On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 9:54 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
name=* should be the bridge name, not the road name
Not necessarily, according to the wiki. It seems that this is still ambiguous.
... at the very least I would do bridge:ref=* since you
are referring to some kind
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Mark Pulley mrpul...@lizzy.com.au wrote:
Should I place a node as usual over the building (place_of_worship= (etc))
with a note that it meets in the school hall?
IMHO, No - I don't like the idea of using separate/duplicate features
(e.g. an extra node) to
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:49 PM, James Livingston
li...@sunsetutopia.com wrote:
Here's what I've currently got, any more comments?
...
Is it worth using an additional
classification:qld=national_park|conservation_park|state_forest, etc.
(or similar), just to make things extra clear?
That is,
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:47 PM, James Livingston
li...@sunsetutopia.com wrote:
In particular, anything of class 4 and above can vary a lot. There are tracks
which probably aren't rated but if they were would be Class 6 that I'd be
happy to go on for an afternoon walk by myself, and there
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Craig Feuerherdt
craigfeuerhe...@gmail.com wrote:
Thinking from an OSM perspective I'd say move all the attributes from the
point to the polygon and delete the point.
That's what I do.
With my GPS hat on I'd say attribute the polygon as amenity=fuel but leave
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 7:20 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 June 2010 07:12, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote:
With my GPS hat on I'd say attribute the polygon as amenity=fuel but leave
the point and all its attributes so it shows up on the GPS as a POI.
IMHO
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:57 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
Some of us were discussing making a custom hiking map styles on IRC
earlier so we can print out such maps or use them in presentations to
show bush walkers the potential of what they can get back out of OSM.
In case
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:30 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
- ideally there needs to be more granularity of track difficulty
- track_visibility=* is probably useful
- sac_scale=* is less useful as it is too specific to alpine areas
- however, something
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:07 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
On 17 June 2010 10:39, Craig Feuerherdt craigfeuerhe...@gmail.com wrote:
I am facing the same issue in Bendigo. I have been considering suggesting a
landuse=rural_residential tag. AS you state, these blocks are too
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:11 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
On 17 June 2010 14:09, Craig Feuerherdt craigfeuerhe...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't disagree Roy.
I still argue that the land use isn't wholly residential and that these
peri-urban areas are a distinct land use.
The
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
Do we have any objective way of deciding what is a major through
route within a local area vs a minor through route within a local
area?
By definition, the definition will be dependent on the context. From
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:46 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
XAPI reports only 7 or 8 highway=giveway tags and I was wondering if
there was something used more often.
No idea, but FWIW wouldn't highway=give_way be more consistent with
other OSM tags? i.e. separating words with
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:03 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
On 10 June 2010 14:26, David Dean dd...@ieee.org wrote:
Looks like NearMap or us need to talk to BrisConnections about attribution.
It might have been better to contact them privately about this before
resorting to
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:47 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
If you can run a script over data it could also be pre-processed in a
similar manner without needing explicit tags on the objects.
This is true. i.e. Rather than automatically adding layer=whatever to
the DB where
Google: This new styling feature gives you full control to display and
customize the parts of the map that lets your data on the map shine.
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/05/styled-maps-and-wrapping-up-io-in-style.html
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On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Brendan Morley morb@beagle.com.au wrote:
Yes, I would be *recording* what I *saw* in the field.
FWIW, I think Brendan's got a good point. It comes down to what's
verifiable. I disagree with Ross that an abbreviation mapping can only
work one way. It is
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:41 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm still after
suggestions on how to tag multiple transponders for the same node, I
don't think tagging multiple nodes on the same spot is a good idea,
using a single node + multiple relations might work I suppose,
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:13 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm leaning towards producing metro and non-metro data sets and bulk
importing the non-metro data sets and then offering the metro data
sets on a request basis, or is there a better way to handle this and
other
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
Either the ABS boundaries might be wrong, or the boundary has moved
since 2006, or where you think the boundary is, isn't where the ABS
thinks it is, it's borderlineish though...
