[Talk-us] Updating opening_hours for COVID-19.
I've been updating the opening_hours for businesses and services as I hear about them closing or changing their hours of operation for COVID-19. I'm also adding a note in the description with any information the source is providing. Seems like a good idea to keep people updated to what's open and what's not. I wonder if anyone else is also doing this as well? --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Mapping for emergency services
On 2/3/20 9:57 AM, Mike Thompson wrote: > The > exception was a search and rescue group that used OSM to help locate > missing people in the back country because OSM contains trails that no > other source has. I was just sitting down to discuss how I use OSM in wilderness search and rescue when I saw this in your message; perfect timing! For the record, my team(s) has many cartographic resources at our fingertips that we can use for search and rescue including, but not limited to: USGS 7.5' maps, National Park Service maps, OSM, Google maps, state and local GIS data, and several options for aerial imagery. (This is a USA-centric perspective.) I encourage the use of OSM data, wherever possible, including OSM-derivatives for several reasons including: * generally provides the best on-the-ground data, * can be updated quickly with GPS tracks and aerial imagery if the area isn't complete, * provides a good alternative to aerial imagery, which tend to be very bandwidth-intensive, if the mapping is complete and thorough enough to include ground cover and everything that can be seen in the imagery, * works well with our tools for planning and operations, * contains POIs that we are interested in, depending on the type of person we're looking for (structures, water (pools and natural), etc). If you consider an urban search and rescue team's mission, and a large scale event, buildings on a map can be extremely helpful for planning and operations where the accountability of many directed searches of structures is imperative. I say all this to really say to all those that go the extra mile to map a trail (and determine if it's just a walking trail or maybe something big enough to get an ATV, vehicle, or horse through), add a stream, outline a dangerous cliff, add a building, align a roadway, mark the bathrooms at your local park, and so many other tedious, small things that seem to be totally innocuous... thank you! It really does help us plan search missions and, operationally, helps us avoid hazards, search more effectively, and know where to setup our base camps (near those bathrooms!). I've spent many hours updating the ares where we train so if you, by chance, get lost in one of those areas I have full faith that our maps will be good to go. Unfortunately, people seem to go missing in a variety of areas, including in their own neighborhoods, so don't feel like there are areas that shouldn't be mapped! :) R, Eric "Sparks" ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Modifying storm-damaged roadways
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Looking at the DOT map of damaged roadways around Greenville, NC in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew I would find it incredibly difficult to create a route from one place to another. I wonder if these roads should be updated to show where they are broken and later go back and fix them when they are fixed. To me a better way would be to create an additional layer for parsers to use when creating routes but that doesn't exist today. Opinions? - --Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJX/6YgAAoJED4nr8JXHVrFwvIH/2keh9OgGTefjUZ5bzJYWlpy g1ILDlTgGrfXpQVpaAgNLW9DC8XC2VEyTi0XGY/92UGOp+xQKxm/aE+Q45HC5IMi wvqg7DEXpOpG6n2+JpkriIWXGGqZ3B2836wNyw7Af/5WIQR7BxH3iry+CdmBFVVq uTswC6C+HskUYTYw2RpeFsjQvUkSvj1TivzSzdYRGHUGqz/Fhrq1TOY6yv2RK+rA JT66AcfK4FxqmkkaPIyWr4ebBioW5YMbR5TD8Wg/nukCnjf8Fuli4css01w6VtW/ dqDu4aUPGiqP1IL9fo7llxJvL0VLCQ++f79m0kFuWLX/fGBKo7Af7Z77VkhxpDM= =e5sC -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Tagging National Forests
On 05/10/2016 01:28 PM, OSM Volunteer stevea wrote: What muddied the waters is whether or not this should apply to a US National Forest. I believe it is NOW widely accepted that we should not do that on a USFS administrative boundary (instead using boundary=protected_area, protect_class=6). I recently removed "landuse=forest" from the boundary of George Washington National Forest specifically because it's not all forest/woods. There are many residential areas and other land use inside the protected area. I hope to go back and actually map the forest area within that boundary. So, yes, I believe it's not appropriate to use landuse=forestry for national forests *unless* the entire encapsulated area is, in fact, forest. --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Anyone in Fairbanks, AK?
