Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread ael
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:23:34AM +, David Woolley wrote: > On 25/02/16 17:04, Nick Whitelegg wrote: > > >User can also enter relevant POIs like stiles, gates etc when they are > >encountered. > > This might have been a good idea in the early days, when most mapping used > GPS and most

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread David Woolley
On 26/02/16 12:44, Chris Hill wrote: I disagree. GPS traces can only be found by being on the ground. Aerial imagery is useful but being there and seeing what is really on the ground is still the gold standard in my view. Aerial imagery is not guaranteed to be well aligned, is guaranteed to be

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread Marc Gemis
But a gate is some kind of important nagivational point. I'm pretty sure that when someone removes a bench in my hometown, it will take me a pretty long time to notice. m On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Andy Townsend wrote: > On 26/02/2016 07:59, Marc Gemis wrote: >> >> How

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread Chris Hill
On 26/02/16 11:23, David Woolley wrote: On 25/02/16 17:04, Nick Whitelegg wrote: User can also enter relevant POIs like stiles, gates etc when they are encountered. When user returns home, track simplification algorithm used to make a way from the GPX trace and tags it with the tags

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread Andy Townsend
On 26/02/2016 07:59, Marc Gemis wrote: How do you detect that stuff is gone ? I'm thinking of benches, waste-bins, telephones, etc. All those little things that are not or hardly visible on aerial imagery ? Do you constantly look at the screen of your smartphone or GPS to see whether there is

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread Philip Barnes
On Fri Feb 26 11:23:34 2016 GMT, David Woolley wrote: > On 25/02/16 17:04, Nick Whitelegg wrote: > > > > > User can also enter relevant POIs like stiles, gates etc when they are > > encountered. > > > > > > When user returns home, track simplification algorithm used to make a > > way from the GPX

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread David Woolley
On 25/02/16 17:04, Nick Whitelegg wrote: User can also enter relevant POIs like stiles, gates etc when they are encountered. When user returns home, track simplification algorithm used to make a way from the GPX trace and tags it with the tags equivalent to the ROW type. User downloads

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread Marc Gemis
How do you detect that stuff is gone ? I'm thinking of benches, waste-bins, telephones, etc. All those little things that are not or hardly visible on aerial imagery ? Do you constantly look at the screen of your smartphone or GPS to see whether there is such a "small" thing mapped ? regards m

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Michael Booth
uary 2016 15:37 *To:* Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org *Subject:* Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2 Probably a side-effect of being more recently created, but I've got the impression iD is easier to make coded adjustments to & specialised implementations of (certainly these exist). That's just an

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Adam Hoyle
If you’re on an iPhone then “Trails” is very good. Records GPS and one can add waypoints and then export the lot straight to Open Street Map. https://trails.io/en/ (I’m not a developer of it, just a fan). I agree that it would be awesome to have a walkers app that allows on-the-move edits of

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Andy Townsend
On 25/02/2016 17:04, Nick Whitelegg wrote: One thought I've had for a long time (and have probably mentioned in the past) is a walkers' editor (app rather than web-based). To be used something like: User goes for walk and records GPX trace, following this sort of pattern. Each time the

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Nick Whitelegg
his I wonder? Nick From: Gregory <nomoregra...@googlemail.com> Sent: 25 February 2016 15:37 To: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2 Probably a side-effect of being more recently created, but I've got the impression iD is easier to make coded ad

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Jerry Clough wrote: > However, when it's end comes it's likely to be swift as flash gets > eliminated by major browsers. I think that remains to be seen. There's a number of alternative options for running Flash apps, either in-browser (Shumway, FlexJS) or on Mac/Windows desktop (AIR). There's

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Paul Berry
16 09:30, Philip Barnes wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Thu Feb 25 06:43:23 2016 GMT, Andy Robinson wrote: >>>> >>>>> I noticed that too Rob. Day before yesterday they all seemed to start >>>>> at the same time so I as

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Gregory
s from the bot that reports in #osm-gb. >>> >>> They were spread over the country, I assume the lecturer hasn't updated >>> his notes, the default if you hit the edit button as a new user is iD. >>> >>> Phil (trigpoint) >>> >>>> From: R

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread SK53
; We spotted them as new users from the bot that reports in #osm-gb. >> >> They were spread over the country, I assume the lecturer hasn't updated >> his notes, the default if you hit the edit button as a new user is iD. >> >> Phil (trigpoint) >> >&g

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Philip Barnes
sm-gb. > > > > They were spread over the country, I assume the lecturer hasn't updated > > his notes, the default if you hit the edit button as a new user is iD. > > > > Phil (trigpoint) > >> From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] > >&

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Lester Caine
On 25/02/16 13:15, Dave F wrote: > What's wrong with with suggesting users use P2 over iD? > > P2 has a few advantages over other editors. The only real benefit I've > noticed in iD is it prevents loading of data if user is zoomed too far > out. Something that Richard Fairhurst might be able to

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Dave F
, I assume the lecturer hasn't updated his notes, the default if you hit the edit button as a new user is iD. Phil (trigpoint) From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] Sent: 25 February 2016 00:24 To: Talk-GB Subject: [Talk-GB] New users and P2 Hi, Is anyone aware of any

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Philip Barnes
the edit button as a new user is iD. > > > > Phil (trigpoint) > > > > > > From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: 25 February 2016 00:24 > > > To: Talk-GB > > > Subject: [Talk-GB] New users and P2 > > > > > &

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-25 Thread Philip Barnes
I assume the lecturer hasn't updated his notes, the default if you hit the edit button as a new user is iD. Phil (trigpoint) > > From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] > Sent: 25 February 2016 00:24 > To: Talk-GB > Subject: [Talk-GB] New users and P2 > >

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-24 Thread Andy Robinson
I noticed that too Rob. Day before yesterday they all seemed to start at the same time so I assumed it was uni students. Cheers Andy From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] Sent: 25 February 2016 00:24 To: Talk-GB Subject: [Talk-GB] New users and P2 Hi, Is anyone

[Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-24 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi, Is anyone aware of any recent OSM press - we've seen a lot of new OSM mappers in the Midlands in the last 2 days :-) Also is Potlatch 2 still the default for new mappers as they all seem to be using that? I though we'd switched to iD as the default across all browsers now (although I don't