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:17 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
On 13 May 2010 23:40, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually, I think I know what might be going on. The property is
clearly within the suburb of Annerley, however, the property's
associatedStreet
Gday,
On osm.org, search for Annerville Place. The Nominatim results suggest the
address is in Yeronga, however, this should be Annerley.
Can someone please check the relevant admin boundaries and let me know why
this happens?
I realise this is an unusual request about a specific example, but
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:37 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
What's the lat/lon?
http://maps.bigtincan.com/?z=7ll=-27.119,152.794layer=000B000TT
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-27.517456lon=153.027702zoom=18layers=B000FTF
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote:
I think that we need to put our stuff on our own wiki.
I don't see how you reached that conclusion.
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On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Emilie Laffray
emilie.laff...@gmail.com wrote:
I believe that a separate wiki can be useful at cases, if not only for the
case that it can be potentially be easier to search and to work from it.
In my opinion, this kind of fragmentation is something to be
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote:
I bought a Lonely Planet book of Oz today. I thought that I would use it for
POIs - to try and put things on the map that are in the guidebook, as this
would make OSM more attractive to tourists.
I'm not starting at A and continuing
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Ben Last ben.l...@nearmap.com wrote:
It doesn't look like the actual style files that the OSM site uses are
available (or if they are, they're not easy to find).
I'm guessing it's this one (?):
I am leaving for a 5 month trip through parts of outback Australia in a few
weeks and I want to add to OSM as much additional detail as I reasonably can.
Sounds great :)
should the elements be shown as separate nodes and individually tagged or as
multiple tags to a single node.
In my
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
... So far, I haven't seen
much evidence that we have ways of aggregating excess information into
more manageable chunks.
As others have already suggested: we need relations.
There's already proposals semi-underway
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:15 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone have any thoughts about what to do about this?
Contact those that made the incorrect changes. Other than that...Is
there a particular wiki page that recommends names be spelt out in
full? If so, you could
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:47 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
I think making OSM
files available to anyone and everyone is a bad idea simply because it
only takes a couple of overly zealous mappers or people with malice
and we really will have a problem on our hands.
I
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Nick Hocking nick.hock...@gmail.com wrote:
Another possibility is that we just say - OSM is just a repository for this
data and we don't modify it in any way, or add to it,
and then just do a complete bulk import every time a new version becomes
available.
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:26 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
... having bad data is
better than no data
John I agree with your overall position, but this isn't the best way
to phrase it.
Thanks for making the data *available for import*. The method of
importing it will of
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:19 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
I've moved the previous files and all the rest of the files Mike converted
here:
http://map-data.bigtincan.com/data/data.vic.gov.au/
Can you please explain if/how you would suggest regular mappers help
with the
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Michael spam...@gmx-ist-cool.de wrote:
The footways along Duoro Road and Harbour Street (but not the one
between them!) do not carry any information IMHO
I disagree. They indicate that there is a footway there. If it's a
verifiable fact, IMHO it rightly
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
Third sunday of the month, from 9 until 12 can be tagged as:
opening_hours=Su[3] 09:00-12:00
Sunday markets on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month:
opening_hours=Su[1,3,5] 06:00-12:00
These are good.
Last
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
Personally I don't think it's reasonable to map anything on a
residential property
I wonder if any lawyer/privacy expert/etc. has written on this subject before...
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On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
... I don't think it should render on the
default mapnik. If for no other reason than we want *public* tennis
courts to be visible, and all those private ones just create a lot of
noise.
Just add access=private (or
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Andy Botting a...@andybotting.com wrote:
The Director would however approve the release of the data provided
the usual terms of our licence agreement were in place.
They clearly just don't get it hey...
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@ http://apcmag.com/google-maps-bug-forces-melburnians-down-toll-roads.htm
A bug in Google Maps Australia is forcing people down costly toll
roads whether they like it or not.
Just a thought - might be a nice reminder to check how we are doing on
this front in OSM?
