cz@openstreetmap.org Datum: 22. 8. 2014 10:40:10 Předmět: [Talk-cz] úprava hlavní stránky české wiki Nemohl by někdo odstranit z hlavní stránky české wiki nefunkční odkaz na OpenTrackMap Někdo by určitě

Re: [Talk-cz] úprava hlavní stránky české wiki

2014-08-22 Thread xkomczax
Tak, tak. Akorát bych se napřed ujistil, že je skutečně mrtvá, že nejde pouze o nějaký dočasný výpadek. Podle archive.org byla ještě začátkem roku funkční... xkomczax __ Od: Marián Kyral mky...@email.cz Komu: OpenStreetMap Czech

Re: [Talk-cz] úprava hlavní stránky české wiki

2014-08-22 Thread Zdeněk Pražák
No já nemám na wiki účet a nechce se mi ho jen pro tento účel zakládat Pražák -- Původní zpráva -- Od: Marián Kyral mky...@email.cz Komu: OpenStreetMap Czech Republic talk-cz@openstreetmap.org Datum: 22. 8. 2014 10:47:57 Předmět: Re: [Talk-cz] úprava hlavní stránky české wiki

Re: [Talk-cz] taginfo.openstreetmap.cz

2014-08-22 Thread Michal Grézl
nejak to spadlo, opravim to 2014-08-21 20:13 GMT+02:00 Petr Morávek [Xificurk] p...@pada.cz: Ahoj, při nejmenším pár týdnů už nefunguje české taginfo... Internal Server Error Nějaké info k tomu? Bude zprovozněno? Díky, Petr Morávek aka Xificurk

Re: [Talk-cz] taginfo.openstreetmap.cz

2014-08-22 Thread Petr Morávek [Xificurk]
Dne 22.8.2014 11:52, Michal Grézl napsal(a): nejak to spadlo, opravim to Super, díky za údržbu skvělého nástroje. Petr ___ Talk-cz mailing list Talk-cz@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-cz

Re: [Talk-cz] chybové hlášení v josm

2014-08-22 Thread Zdeněk Pražák
Takže hlásím výsledek - nahrání včera problémových polí naklikaných novým tracerem proběhlo bez závad, pouze jsem si všiml, že pole s id 9221912, 9221915, 8570649 a 9884541 se opět nahrála bez tagů určujících druh kultury Pražák Dne 21. srpna 2014 22:09 Marián Kyral mky...@email.cz napsal(a):

[Talk-cz] Odstávka LPIS

2014-08-22 Thread Marián Kyral
Ahoj, tak jsem teď zavítal na webové rozhraní LPIS a co tam nevidím: Plánovaná odstávka registru půdy (LPIS) 19.8.2014 *V termínu 21.8. od 20h do 26.8. do 18h budou prováděny úpravy v registru půdy (LPIS). V tomto termínu nebude dostupné webové rozhraní veřejného LPIS a LPISu pro farmáře.

Re: [Talk-cz] chybové hlášení v josm

2014-08-22 Thread Marián Kyral
Super. Budu muset kouknout na to, co tam je špatně. S těmi neotagovanými cestami jsi mně trochu vystrašil. Naštěstí je to tentokrát opravdu neznámá hodnota v poli kultura. Přidal jsem 'RRD', neboli rychle rostoucí dřeviny, do mapování. http://www.kyralovi.cz/tmp/josm/beta/20140822/Tracer.jar

Re: [Talk-cz] aktualizace chráněných území

2014-08-22 Thread Marián Kyral
Tak pokud by probíhala aktualizace osm a wikipedie najednou, bylo by to super ;-) Marián Dne 21.8.2014 12:32, Jiří Sedláček napsal(a): Dobrý den, předpokládám, že prvotně to tak bylo (pouze o OSM), ale byly zmíněny chráněný území na cs wiki a to, že nebyly importovány strojově - což byly,

Re: [OSM-ja] 【相談】通行止めのbarrierについて

2014-08-22 Thread ikiya
ikiyaです。 参考例ですが 津波被災で barrierタグとaccess=noが使われていた記憶があります。 access=noを使うので通行できない区間はmapnikレンダリングされます。 http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/37.82529/140.95012 - Original Message - From: Toshihisa Tanaka tosih...@netfort.gr.jp To: OpenStreetMap Japanese talk talk-ja@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-GB] Thankful Villages

2014-08-22 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone This being the season for commemorating the centenary of the First World War I thought we might add the Thankful Villages ( aka Blessed Villages) to our map. Thankful Villages have no memorial to the war dead since everyone of their service personnel returned home ( not necessarily

Re: [Talk-GB] Thankful Villages

2014-08-22 Thread David Woolley
On 22/08/14 15:23, Brian Prangle wrote: I'll leave it to others to judge whether this is data they would want on the map, but: Thankful_Village= yes_WWI Thankful_Village= double_WWIII I believe that Thankful_Village=WWI Thankful_Village=WWI;WWII would be more in the spirit of the

Re: [Talk-GB] Thankful Villages

2014-08-22 Thread David Woolley
On 22/08/14 15:50, David Woolley wrote: Thankful_Village=WWI Thankful_Village=WWI;WWII Other things I would want to investigate are whether this can be generalised to other countries: do the Americans have a similar category; does it include Korean and Vietnam wars? What about the

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey National Grid maps of Edinburgh

2014-08-22 Thread Eric Grosso
Hi all, Thanks Rob for that. Chris Fleet (NLS) asked me to announce to the OSM community that the NLS is also adding the Ordnance Survey Maps - 25 inch 2nd and later editions, Scotland, 1892-1949, which is the most detailed topographic mapping for all the inhabited regions of Scotland from the

[Talk-us] Whole-US Garmin Map update - 2014-08-20

2014-08-22 Thread Dave Hansen
These are based off of Lambertus's work here: http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl If you have questions or comments about these maps, please feel free to ask. However, please do not send me private mail. The odds are, someone else will have the same questions, and by asking on the talk-us@

[Talk-us] Call for Locations: State of the Map US 2015

2014-08-22 Thread Alex Barth
Hello everyone - The call for locations for State of the Map US 2015 is open - bring State of the Map US to your city and submit your proposal by October 10, 2014. Find out all about submitting a bid on our blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2014/08/call-for-locations/ Have a great weekend! --

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2014-08-22 Thread Vincent Auvigne
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Re: [Talk-ht] (sans objet)

2014-08-22 Thread Dagno louis
salut aussi a tous et a toutes les cartographes Le 20 août 2014 13:49, Edouard Cherline chacho...@gmail.com a écrit : salut Fery 2014-08-20 12:16 GMT-07:00 Cinalien Ferry cinali...@gmail.com: Salut a tous les mappeurs! ___ Talk-ht

Re: [Talk-ht] Mapping administrative divisions/neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

2014-08-22 Thread Dagno louis
Hi all me,i want to know more infomation congratulation Mrs Jonathan,okay 2014-07-07 16:57 GMT-07:00 Frederic Moine frmo...@gmail.com: Dear Jonathan, Two option for you: Contact the Cnigs and request the data in shape ( I will ask if they can share it and I will let you know...of course

[Talk-ht] codification divisions administratives et villes, quartiers

2014-08-22 Thread François-Xavier Lamure Tardieu
Bonjour, je mets à jour depuis quelques temps la codification des divisions administratives, villes et quartiers définis par l’IHSI. La majorité des sections communales, communes, départements ont ce code, par exemple pcode:3=611-03, pcode:2=611, pcode:1=6. Il y a plusieurs travaux à faire :