Doing a little mapping in the Fairbanks, AK area and hoping there is someone in the area that can help me identify a few things. Thanks, Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] BurningMan 2015
On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:07:16 AM David Chiles wrote: Burning Man starts August 30 and OpenStreetMap[1] will be out of date. It appears that the roads have already been removed as I don't see anything there other than the point marking Black Rock City and Black Rock City Airport. Using Bing satellite imagery I can see the outline of past BurningMan cities but I don't know if this remains a constant year-after-year. In preparations for making the iBurn app[2] this year we've made a script[3] that generates the city layout[4]. I wasn't able to pull the data together from your script or JSON data (still trying to figure out how to use it in JOSM). In the past Black Rock City was included in OpenStreetMap. Is the generated layout something that could be added? If the satellite imagery is correct I'll happily start working on tracing it. If it isn't then I'd really like to figure out how to use your JSON files to create the city. --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Railway crossing challenge for MapRoulette
On Wednesday, July 08, 2015 11:43:50 AM Greg Morgan wrote: On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com wrote: Matijn, By the way, what is the difference between crossing and level_crossing? I treat highway=crossing the same as railway=crossing. That would be a place where a horse, bike, skateboard, foot path, etc. would cross the railway. I also apply all the related highway=crossing tags to the railway=crossing nodes. I've used this mostly around light rail crossings. I think highway=crossing is for pedestrian crossing on a highway, not a railroad. The wiki[0] specifically calls this out. railway=crossing is for pedestrian crossing of a railway[1] and railway=level_crossing is where a highway crosses a railway[2]. [0] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcrossing [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dcrossing [2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dlevel_crossing --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Mapping Southern Maryland: A new local group
On Saturday, June 27, 2015 04:28:26 PM T M wrote: Did you contact Univ of MD Eastern Shore? If not I can put you in contact with their GIS professor? I haven't, mostly because it's outside of our intended geographic area of interest*, but I certainly wouldn't be against it. One of the people that showed interest is a student at UMD in College Park so we'll try to make contacts that way as well. Thanks for the offer. I'd very much enjoy talking with others and introducing OSM as a way to teach GIS/cartography. --Eric * Southern Maryland generally applies to the areas of Calvert, St. Mary's, Charles, and southern PG and Anne Arundel counties. I am in no way limiting membership and would happily expand to other areas if there was enough interest. The Eastern Shore, while 'close' geographically would require a boat ride to actually be close. :) ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] GPSVisualizer doesn't attribute OSM
On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 06:41:54 PM Eric Christensen wrote: In my search for mapping-creating programs I ran across GPSVirtualizer.com. It advertises Google Maps but also includes OSM in various forms. Problem is, when it displays OSM data there is no attribution; in fact it still uses the Google logo. Opps, it actually does say Map data from OpenStreetMap.org with a link to our copyright page so I guess that counts. Didn't see it down at the bottom. --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] GPSVisualizer doesn't attribute OSM
In my search for mapping-creating programs I ran across GPSVirtualizer.com. It advertises Google Maps but also includes OSM in various forms. Problem is, when it displays OSM data there is no attribution; in fact it still uses the Google logo. Not sure who would be the one to take care of this... --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] North Carolina Outer Banks
On Saturday, April 04, 2015 09:08:50 PM Richard Welty wrote: On 4/4/15 7:48 PM, Clifford Snow wrote: On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Jeff Klein jeff.klein...@gmail.com mailto:jeff.klein...@gmail.com wrote: If I am correct, probably confused, the map sets only go as far east as -76 West, which excludes the Outer Banks of North Carolina. How do I get maps that go further east? Have you search for the Outer Banks in OSM? It returns http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/357813099, which looks like the outer banks to someone living in Washington State. i've done a bit of mapping on the Outer Banks when i've been there on vacation. it all looks fine to me. I suspect the requester is looking specifically for something called Outer Banks on the map. As someone who grew up down in that area I can tell you that there is no such place. The Outer Banks, or OBX, is largely a marketing term and refers to much of the peninsula, Hatteras Island, and Ocracoke Island but isn't a town or county. It would probably be better to search for the specific town you are looking for. Duck, Rodanthe, Manteo, Avon, Buxton, and Hatteras Village (to name a few) will get the map to you much better than trying to look for something specific within a region that is roughly 120 miles long (and at best a mile or so wide). --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Moving historic railroad ways from OSM to OpenHistoricalMap
On , EthnicFood IsGreat wrote: It's apparent to me that consensus will never be reached on whether or not abandoned railroads belong in OSM (at least the way it is currently configured), given the strong feelings on both sides of the issue. That's why I think moving them to OHM is a good compromise. I don't like it, but I would rather do that than see this data lost forever. At least in OHM, the data still lives, and can always be moved back to OSM later if a solution to the problem of historic features can be found. +1 --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US
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 them removed. I would like to see if any need to be updated to cities, for example Bow and Edison. I wonder if it might be better to add a FIXME to all hamlets asking that someone confirm the hamlet status. Once they have been verified the FIXME can be removed and, hopefully, mappers won't have to re-verify it. --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] OSM on Science Friday
I meant to pass this along last week but... There was a discussion about maps on mobile devices on last week's Science Friday (on NPR). While they started discussing Google Maps the aim quickly turned to OSM. http://sciencefriday.com/segment/02/20/2015/forecasting-the-future-of-maps.html --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] The to way does not start or end at a via node.
