[Talk-us] Redaction progress

2012-07-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Current state of affairs: - North America is mostly complete. The bot is still working in Los Angeles and Victoria (Canada). There are one or two failed or incomplete areas which are marked in red on the progress map; these are being retried individually. Haiti/Dominican Republic has been

Re: [Talk-us] Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Phil! Gold
* Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com [2012-07-19 00:42 -0500]: Any other common problems that people have seen? Probably the most common thing I've seen is what TIGER road splits look like: one way (usually leading up to a bridge), followed by a string of unconnected nodes. Fixing these is

Re: [Talk-us] Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi, On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: [..] Any other common problems that people have seen? I get the road spaghetti in non-motorway settings too. Example in Salt Lake:

[Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Hello all, The damage in LA is much more severe: missing segments of freeways, roads gone. I thought the bot was supposed to be smart enough to subnstitute TIGER data when eliminating data by nonsigners. But that has not been done. I am finding many streets (and not ones too

[Talk-us] Missing streets

2012-07-19 Thread Charlotte Wolter
This is how a section of burbank looks today. Where are4 the supposed TIGER streets?? http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=34.10994lon=-118.26153zoom=17 Charlotte Charlotte Wolter 927 18th Street Suite A Santa Monica, California 90403 +1-310-597-4040 techl...@techlady.com

Re: [Talk-us] Missing streets

2012-07-19 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: This is how a section of burbank looks today. Where are4 the supposed TIGER streets?? How did you get the impression that the redaction bot was going to import? Also, some mappers chose to wait until the

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: Hello all, The damage in LA is much more severe: missing segments of freeways, roads gone. Rancho Cucamonga is still in progress. Ridgecrest will follow shortly after and those should be the final two

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Toby Murray
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: Hello all, The damage in LA is much more severe: missing segments of freeways, roads gone. I thought the bot was supposed to be smart enough to subnstitute TIGER data when eliminating data by

[Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Everyone, Having looked over the damage and deletions for the last hour, I feel the redaction has left the LA map essentially unusable. Huge blocks of streets are missing, including major roads and some sections of freeways. Do we think that the US map can have any validity if

Re: [Talk-us] Missing streets

2012-07-19 Thread Charlotte Wolter
How did I get that idea? From other members who said that data would be prerserved. The reason I had to rely on reports from other members was that there was no information from those doing the redaction. They sent out no notices about what would be done or how it would be

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Toby Murray
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: Everyone, Having looked over the damage and deletions for the last hour, I feel the redaction has left the LA map essentially unusable. Huge blocks of streets are missing, including major roads and some

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Do you have any idea how big LA is? You can't just delete huge sections of the San Fernando Valley and start over. Start over from what? With no street names? That's just not feasible. --C At 08:37 AM 7/19/2012, you wrote: Charlotte Wolter wrote: Hello all, The

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread James Umbanhowar
On Thursday, July 19, 2012 12:02:29 PM Toby Murray wrote: On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: Everyone, Having looked over the damage and deletions for the last hour, I feel the redaction has left the LA map essentially unusable.

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Toby Murray wrote: The good news is that TIGER data is still available to help in remapping. The TIGER 2011 tiles were recently discussed on this mailing list: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TIGER_2011 Indeed: and Ian, Andy and I have this afternoon briefly discussed making this

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Toby Murray
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:05 AM, James Umbanhowar jumba...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, July 19, 2012 12:02:29 PM Toby Murray wrote: On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: Everyone, Having looked over the damage and deletions for the

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Dave Hansen
Are there any tools like imagery layers so we can see what the redaction bot _actually_ hit in detail? I didn't see anything on the wiki pages. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread the Old Topo Depot
Certainly the significant data loss in areas is suboptimal, and reconstruction will take time. It seems that significant challenges are identifying areas most impacted and prioritizing reconstruction efforts. Toby's post yesterday using the modified live edit bot osmZmiany seems a good way to

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: This is very disappointing and, to my mind, wrongheaded. Poorly done! When I see comments like this, I feel angry, because this bot came from hard working volunteers who give up their valuable time. Not only are

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Alexander Jones
Charlotte Wolter wrote: Do you have any idea how big LA is? You can't just delete huge sections of the San Fernando Valley and start over. Start over from what? With no street names? That's just not feasible. --C What I meant is, well... I use the awesome TIGER 2011 overlay

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.comwrote: Everyone, ****Having looked over the damage and deletions for the last hour, I feel the redaction has left the LA map essentially unusable. Huge blocks of streets are missing, including major roads and

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.comwrote: Do you have any idea how big LA is? Do you have any idea how big the rest of the world is? It's not always about LA, sister. Get over it and start fixing. ___ Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Toby Murray
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: So, are you volunteering? Anyone else? Sure. I think I've already fixed up most of the bot damage in Kansas. I will be contributing in other places as I have time. LA will certainly be towards the top of my

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Serge, First, I am among the majority of OSM members who do not program or write code. Yet, we also contribute, heavily. I don't think writing code makes one some kind of special contributor. Second, I am aware that many thousands of hours of volunteeer work went into this. I

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Jeremy, Achtung! If only one could just fix it. Check it out for yourself. I am still assuming that you are volunteering. Charlotte At 10:56 AM 7/19/2012, you wrote: just stop this back and forth and start fixing the map. already this morning i rebuilt part of the 91 / 71 and

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Charlotte, I was hoping when I saw your mail that you would have seen the words you used in a different light and if not be apologetic, then at least be understanding that these words have an effect on the community, as well as on the individuals you've insulted. Instead, you've decided to dig

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-07-19 09:06, Robert Kaiser wrote: Charlotte Wolter schrieb: Having looked over the damage and deletions for the last hour, I feel the redaction has left the LA map essentially unusable. Huge blocks of streets are missing, including major roads and some sections of freeways.

