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Thanks! mamata


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Thomas Colson <[email protected]>wrote:

> That works. I'll add that to my Sunday-list. Wasn't aware that
> official_name
> tag worked for ways as well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Remillard [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:07 PM
> To: Thomas Colson
> Cc: [email protected]; Imports US
> Subject: Re: [Imports-us] [Talk-us-nps] National Park Service Import
> Feedback
>
> Hi,
>
> The name wiki seems clear.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:official_name
>
> The "official_name" name should be used for the full E911 name. When you
> render the NPS tiles, use the official_name tag first. Also import the
> official name as "name". You don't have the actual signage in your
> database,
> it is the best you can do. If an OSM'er goes camping, and fixes name to
> match the actual sign, everything is still correct per OSM policy and your
> NPS tiles don't break since you don't care about what the name tag says.
> Since NPS is the authoritative source for the "offical_name", it would be
> incorrect to change it from what you imported.
>
> Thanks
> Jason.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Thomas Colson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > We're required to publish official road names on all maps and data as
> > assigned by Federal Highways and approved by the park(s) superintendent.
> > Most parks have several camp grounds. Few, if any, roads in most parks
> > are signed in keeping with "like the wilderness" principle, and
> > campground loops are only signed such as "B 20-30 Left, B 31-40 Right"
> > referring to campsite numbers. Nor are many, if any, "Verifiable from
> > Aerial Imagery". We use a combination of Mapping and Survey-grade GPS
> > and various versions of leaf-off
> > .5 m orthophoto to grab centerlines. For example, we have Smokemont
> > Campground Road A, Elkmont Campground Road A, Cades Cove Campground
> > Road A, etc. The official names are what we synchronize on with
> > surrounding E911 jurisdictions, what first responders use, and what we
> > use for Incident Command (see the other post to the list about the
> > Colorado fire). And, yes, I do plan on campsite numbers, some day
> (another
> OSM project, perhaps).
> >
> > If that runs afoul of OSM road naming convention, I don't have an
> > alternative. Road naming, and other attributes (closed, access,etc...)
> > is a VERY controversial issue for this park, and I'm sure others, and
> > receives A LOT of attention (and complaints), based on what many
> > Location Based Service Providers "render" on a web site or GPS. We're
> > hoping that with OSM data we can achieve a good, accurate, and
> > authentic public-domain source of park navigation data.
> >
> >
> > I'm heading out of town for the weekend, plan on researching/fixing
> > that way, building, and TIGER tag issue when I get back.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Remillard [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:29 PM
> > To: Akella, Mamata
> > Cc: [email protected]; Imports US
> > Subject: Re: [Talk-us-nps] [Imports-us] National Park Service Import
> > Feedback
> >
> > Hi Mamata, Thomas
> >
> > I understand that the nps:verified tag is a very complicated situation.
> > Ignoring the inter-organizational angles, It seem like you should be
> > pretty serious about getting your access tags nailed.
> >
> > "Elkmont campground" is prefixed on all of the road names. I bet that
> > the signs on the campground don't include those names. They probably
> > just read "Road A", "Road B", etc. Generally we want the map to match
> > what the signs say on the ground. If I am correct about the signs, I
> > suggest, making the "Elkmont campground" node, an area around the
> > entire site, then dropping the "Elkmont campground" prefex from your road
> names.
> >
> > The JOSM validation can miss things if you don't already have the
> > current data loaded in. After you do the upload, you should shut down
> > JOSM (at least delete the data layer), then re-download the entire
> > area, and run the validator again.
> >
> > Your current amenity tagging might be the best you can do with the
> > current software. Given that you are high profile customer of Mapbox,
> > perhaps you could give them a friendly nudge to support semicolon
> > amenity's in the rendering engine so that you can do the right thing in
> the OSM data.
> > Honestly, it is not a big deal.
> >
> > You need to use OSM's definition of highway=service. Again, this not a
> > big deal.
> >
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway%3Dservice
> >
> > The three things I would focus on would be the access tag, the double
> > buildings, and the road names. The rest of the issues are just picky
> > details...
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Akella, Mamata
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Hi Jason,
> >>
> >> Mamata Akella here.  Thank you so much for the detailed guidelines!
> >> This is exactly the type of information that we're looking for and we
> >> will incorporate it into our workflows.  Specifically the tagging of
> >> buildings, combining multiple features, and the removal of TIGER tags.
> >>
> >> We are still working through the nps:verified=yes tag.  I think you
> >> bring up a really interesting point about making minor edits to data
> >> that we've tagged as verified.
> >>
> >> Let's keep this discussion going for sure!
> >>
> >> mamata
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Jason Remillard
> >> <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> The NPS state of the map talk from this weekend was very interesting!
> >>> I hope you are successful moving over NPS tiles to OSM.
> >>>
> >>> It reminded me of your import email from several weeks ago, I wanted
> >>> to give you some feedback on your actual imported data!
> >>>
> >>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=35.65589&lon=-83.58185&zoom=16&lay
> >>> e
> >>> rs=M
> >>>
> >>> - If you have multiple amenities on a single building, separate them
> >>> with semicolons. Not sure if that will give mapbox issues, but it is
> >>> the "right" thing to do as far as OSM data. I don't think it should
> >>> be on the building node, unless you are tagging an exit/entrance of
> >>> the building.
> >>>
> >>> - All of the buildings in this area were double imported. Be sure to
> >>> run the JOSM validator over your changes before uploading.
> >>>
> >>> - There is an outdoor theater on the north west of the bounding box.
> >>> It is tagged as 4 buildings. I would make an area that encompasses
> >>> all of the buildings, and but the amenity and name tag on that,
> >>> rather than tagging each roof section of the theater. Perhaps,
> >>> change the building=yes, to building=roof.
> >>>
> >>> - There is a "Elkmont-Elkmont #2 Cemetery Access Road" road. It has
> >>> some tiger tags, but it looks like you adjusted the geometry of the
> >>> road to match your NPS data. This is fine, but its not really tiger
> >>> data now. I would suggest taking the three tiger tags out.
> >>>
> >>> - The nps:verified tag. I don't really understand what this means.
> >>> Perhaps a combination of a source= tag, and and access tag might
> >>> allow you to restrict what is shown on the official online nps maps
> >>> to areas that you want the public to stay on. We have a *lot* of
> >>> established tags already, I think we should be able to express your
> >>> intention with nps:verified with our existing tags. Also, more
> >>> importantly, what does that mean to people that are mapping inside
> >>> of the parks that are not employees of the NPS. Lets says I fix the
> >>> small problems I just pointed out. Do I delete nps:verified because
> >>> somebody outside of nps touched the data? I am sure the imported nps
> >>> is not perfect. What are mappers supposed to do if they find a
> >>> missing trail, or road, etc as far as the nps:verified tag? I assume
> >>> you do want these improvements from the community in your tiles.
> >>>
> >>> - Way 2316586510, should probably be a service road.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Jason.
> >>>
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