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:37 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
It might be useful to clarify things when it comes to Coles Express
and Woolworths locations as to what the operator/naming should be
I use name=Woolworths for Woolworths petrol stations. Have never used
the operator=*
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 7:29 AM, John Henderson snow...@gmx.com wrote:
I use name=Woolworths for Woolworths petrol stations. Have never used
the operator=* tag - should I?
I haven't seen any difference to the rendering with or without the
operator tag.
Thanks for the response, but I'm not
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Stephen Hope slh...@gmail.com wrote:
A Local Traffic sign is a recommendation, not a law. As such, it is
sort of the opposite of access=designated, which is designed to show
places we would prefer certain vehicles to go, this is designed to
show places we
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote:
... I've emailed QLD gov and Brisbane CC about what the signs mean,
though I'm not holding my breath for a response...
An email response from the Road Safety System Management Division,
Department of Transport and Main
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote:
Great work Roy
Cheers :)
(not providing any suggestions)
Alright how's this
It is an advisory sign to all road users advising the street is not
intended to be used by through traffic, however vehicles are the
primary
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
I would suggest tagging the way leisure=slipway. If you need to
break the current specification to do so, then make a note on the wiki
page.
Yeah, how strange that a slipWAY can supposedly only apply to a NODE.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote:
Can you legally ride a bike
through a Local Traffic Only area?
The closest I could find, for Queensland is from:
http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/T/TrantOpRURR09.pdf
97 (1) Road access signs: A driver
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:56 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
Motorbike riders are exempt from a number of things cars aren't,
...
So doesn't entirely surprise me.
Interesting. So this potentially means all access=destination tags
should be changed to motor_vehicle=destination +
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:41 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
2010/1/16 Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com:
Interesting. So this potentially means all access=destination tags
should be changed to motor_vehicle=destination + motorcycle=yes. Would
be better to first get
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 12:16 PM, James Livingston doc...@mac.com wrote:
It's all a matter of tradeoffs and what is most important to you - being able
to use it for whatever you want, or getting the most data in OSM.
Well said. Funny thing is, they're not independent - i.e. making OSM
data
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:43 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
If we can get people making editors to add tags to changesets based on
your license preference then any PD data, even if it's changed later
to become ODBL, can be collected.
...
the changeset might be good enough, as
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
For the time being, it might be best to tag them with a specific
local_traffic_only=yes or something, so we know exactly what is
being encoded.
+1. I've emailed QLD gov and Brisbane CC about what the signs mean,
though
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
Logically, access=destination would apply to all forms of traffic.
So you should tag it motor_vehicle=destination, right?
I don't know. What are you basing that on? Can you legally ride a bike
through a Local Traffic
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
I would have thought so, because afaik these rules are to reduce
traffic noise. Bicycles not being noisy, I would have thought they
weren't included.
Maybe, but it's unclear... Anyone good at chasing down legal
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Sam Couter s...@couter.id.au wrote:
Trying to drive or route to disconnected nodes is
nonsensical.
A question, then: what proportion of OSM POI's are disconnected?
Should we be taking steps (in terms of mapping guidelines) to ensure
POI nodes and buildings (and
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:59 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
On a related issue re: 2), in the case of multiple businesses
sharing a building (e.g. a typical AU shopping centre with entrances
on the outside of the building), is it advisable to place a POI node
This is
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:57 PM, cam_...@fastmail.fm wrote:
Would anyone else like to comment?
Yes, but as John asked can you point us to the example? Would make it
easier to follow...
As for 2 The ways cross without a common node but are on different
layers. (Although physically using the
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:25 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
2010/1/7 Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com:
No.
bicycle=yes means it's legal for bicycles (The public has an
official, legally-enshrined right of access).
bicycle=designated means it's designated for bicycles (The way
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
===Cycleway===
I would say shared use paths vastly outnumber bike-only paths, so I propose
bicycle=designated foot=designated. Horse...no? Paths that allow horses,
like rail trails, aren't too rare, but can be catered
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Stephen Hope slh...@gmail.com wrote:
2010/1/7 David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au:
On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 10:49 +1000, Stephen Hope wrote:
From a quick skim of the wiki, it seems that 'bicycle=yes' means that
bicycles are allowed on the way, where
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Craig Feuerherdt
craigfeuerhe...@gmail.com wrote:
They include all ways, not just vehicular roads.
