[Talk-us] Relation disappearing from renderer

So I noticed recently that the boundary for the Black Hills National Forest (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4069100 ) has started disappearing from the standard view, while the boundary for the Buffalo Gap National Grassland, which has

Re: [Talk-us] admin_level and COGs, MPOs, SPDs, Home Rule

Thank you, Kevin. And so it goes. I'll be an observer for a while. SteveA ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] admin_level and COGs, MPOs, SPDs, Home Rule

On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 3:24 PM stevea wrote: > I'm not in Massachusetts, but as I constantly strive to improve my listening > skills, so I ask you to please point out any flaws in my understanding of > this. I'm literally quoting from Footnote 18: "Geographically divided into > 14 counties,

Re: [Talk-us] admin_level and COGs, MPOs, SPDs, Home Rule

On May 8, 2020, at 12:09 PM, Greg Troxel wrote: > My point is that in Massachusetts, counties are real in that the > government expects you to know what county you are in, and there are > signs. Many state government functions are lined up with these counties > - it's just that the people are

Re: [Talk-us] admin_level and COGs, MPOs, SPDs, Home Rule

stevea writes: >> Also, I don't believe in "states with no counties". I do believe in >> "county government dissolved". Still, the counties as boundaries >> continue to exist, and remain important, and shoudl still be >> admin_level=6. Many times interacting with the government you are >>

Re: [Talk-us] admin_level and COGs, MPOs, SPDs, Home Rule

On May 8, 2020, at 4:58 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: > I think it's great to record in the wiki established consensus and best > practices. In the case of admin_level values in the USA as cited, I believe that is exactly what we did. (Full disclosure, I have always done my best to facilitate this,

Re: [Talk-us] How to map snowmobile trails in US?

On 5/7/2020 8:05 PM, Bob Gambrel wrote: So imagine this simple example. A path (of some sort) goes from point A to B. Between points B and C there is no way (no path, road, highway, cycle way, foot path, track, etc. Then there is another path of some sort between points C and D. So the

Re: [Talk-us] admin_level and COGs, MPOs, SPDs, Home Rule

stevea writes: > Our wiki is a vital source of reference and "how to." It deserves the > very best effort we can give it. Sometimes, especially with a complex > topic where local knowledge matters, yet so also does learned, > scholarly perspective, a Discussion page gets wordy and detailed. I