Re: [Talk-us] Facts about the world

2015-04-07 Thread John F. Eldredge
://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.___ Talk-us mailing list Talk

Re: [Talk-us] Timezones in USA?

2016-05-30 Thread John F. Eldredge
Note that "usually state lines" isn't the same thing as "always state lines". The Central Time Zone/Eastern Time Zone boundary runs through the middle of both Tennessee and Kentucky, and the lines aren't straight. They zig-zag according to which time zone the local politicians wanted. On

Re: [Talk-us] Combined parking/bike lanes

2017-02-16 Thread John F. Eldredge
One thing that is an issue with many of the marked bike lanes in Nashville, TN is that they aren't contiguous. You will come to a point where the road narrows, such as for a bridge, and the bikes are forced to share a lane with motor traffic. This makes bike riding at rush hour a risky

Re: [Talk-us] possible upgrade for residential roads in Detroit

2017-08-16 Thread John F. Eldredge
I don't know about Detroit, but in Nashville, TN, where I live, street suffixes don't necessarily reflect their importance. My parents lived for decades on Parthenon Avenue, a very minor residential street. On August 16, 2017 10:08:44 AM "Ionut Radu - (p)" wrote: Hi

Re: [Talk-us] SEO Damage to OSM

2017-07-05 Thread John F. Eldredge
The "mechanical Turk" term is not an ethnic slur, but instead an allusion to a famous 18th-century chess-playing automaton, made to resemble the upper body of a man in traditional Turkish clothing, mounted on a cabinet. It was eventually revealed to be a fake automaton, operated by a man hidden

Re: [Talk-us] Best practice in Lane Editing 2

2017-06-19 Thread John F. Eldredge
n opposite directions may try to use it simultaneously, resulting in a head-on collision. -- John F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge com On Monday, June 19, 2017 at 6:18 AM Horea Meleg <horea.me...@telenav.com> wrote: Hello all, Me and my Telenav colleagues are editing lane numbers in Detroit area

Re: [Talk-us] dubious church node

2017-09-29 Thread John F. Eldredge
a question to a Facebook group that discusses local history, and see if anyone can tell me if there was ever a church there. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Dr. Ma

Re: [Talk-us] dubious church node

2017-09-29 Thread John F. Eldredge
On 9/29/2017 9:59 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: On 9/29/2017 8:31 PM, Max Erickson wrote: Yeah, a Google search for "Mill Creek Church nashville" has http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nashvillearchives/millcreek.html as an early result. It says the church buildin

[Talk-us] dubious church node

2017-09-29 Thread John F. Eldredge
There are no signs indicating that any congregation meets there; the warehouse appears to be in active commercial use. Should I remove this node? -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hat

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