Essentially the State Government layer also contains some non-vehicular ways
as well, so it is difficult to compare apples with apples.
Is the State Government
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 5:56 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
Any idea if/how/where to get this info for other states?
For QLD, a quick search suggests perhaps these sites, as a start:
http://www.mainroads.qld.gov.au/en/Driving-in-Queensland.aspx
(includes Guide to Queensland
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
... I think it would probably be a
good thing if renderers distinguished as little as possible between
properties on ways and properties on relations.
+1. Tagging the way should override the tag on the relation, where
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 6:22 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
The reason I ask is someone mentioned the info was from an internal
document...
No, the Vic stuff is from the web.
Maybe it's wrong of me to assume that most of the major ways in
Brisbane would have been done to
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Craig Feuerherdt
craigfeuerhe...@gmail.com wrote:
I have created a table summarising the length of roads by postcode. The
table compares the State Government data with OSM data (from cloudmade).
This is great. May I ask where it is? (I thought you may have added
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 10:13 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
Speed cameras are a bit of a mess tagging wise, some add a node others
add a relation, but I don't think any method renders on OSM...
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Speed_trap
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Craig Feuerherdt
craigfeuerhe...@gmail.com wrote:
Happy New Year OSMers!
Have created a page listing all the Victorian routes (M, A, B C roads) -
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Victoria%2C_Australia/Routes.
Woah this is a great idea. Have you
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote:
IMHO they justify an extra way, as there is clearly a physical
separation and two separate areas of bitumen. (Go ahead and add a
whole extra node
On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 5:47 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
The only problem with this scheme is you can't do, first sunday of the
month for example.
Surely someone in some field has already come across this problem
before - i.e. surely someone's already developed a formal
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Jim Croft jim.cr...@gmail.com wrote:
think it might have to be derived, e.g.
http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/vb-date2.htm#Month
http://code.google.com/p/datejs/
That's a shame. But iso 8601 is probably still a good starting point.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
Can't help but wonder
if Australian cities will ever have that level of detail...
Hell yeah they will.
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On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Ben Last ben.l...@nearmap.com wrote:
Ok, I tried this myself and it doesn't work, seemingly because the
slippymap plugin attempts to fetch tiles from url/*/*/*.jpg, rather
than urlz=zx=xy=ynml=Vert.
What is the URL format? If it's possible to change the
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Ben Last ben.l...@nearmap.com wrote:
Ok, I tried this myself and it doesn't work, seemingly because the
slippymap plugin attempts to fetch tiles from url/*/*/*.jpg, rather
than urlz=zx
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:44 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/12/29 Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com:
Actually, in addition to this, it would be great if you could allow
the date to be specified in the path, i.e. allow us to make requests
in the form of http
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
My 2 cents: anything that is less important than tertiary is:
1) if it is a named/public road:
* residential if lined primarily with people's homes and used
primarily by people accessing those homes
* unclassified
Anyone know what the deal is with this?:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/316607432
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On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Ross Scanlon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote:
After that it might be wise to figure out some strategy to monitor
changes to admin boundaries to limit the effect of mistakes in future.
Easy fix.
Don't join other ways to them.
I don't get it. If I join another way
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:04 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/12/23 Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com:
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Ross Scanlon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote:
After that it might be wise to figure out some strategy to monitor
changes to admin boundaries
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:42 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
The problem I'm really trying to solve is with the slippymap plugin,
because it is compiled and the URL isn't easily setable/changeable
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:42 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
I've just update a matilda location with information from their
website (types of fuel sold etc).
Any way, they list services on their station locations like hot food,
groceries, dry cleaning etc:
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:46 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
Feel free, but these locations are all tagged with fixme=not_reviewed
and show up in things like keepright etc, and as I said before I even
made a custom page for the bp locations to make it simpler again.