I'm having a problem that I can't seem to figure out. At Node 2899149410 (http://osm.org/go/ZZeAdq4EI--?m=) I get an error in JOSM that says The to way does not start or end at a via node.. This is breaking routing. I'm not sure how to fix this. I see the same problem at the same intersection only on Grovers Turn Road. Can someone help me fix these problems? Thanks, Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Misspelled names
On , Mike Henson wrote: I have been trying to catch misspelled names of restaurants and fast food places. Is there a way to do mass fixes? There is a common error where Chick-fil-A misspelled Chic-fil-A that messes me up when I do searches. --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Abandoned Railroads
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just a quick question. I'm working on updating the maps around my office. Development has really changed the landscape around there and a lot of the roads are incorrect. The existing maps show abandoned railroad tracks in the area. That must have been some time ago as there are no traces of these tracks left. At what point do we remove those from the maps or should we keep them there indefinitely? Thanks, Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJL+Z2NAAoJEDbiLlqcYamxrqMQAJZJZt1/lFJa7+6N/NlJ2jMM Vqnb25k3825GDwU6bUy+qc12hXURbHd45yCaozBPSTH0j8EcQZ4w59fc0+140kvN N0Qmv0pyKAhGZlpYP4P2INaSWW6d+2nb8OYQVPUw5otsSBllF/vuiNfktY456BkF afqXXjuJXac2FXfFMZ5W93FSqZQU9dIR2FmV4zBzigqWh2Cct2gbX3f8hW7PbfLi x1Meh/2h6vL8ETLN/NwkzwFjTL5SA/10nmLBs5zupGvxyt/nq6M0pHv0Bc/40/ul D5udA/WbKljgRJ3aM62a8waqdjDL8GbDqzUabEi22LScDCzLB+Ya0cEXsGmeZiaQ RojZfQjLebnMFMecajYaKb/KxnHovQarN9RxzNETt9WHXiA9RjQAu6dJJlqtGeEG 1gkBHhWZXMh2Sr9wlQwzfUmWYB1Ff1ys5uv9IQ4dwV4qPwMpxDwSlEcp9RmFm8p4 Ggy7FVR9olHOfOYr4avdf3fpfS7f9FZ9Et3Kc8f2ixn0mrN+0NTjN/sip8y5rukg 8s+7CpgVsKEy8iC0XtHdXKjnCpcVm47X3j38tzgKnmpg9sPMmNkuDm4r/glm+kzd 0nZ6KMFFxInFKY/722DzF6afvD5a0uRQUlfpkQ/dR8Fs8wZW0yMICE0q0oE4f/3T BlwxiLTWcTUMhLOL1p2p =3ltv -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Abandoned Railroads
Dale, Most of these tracks now have buildings and parking lots over them. No trails here. :( --Eric On 05/23/2010 08:54 PM, Dale Puch wrote: Even if the tracks aren't there, the right of way may still be. I think a lot of places are starting to make use of the strip for exercise trails. The strip may still be used for buried communication routes as well. So I would leave them until they are built over with something else like a road, parking lot or building. Dale On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net mailto:rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: On 5/23/10 5:26 PM, Eric Christensen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just a quick question. I'm working on updating the maps around my office. Development has really changed the landscape around there and a lot of the roads are incorrect. The existing maps show abandoned railroad tracks in the area. That must have been some time ago as there are no traces of these tracks left. At what point do we remove those from the maps or should we keep them there indefinitely? i don't think there's general agreement on that. those of us interested in historical data would like to see this stuff stick around; many are not interested and would just as soon it got removed. richard ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Street Naming Conventions
On 04/07/2010 03:20 AM, Gregory Arenius wrote: I would also like to note though that the USPS abbreviations list is copyright the USPS. We'd probably have to recreate a similar list if we really wanted to make it our own just so that our standard is something we can put in our own documentation. Greg, Just wanted to point out that the US Government cannot hold a copyright. --Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
