Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping turn lanes on major roads

2014-11-08 Thread Ed Loach
I'd always assumed that the correct way to map turn lanes is via: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:turn:lanes . This is what I started using after first using OsmAnd and seeing lane hints on some roads, and wondering how it knew. I started adding them elsewhere (not many so far). As

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping turn lanes on major roads

2014-11-08 Thread Chris Hill
The example you give has not been well mapped and the mapper needs to be contacted to explain about lanes. There is not an extra physical road between the carriageways so it should not be added as such. On 7 November 2014 23:42:24 GMT, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: I'd always

Re: [Talk-GB] News Paper Article

2014-11-08 Thread Dudley Ibbett
There have been a number of articles in the Guardian about Google maps. It was therefore good to see something on Openstreetmap in this Friday's edition . The online version can be found at: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/06/missing-maps-human-genome-project-unmapped-cities

[Talk-GB] Railway edits in the UK that could perhaps benefit from a bit of checking.

2014-11-08 Thread SomeoneElse
An anonymous note adder (http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/267719) and someone on IRC noticed some problematical railway edits near Sutton-in-Ashfield: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/311380489#map=15/53.1247/-1.2346layers=N It looks like an attempt to dual the Robin Hood line went a bit