Re: [OSM-talk] Broken coastline

2015-05-11 Thread Colin Smale
...And this may be different to the limit of government jurisdiction. In the UK, local authorities' jurisdiction goes (normally) to MLWS (mean low water - spring tides), which is beyond the MHWS coastline. Why am I saying this? Please don't use the same way in both the coastline and the admin bo

Re: [OSM-talk] Broken coastline

2015-05-11 Thread Malcolm Herring
On 11/05/2015 18:01, pmailkeey . wrote: Where should the coastline be ? HWM, LWM or MW. What about islands that only appear at low tide ! The most common definition is mean high water - spring tides (MHWS) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.o

Re: [OSM-talk] Broken coastline

2015-05-11 Thread pmailkeey .
Where should the coastline be ? HWM, LWM or MW. What about islands that only appear at low tide ! On 11 May 2015 at 17:47, Christoph Hormann wrote: > On Monday 11 May 2015, Mike Thompson wrote: > > > > I don't have a strong preference for how they are represented > > (natural=coastline or natura

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

2015-05-11 Thread pmailkeey .
On 11 May 2015 at 17:39, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 11 May 2015 at 10:08, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > > Andy Mabbett wrote: > >> In the absence of blatant vandalism or base abuse, I would > >> have expected, first, a recent, clear and unequivocal warning on > >> the user's talk page > > > > No. Ple

Re: [OSM-talk] Broken coastline

2015-05-11 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Monday 11 May 2015, Mike Thompson wrote: > > I don't have a strong preference for how they are represented > (natural=coastline or natural=water), but I believe the mix and > incomplete implementation of the two approaches is causing rendering > issues. At least the OSM standard style does not

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

2015-05-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 11 May 2015 at 15:13, Harry Wood wrote: > I have now written some justification for the ban, as I see it, on his talk > page: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_talk:Xxzme#Blocked_for_3_months Thank you. I've replied there, since my reply is addressed as much to Xxzme as you, and ther

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

2015-05-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 11 May 2015 at 10:08, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Andy Mabbett wrote: >> In the absence of blatant vandalism or base abuse, I would >> have expected, first, a recent, clear and unequivocal warning on >> the user's talk page > > No. Please remember that the primary means of discussion and consens

Re: [OSM-talk] Broken coastline

2015-05-11 Thread Mike Thompson
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 1:36 AM, Christoph Hormann wrote: > On Sunday 10 May 2015, Mike Thompson wrote: > > I am considering an edit involving "natural=coastline" involving the > > Great Lakes that are shared between the US and Canada. This has been > > discussed on the Talk-US and Talk-Ca list

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

2015-05-11 Thread Harry Wood
I have now written some justification for the ban, as I see it, on his talk page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_talk:Xxzme#Blocked_for_3_months My plan was to draw together various threads on his talk page and then write something like this immediately before banning him. I was in the

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

2015-05-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 3:39 AM, Elena ``of Valhalla'' < elena.valha...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2015-05-11 at 08:41:48 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: > > On 11/05/15 02:07, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > > > I expect to see Xxzme back under a different username soon. > > This is the real problem. > > While it

Re: [OSM-talk] Looking for maps with rendered toll status

2015-05-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Richard Z. wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 10:27:54AM +0200, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > I am looking for examples how toll status of roads is displayed on > > existing maps. I am considering rendering toll status in > > openstreetmap-carto. But I have no good i

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

2015-05-11 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Andy Mabbett wrote: > In the absence of blatant vandalism or base abuse, I would > have expected, first, a recent, clear and unequivocal warning on > the user's talk page No. Please remember that the primary means of discussion and consensus in OSM is mailing lists, even when the subject is the

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

2015-05-11 Thread Lester Caine
On 11/05/15 09:39, Elena ``of Valhalla'' wrote: > On 2015-05-11 at 08:41:48 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: >> On 11/05/15 02:07, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: >>> I expect to see Xxzme back under a different username soon. >> This is the real problem. >> While it is now common for people to hide behind anonymou

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

2015-05-11 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla''
On 2015-05-11 at 08:41:48 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: > On 11/05/15 02:07, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > > I expect to see Xxzme back under a different username soon. > This is the real problem. > While it is now common for people to hide behind anonymous nicknames on > the internet, it is certainly not co

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

2015-05-11 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 05/11/2015 03:07 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > Of the dozens of people interacting with Xxzme, none had the authority > or position to issue such a *recent, clear and unequivocal warning*. What exactly constitutes a warning matching these three adjectives, or whether a warning needs to match

Re: [OSM-talk] Junction assessment help

2015-05-11 Thread Lester Caine
On 11/05/15 01:00, pmailkeey . wrote: > To add to the confusion, 'NO ENTRY' has been painted on the road surface > - but this does not make it a one way street either! We use 'one way' for a lot more than simply one way streets. Every junction where there is a traffic island and the road splits is

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

2015-05-11 Thread Lester Caine
On 11/05/15 02:07, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > I expect to see Xxzme back under a different username soon. This is the real problem. While it is now common for people to hide behind anonymous nicknames on the internet, it is certainly not courteous these days since it does prevent proper interaction on

Re: [OSM-talk] Broken coastline

2015-05-11 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Sunday 10 May 2015, Mike Thompson wrote: > I am considering an edit involving "natural=coastline" involving the > Great Lakes that are shared between the US and Canada. This has been > discussed on the Talk-US and Talk-Ca lists and there have been no > objections to date. As you know the Great