[Talk-us] Anyone from New York State around?

2014-11-12 Thread SomeoneElse
I happened to notice https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/24646348 while looking at something else. It looks a bit odd - doesn't seem to match the underlying imagery. The previous changeset by this user https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/24646289 is a similar bunch of deletions,

Re: [Talk-us] Anyone from New York State around?

2014-11-12 Thread Richard Welty
i'm taking a look at them now. On 11/12/14 1:01 PM, SomeoneElse wrote: I happened to notice https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/24646348 while looking at something else. It looks a bit odd - doesn't seem to match the underlying imagery. The previous changeset by this user

Re: [Talk-us] Anyone from New York State around?

2014-11-12 Thread Richard Welty
On 11/12/14 2:36 PM, Richard Welty wrote: i'm taking a look at them now. i see tags deleted, and then restored by pnorman_mechanical. so there was a problem, but it seems that it's long since fixed (thanks paul) richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GIS IT Consulting

Re: [Talk-us] Anyone from New York State around?

2014-11-12 Thread SomeoneElse
On 12/11/2014 19:43, Richard Welty wrote: On 11/12/14 2:36 PM, Richard Welty wrote: i'm taking a look at them now. i see tags deleted, and then restored by pnorman_mechanical. so there was a problem, but it seems that it's long since fixed (thanks paul) richard Some of them were reverted but

Re: [Talk-us] Anyone from New York State around?

2014-11-12 Thread Richard Welty
On 11/12/14 2:55 PM, SomeoneElse wrote: On 12/11/2014 19:43, Richard Welty wrote: On 11/12/14 2:36 PM, Richard Welty wrote: i'm taking a look at them now. i see tags deleted, and then restored by pnorman_mechanical. so there was a problem, but it seems that it's long since fixed (thanks paul)

Re: [Talk-us] New I.D Feature

2014-11-12 Thread Sarah Hoffmann
Hi, On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 10:33:58AM -0500, Richard Welty wrote: 1) the Census Bureau has an area based version of zip codes (postal codes to the non-US types) called ZCTA. it is not a complete representation, it covers about 30,000 of the 50,000 unique zip codes, but it covers all the ones

Re: [Talk-us] New I.D Feature

2014-11-12 Thread Clifford Snow
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Sarah Hoffmann lon...@denofr.de wrote: If I understand you right then the 'secondary cities' are the actual cities/towns/villages already mapped as either place nodes or administrative boundaries. Those are already used by Nominatim. So it seems the primary

Re: [Talk-us] New I.D Feature

2014-11-12 Thread Steven Johnson
I share Sarah's skepticism about importing ZCTAs. ZCTAs are generalized polygons created by the US Census Bureau and derived from *point* data furnished by the US Postal Service. Given the variability of ZIP codes in general, and the fact that OSM is two steps removed from the source data makes

Re: [Talk-us] New I.D Feature

2014-11-12 Thread Richard Welty
On 11/12/14 4:33 PM, Steven Johnson wrote: I share Sarah's skepticism about importing ZCTAs. ZCTAs are generalized polygons created by the US Census Bureau and derived from *point* data furnished by the US Postal Service. Given the variability of ZIP codes in general, and the fact that OSM is