Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

2016-09-14 Thread Paul Norman
On 9/14/2016 7:37 AM, Dave F wrote: From the examples posted it's clear the recent rise is due to the iD editor's presets. There have been mentions of OSM Carto and iD presets causing an increase in place=farm usage. Support for place=farm was added to the default style on osm.org back in

Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

2016-09-14 Thread Andy Allan
On 14 September 2016 at 13:57, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 14-Sep-16 09:08 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: >> >> Andy Townsend wrote: >>> >>> ** many "names" on OS OpenData aren't names at all (for example, >>> search for "poultry houses" in OSM and you'll get lots of things >>> "named"

Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

2016-09-14 Thread Dave F
From the examples posted it's clear the recent rise is due to the iD editor's presets. And the wiki's description being "Individually named farm (but not isolated)." Doesn't help. Dave F. On 13/09/2016 23:36, Michael Booth wrote: I noticed via overpass-turbo there's quite a lot of

Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

2016-09-14 Thread Warin
On 14-Sep-16 09:08 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Andy Townsend wrote: ** many "names" on OS OpenData aren't names at all (for example, search for "poultry houses" in OSM and you'll get lots of things "named" that). On the hillside above the Crawnon Valley (up from Llangynidr in the Brecon

Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

2016-09-14 Thread Andy Robinson
Baaarking -Original Message- From: Richard Fairhurst [mailto:rich...@systemed.net] Sent: 14 September 2016 00:08 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project) Andy Townsend wrote: > ** many "name

Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

2016-09-13 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Andy Townsend wrote: > ** many "names" on OS OpenData aren't names at all (for example, > search for "poultry houses" in OSM and you'll get lots of things > "named" that). On the hillside above the Crawnon Valley (up from Llangynidr in the Brecon Beacons) OS StreetView has helpfully marked

Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

2016-09-13 Thread Michael Booth
I noticed via overpass-turbo there's quite a lot of place=farm to the north of Dundee, which seem to have all been added by the same person. http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/inl Many of them have the place=farm node on top of an unnamed farmyard way, for example:

Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

2016-09-13 Thread Brian Prangle
There are loads all across Herefordshire, mostly added by one user. Generally they are farms, but not always. I'm gradually replacing them withlanduse=farmyard polygons Regards Brian On 13 September 2016 at 13:29, Dave F wrote: > Hi > Off on a slight tangent. > >

Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

2016-09-13 Thread SK53
I corrected a couple the other day. One labelled place=farm cannot have been a farm for a hundred years or more, just retaining "Farm" in the name. It is in the urban part of Oakham, and is now a family house with a large garden. In general place=farm & place=isolated_dwelling can be regarded as

Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

2016-09-13 Thread Andy Townsend
On 13/09/2016 13:29, Dave F wrote: There's been an increase (world wide) in the use of place=farm. ... The reason for the increase could be it being displayed in the OSM carto rendering Just one example: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4364588497 I believe many, if not all, are

Re: [Talk-GB] Users tagging Farmyard as place=farm (Was Summer quarterly project)

2016-09-13 Thread Dave F
Hi Off on a slight tangent. There's been an increase (world wide) in the use of place=farm. If you fill out the boxes on this site you'll see: http://taghistory.raifer.tech/ Over 19k are in GB: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/tags/place=farm The reason for the increase could be it being