[Talk-us] Update on State Of The Map US - Call for sessions open
Hey all, We've been pretty busy organizing the upcoming State of the Map US conference. Time for an update! Firstly, as of today the call for sessions is open. Please do submit your ideas for a talk, a lightning talk, or a different type of session. We welcome any and all topics related to OSM: your local community initiative, interesting uses and applications of OSM, your teaching project, a tech or cartographic deep dive...Too many possibilities to list! Head over to http://stateofthemap.us/ to submit your proposal. Also, a reminder that we're running a pretty great scholarship program. If you belong at State of the Map US but money is an issue, there's help. Applications for the scholarship program are open for a little while longer, again, head over to http://stateofthemap.us/ to learn more and apply. Speaking of $. We realize NYC can be an expensive place, so we've made a big effort to find affordable accommodations. Prices start at $45 a night but rooms / beds are limited, so head over to http://stateofthemap.us/ and book soon. I was not going to make this into a long email but one more thing..: registration is open for early bird tickets which are $90 only, this will not last long and considering what you'll get for this money it's a total bargain :) You know where to go by now! Let me know if you have any questions or ideas about SOTM US, and I hope to see many of you June 6-8 in NYC. -- Martijn van Exel Secretary, US Chapter OpenStreetMap http://openstreetmap.us/ http://osm.org/ skype: mvexel ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] For comment: import of amenity=bicycle_repair_stations
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Greg Morgan dr.kludge...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for sharing your mapping project. Regards, Greg Greg; There are five locations shown on the Arizona State University Tempe campus. Could you ground truth those? ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] For comment: import of amenity=bicycle_repair_stations
I'd like to start with California and Arizona (70 nodes), and add notes where on-site survey is needed to exactly align to the OSM base layer. What's different about this import is that armchair mappers can get only so far, verifying press releases and such. The features are too small to spot even on the best available air photos (e.g. better than the Bing ones). Even the street cameras are not generally enough: this really takes in person spotting. Any more comment / objection? On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote: To summarize: a proposed import of of bicycle repair stations. The database is maintained by a vendor of bicycle repair stations, the data quality is spot on in many cases, and geocoding level in other cases with the pins generally in the right area. The stations are too small to find on an air photo, but frequently do appear in press releases than be found with a search engine. The vendor uses OSM as a base map: http://www.dero.com/fixitmap/fixitmap.html The discussion is on the imports list. The data is at: http://www.dero.com/fixitmap/fixitmap.html Discussion centers on how best to improve the inexact pin locations. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Tagging addresses on area's
This seems to be tagging for the renderer which is not a good idea. If the only thing occupying the building is a single POI, then put the POI tags on the closed Way for the building outline. By adding a new object (Node) for the POI, you are also going against the One feature, one OSM element idea. There are renderers in existence that will display both the house number and the name of a restaurant with food icon. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tagging_for_the_renderer http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice There are two features here: the building, and the business. The building and business may well have different owners. In some cases a business will sell it's building but lease back the space. The address is generally an attribute of the building and does not change as tenants come and go. The business inherits the address for the time they are in the building. They may have a website= that keeps working even if they move. --- Thus one could argue that the one feature one osm element rule would want: * Attach an address to the building outline. Tag the owner if that is known (e.g. the leasing company). * Add POI nodes for one or more businesses inside that building. These may have website/phone tags. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
