Re: [Talk-GB] Zebra crossings being lost in iD - how to respond

2019-10-25 Thread Dave F via Talk-GB
On 25/10/2019 12:04, Andy Townsend wrote: On 25/10/2019 11:43, Jez Nicholson wrote: +1 for a bot edit Perhaps Maproulette would be a better option?  Zebra markings would often be visible on aerial imagery, and a comparison of newer vs older imagery might allow people to identify recent

Re: [Talk-GB] Zebra crossings being lost in iD - how to respond

2019-10-25 Thread Silent Spike
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 1:26 PM Silent Spike wrote: > The crossing=marked/unmarked tagging is inspired from a proposal I > believe, because there is ambiguity to the controlled/uncontrolled tagging > whereas there's an explicit obvious answer as to whether a crossing has > markings or not. >

Re: [Talk-GB] Zebra crossings being lost in iD - how to respond

2019-10-25 Thread Silent Spike
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 12:57 PM Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) < robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It would also be really good if we could get the standard UK crossing > types (zebra, pelican, toucan, pegasus) added to the iD presets to > help UK editors add that information. Currently

Re: [Talk-GB] Zebra crossings being lost in iD - how to respond

2019-10-25 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)
On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 at 11:45, Jez Nicholson wrote: > +1 for a bot edit My initial instinct was to say this too. But if most of these crossing=zebra tags were added by iD users who selected "Marked Crossing" and never saw the zebra tag, then how sure are we that almost all Marked Crossings in the

[Talk-GB] Parish Councils needs

2019-10-25 Thread Edward Bainton
A follow-up to my earlier, narrower query (subject line now changed) Can Overpass measure the length of roads? Eg, if a parish council wants to know how many miles of roads it has to sweep. (Assume filtering by road type is possible to exclude driveways, etc; assume all roads their

Re: [Talk-GB] Zebra crossings being lost in iD - how to respond

2019-10-25 Thread Brian Prangle
I think all 3 tags should be the standard. On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 at 11:45, Jez Nicholson wrote: > +1 for a bot edit > > are you suggesting to just add crossing_ref=zebra, or to convert > crossing=zebra into highway=crossing + crossing=uncontrolled too? > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 8:23 AM Mateusz

Re: [Talk-GB] Zebra crossings being lost in iD - how to respond

2019-10-25 Thread Andy Townsend
On 25/10/2019 11:43, Jez Nicholson wrote: +1 for a bot edit Perhaps Maproulette would be a better option?  Zebra markings would often be visible on aerial imagery, and a comparison of newer vs older imagery might allow people to identify recent changes*. Best Regards, Andy * Somewhat

Re: [Talk-GB] Zebra crossings being lost in iD - how to respond

2019-10-25 Thread Jez Nicholson
+1 for a bot edit are you suggesting to just add crossing_ref=zebra, or to convert crossing=zebra into highway=crossing + crossing=uncontrolled too? On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 8:23 AM Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > > > 24 Oct 2019, 22:48 by rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com: > > Hi all, > > *Before I start

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Saturday at Houton

2019-10-25 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Let's meet at the Visitors Centre Car Park for 10am to decide what and how to map. The Tuning Fork(adjacent) do good grub so we could have lunch there. If there has been insufficient progress on new roads/houses since our last visit to occupy us, we can discuss where else to map

Re: [Talk-GB] Zebra crossings being lost in iD - how to respond

2019-10-25 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
24 Oct 2019, 22:48 by rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com: > Hi all, > > Before I start this message, I would like to say that I am looking for > solutions and not wishing to open the flood gates on abuse of the iD editors. > On the whole they do a great job and even when we disagree it should be with