Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-19 Thread Paul Norman
On 3/18/2015 4:20 PM, Kevin Kenny wrote: Levittown, New York, for instance is a hamlet with a population of over fifty thousand. This is not a hamlet. Typically a hamlet would have less than 100-200 people. What you've described is a town or a city, this is regardless of if it has

[Talk-us] GIS/SIG conference, Rochester NY, April 14th

2015-03-19 Thread Richard Welty
[my apologies for the original subject line, i realized i hadn't changed it right after i hit send. i'm resending with a better one to make sure that nobody who is potentially interested misses the announcement] On 3/19/15 3:47 PM, Richard Welty wrote: i have been asked to pass this along; the

Re: [Talk-us] USA Rail: Calling all OSM railfans! (especially in California)

2015-03-19 Thread Brad Neuhauser
Speaking of rail mapping: I noticed something that could use some attention. The key old_railway_operator=* is used ~90K times, but almost entirely in the US. [1] It has a *really* minimal wiki page. [2] And I don't see it mentioned on the main Railways page [3] or the US Railways project page

Re: [Talk-us] USA Rail: Calling all OSM railfans! (especially in California)

2015-03-19 Thread stevea
Speaking of rail mapping: I noticed something that could use some attention. The key old_railway_operator=* is used ~90K times, but almost entirely in the US. [1] It has a *really* minimal wiki page. [2] And I don't see it mentioned on the main Railways page [3] or the US Railways project page

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-19 Thread Eric Christensen
On Thursday, March 19, 2015 04:12:45 PM Clifford Snow wrote: I apologize for coming in so late on this thread. Looking at my small county, we have 55 place=hamlet according to an overpass query. (2007 for Washington State) I certainly recognize a number of these hamlets. I would hate to see

Re: [Talk-us] GIS/SIG conference, Rochester NY, April 14th

2015-03-19 Thread Mike Thompson
Richard, Thanks for passing this along. If slides and/or video from the conference are posted I would be interested in viewing them. It is good to see OSM getting some exposure within the GIS community. I spoke about OSM at GIS Day at Colorado State University last fall, and to the GIS

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Your opinion about SOTM US

2015-03-19 Thread Alex Barth
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:40 AM, Greg Morgan dr.kludge...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for another TIGER tool. I used it to look at some areas and made changes. The map reminds me of another map that MapBox produced several years ago using a slider tool. Useful features: * Timely updates. The

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-19 Thread Greg Morgan
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Bryan Housel br...@7thposition.com wrote: I wouldn’t. The USPS doesn’t recognize it, so mail can not be delivered there. There are no signs either. The USPS is not an always a good choice. I did some googling to see if it is a historical name, but all the

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-19 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:23 PM, Greg Morgan dr.kludge...@gmail.com wrote: Now OSM is the only map where you cannot locate Bender's Corner. It looks like it might be a nice area. http://berkeley-heights-real-estate.com/home-sales-berkeley-heights-nj-new-jersey/ 110 Diamond Hill Rd Benders

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-19 Thread Bryan Housel
OK, I’ll revert the changeset if if bothers you that much.. On Mar 20, 2015, at 12:23 AM, Greg Morgan dr.kludge...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Bryan Housel br...@7thposition.com mailto:br...@7thposition.com wrote: I wouldn’t. The USPS doesn’t recognize it, so

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-19 Thread Clifford Snow
I apologize for coming in so late on this thread. Looking at my small county, we have 55 place=hamlet according to an overpass query. (2007 for Washington State) I certainly recognize a number of these hamlets. I would hate to see them removed. I would like to see if any need to be updated to

[Talk-us] Fwd: RE: [GISNY-L] looking for historic aerial imagery with open licensing

2015-03-19 Thread Richard Welty
i have been asked to pass this along; the conference organizers are interested in increasing communication with the OpenStreetMap community and there is at least one presentation about OSM on the agenda. i'm told the conference schedule will be posted tomorrow. i have registered to attend, so

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

2015-03-19 Thread Bryan Housel
I wouldn’t. The USPS doesn’t recognize it, so mail can not be delivered there. There are no signs either. I did some googling to see if it is a historical name, but all the results are spam (“Best plumber in Benders Corner, NJ!”) Nobody around here knows what it is. I’m just going to remove