[OSM-talk] Element on OSM which don't exist in real life

2013-12-02 Thread Sebastian Arcus
First off, I hope this is the right place to ask mapping questions - otherwise could you suggest the best mailing list please. I am doing some mapping along the Interstate 5 in California based on my own notes and data collected. What I keep on finding is elements on OSM which don't seem to

Re: [OSM-talk] Element on OSM which don't exist in real life

2013-12-02 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 02.12.2013 20:12, Sebastian Arcus wrote: First off, I hope this is the right place to ask mapping questions - otherwise could you suggest the best mailing list please. There's also a talk-us list if you have questions specific to the US of A. But talk is just fine. We can use a

Re: [OSM-talk] Element on OSM which don't exist in real life

2013-12-02 Thread Sebastian Arcus
On 02/12/13 19:32, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, On 02.12.2013 20:12, Sebastian Arcus wrote: First off, I hope this is the right place to ask mapping questions - otherwise could you suggest the best mailing list please. There's also a talk-us list if you have questions specific to the US of A.

Re: [OSM-talk] Element on OSM which don't exist in real life

2013-12-02 Thread Richard Welty
Thank Frederik. I'm actually working in JOSM, and I've spotted those import tags - but as I still feel like a newbie when it comes to all things OSM, I thought I'd check with the community so that I don't do something silly. Welcome to TIGER and GNIS! what Fredrick said is true; i'm going

Re: [OSM-talk] Element on OSM which don't exist in real life

2013-12-02 Thread Sebastian Arcus
On 02/12/13 20:26, Richard Welty wrote: Thank Frederik. I'm actually working in JOSM, and I've spotted those import tags - but as I still feel like a newbie when it comes to all things OSM, I thought I'd check with the community so that I don't do something silly. Welcome to TIGER and GNIS!

Re: [OSM-talk] Element on OSM which don't exist in real life

2013-12-02 Thread Clifford Snow
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Sebastian Arcus s.ar...@open-t.co.ukwrote: 2. All across these fields: http://osm.org/go/TY2PBU33 there are numerous roads - some of them even with names and/or codes. On satellite view they appear to be nothing more than dirt tracks at best - some of them

Re: [OSM-talk] Element on OSM which don't exist in real life

2013-12-02 Thread Craig Wallace
On 2013-12-02 19:12, Sebastian Arcus wrote: First off, I hope this is the right place to ask mapping questions - otherwise could you suggest the best mailing list please. I am doing some mapping along the Interstate 5 in California based on my own notes and data collected. What I keep on

Re: [OSM-talk] Element on OSM which don't exist in real life

2013-12-02 Thread Greg Troxel
Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org writes: Hi Same but different for the Kettleman Station node, this has been imported 5 years ago from a GNIS data set and deserves no more respect than the rest - if there's nobody living there then it's likely not a hamlet. It's true that it's not hamlet.

Re: [OSM-talk] Element on OSM which don't exist in real life

2013-12-02 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/12/3 Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com There are tags for place names that are not population centers. +1, keep the name and set place to something more reasonable. cheers, Martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Element on OSM which don't exist in real life

2013-12-02 Thread Greg Troxel
Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net writes: there is some bad data in the GNIS import. when i encounter obviously bogus objects from the GNIS import, i just delete them. just the other day i deleted a GNIS object which suggested someone had a heliport in their back yard a little south of