IMHO it
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
Specifically, though, I'm wondering why use amenity:atm=yes rather
than atm=yes? Is there ever some atm that isn't an amenity?
It's for when there are several amenities sharing one node. Not that any
renderers/editors
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:43 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com
wrote:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:atm=yes
this was Roy's point
amenity:atm=yes is not consistent with the page I just mentioned
I
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Ross Scanlon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote:
I have not changed the current intersection in osm but here are two screen
shots of the intersection in josm.
http://www.4x4falcon.com/osm/junctions/intersection_messy.jpg
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 1:03 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
... seems to include a
lot of disclaimers about the information being best effort/use at own
risk...
Probably just covering their back - because people looking for a
hospital do tend to be at risk if the data's
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
In that case, the voting means nothing at all? Weird.
From my perspective, voting's similar to asking for opinions on an
email list, just with the added benefit of yes/no responses and
documentation of results.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 9:46 AM, John Henderson snow...@gmx.com wrote:
I thought long and hard about this issue before I make the first
correction to a local roundabout. I came to the conclusion that
roundabout entry and exit points should be separate.
Sure, and I see the logic - but the
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:28 AM, John Henderson snow...@gmx.com wrote:
Steve Bennett wrote:
Yeah, good work. Should the name be Bairnsdale Centrelink or just
Centrelink?
I'm all for putting town/suburb names in as well. One place where it
matters is looking up POIs on GPS units.
These
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
I feel weird tagging name=Bowls Club - that's clearly not the name
I would feel weird too! If you don't know the name, PLEASE don't enter a name=*.
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On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Ross Scanlon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote:
This is an interesting example. The _messy and _simple techniques,
of course, could just as well be described as _complete and
_approximate, etc.
No _messy is over mapped and _simple is accurate.
This is subjective
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
I feel weird tagging name=Bowls Club - that's clearly not the name
I would feel weird too! If you don't know the name, PLEASE don't enter a
name=*.
This must be important to you. Why so?
People tag A=B when they
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:59 AM, morb@beagle.com.au wrote:
In the first case I have edited the entry, exit and roundabout as meeting at
exactly one node. IMHO this represents reality and if the router can't handle
it then the router should be upgraded to suit (or its OSM-to-router-format
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:20 PM, swanilli swani...@gmail.com wrote:
Two points:
1. The terminology foot=designated and bicycle=designated is confusing,
since the opposite of designated is not no but undesignated or
non-designated. Just leave it as it is on thousands of ways as
bicycle=yes or
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:03 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
An idea came to me the other day about some kind of intro to OSM
video, with a noticibly Australian slant to it.
I've seen a couple of intro videos for different editors, but I had
something else in mind, where we
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:10 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
So... sports_centre for the actual sporting facilities, something_club
for the commercial bit? Maybe social_club? club_rooms, while it
sounded good for the buildings members genuinely use for their
meetings and
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:08 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/12/15 Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com:
Thought I might chip in to me this seems to be a matter of trying
to cram a complex and ambiguous meaning into a single tag. I couldn't
help but be reminded
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote:
One question, though, for Australian shared path, shouldn't this be:
highway=cycleway, bicycle=designated, foot=designated
rather than
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote:
On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, Liz wrote:
we're having another discussion about this same point concurrently on
t...@openstreetmap.org
and making a number of suggestions there
care to join in?
bum steer
tagg...@openstreetmap.org
And can I
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:42 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
The problem I'm really trying to solve is with the slippymap plugin,
because it is compiled and the URL isn't easily setable/changeable by
a user, there is no options to tweak the URL in the plugin
interface/settings
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote:
so i filled the Australian guidelines page with definitions from the road
rules
hope no one gets offended!
Nice work. I'm adding talk-au to this discussion. Liz has updated:
If The License Change goes ahead, will that have any influence on, say, the
legality of tracing from nearmap imagery?
Does it appear as though some contributions will have to be removed if The
License Change happens?
If so, what kind of contributions?
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