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Peter Dobratz
On 7/19/12, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: So, now, what can be done to fix it? Are there tools? As previously mentioned, the best way is to actually visit these places, take notes, and then use your favorite map editor to update the map. If you can't do that, or don't

Re: [Talk-us] LA and other license changeover challenged areas.

2012-07-19 Thread Alan Mintz
[off-list] At 2012-01-30 08:48, Martijn van Exel wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Nick Hocking nick.hock...@gmail.com wrote: I have just saved one street in L.A. (Loosmore Street) and hereby award myself one SLAP (Save L.A. Point). [...] Hee, I'd love to earn myself some SLAP

Re: [Talk-us] LA and other license changeover challenged areas.

2012-07-19 Thread Alan Mintz
Uh, ignore this. I didn't mean it to go to the list, and, of course, didn't realize it was 5 months old. At 2012-07-19 12:58, Alan Mintz wrote: [off-list] At 2012-01-30 08:48, Martijn van Exel wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Nick Hocking nick.hock...@gmail.com wrote: I have just

Re: [Talk-us] Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi, On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: Any other common problems that people have seen? Another thing I find is a lot of leftover stray nodes without any tags. I select them in JOSM with type:node tags:0 -child and delete them in one fell swoop. --

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread jeremy jozwik
do try to make more sense. like i said, this problem would go away much faster if you would just go over to the osm and start rebuilding. i have already done quite a bit today. how about you? On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: Jeremy,

Re: [Talk-us] Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Phil! Gold
* Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org [2012-07-19 14:22 -0600]: On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: Any other common problems that people have seen? Another thing I find is a lot of leftover stray nodes without any tags. I select them in JOSM with

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Toby Murray
And this time to the list... (cures you, lack of reply-to!) On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:16 AM, the Old Topo Depot oldto...@novacell.com wrote: Toby's post yesterday using the modified live edit bot osmZmiany seems a good way to help focus on areas. Toby, do you think it possible to serialize

Re: [Talk-us] Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi, On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Phil! Gold phi...@pobox.com wrote: * Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org [2012-07-19 14:22 -0600]: On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: Any other common problems that people have seen? Another thing I find is a lot of

Re: [Talk-us] Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Mike N
On 7/19/2012 1:42 AM, Toby Murray wrote: Now that we're cleaning up after the license bot, what problems are people seeing? The biggest problem I have run into so far is the same 'foldback' problem Kai saw. It's quite confusing when both sides of a dual carriageway are folded back and

Re: [Talk-us] Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread jeremy jozwik
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Mike N nice...@att.net wrote: On 7/19/2012 1:42 AM, Toby Murray wrote: Now that we're cleaning up after the license bot, what problems are people seeing? The biggest problem I have run into so far is the same 'foldback' problem Kai saw. It's quite

Re: [Talk-us] Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Toby Murray
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:32 PM, jeremy jozwik jerjoz.for...@gmail.com wrote: is anyone else noticing some ways have a name, a one way direction, some other info, but no highway tag. so they dont actually render in potlatch 2. the only reason i noticed them way due to the oneway arrows being

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Alan, Touche! Yes, someone let us down and badly. Considering all the work we did, to have this result is really dispiriting We need some tools so we at least can assess what needs to be done. Has anyone started to work on, as at least started to think about, the tool

Re: [Talk-us] Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Phil, Thanks for that info. But, why wasn't it sent out in a general mailing to the members? Lots of people who work assiduously on the maps can't stand the mailing lists (lots of sleep-inducing argument about obscure details of tagging with no final resolution). --C At 01:41 PM

Re: [Talk-us] Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
jerjozwik wrote:  is anyone else noticing some ways have a name, a one way direction, some other info, but no highway tag. so they dont actually render in potlatch 2. the only reason i noticed them way due to the oneway arrows being drawn on top of the satellite image. Everything's

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Charlotte Wolter wrote: So, are you volunteering? Anyone else? I spent a couple of hours this morning reworking the P2 source code so that it can load the entire TIGER 2011 road files for LA County in one go without crashing. So yeah, that counts as volunteering to fix it in a way, I think. :)

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
On 19/07/2012 23:58, Charlotte Wolter wrote: Richard, I spent a couple of hours this morning reworking the P2 source code so that it can load the entire TIGER 2011 road files for LA County in one go without crashing. That's great, but will it overwrite work that we've already done? Also, is

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread Phil! Gold
* Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com [2012-07-19 15:58 -0700]: That's great, but will it overwrite work that we've already done? Presumably not. Potlatch loads shapefiles into a separate layer and requires mappers to manually pull the data into OSM. Also, is this

Re: [Talk-us] Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-07-19 13:41, Phil! Gold wrote: * Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org [2012-07-19 14:22 -0600]: On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: Any other common problems that people have seen? Another thing I find is a lot of leftover stray nodes without any

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup

2012-07-19 Thread Paul Norman
From: Toby Murray [mailto:toby.mur...@gmail.com] Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: Post bot cleanup And this time to the list... (cures you, lack of reply-to!) On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:16 AM, the Old Topo Depot oldto...@novacell.com wrote: Toby's post yesterday using the modified live

Re: [Talk-us] LA part of the map essentially is unusable

2012-07-19 Thread jeremy jozwik
ACH is 65% re-built. im tired and getting annoyed at the 2000 point limit. someone else take over... sorry for the direct email to the recipient as well... On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: Got it. Thanks for the explanation. So,