Re: [Imports] [Talk-GB] OSM with Wikidata: now covers UK and Ireland

2016-03-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
asked Edward to stop after he made one import, covering one category of objects, wholly in Birmingham (the first of many such sets wholly in Birmingham). The Birmingham mapping community overwhelmingly support his action. Local buy-in has been obtained and confirmed. If anyone is ignoring that g

Re: [Imports] OSM with Wikidata: now covers UK and Ireland

2016-03-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
ation) and I want to acknowledge that, and thank him for it. [Also, this is my first post to talk-ie - hello, everyone!] -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Imports mailing list Imports@openstreetmap.org https://lists.opens

Re: [Imports] [Talk-GB] OSM with Wikidata: now covers UK and Ireland

2016-03-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
Edward has already pointed out that he is not adding coordinates, so the licence issue is a red herring. This process has been under discussion and development for two years or more; it's beyond tiresome that people are still trying to block it. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pi

Re: [Imports] Birmingham City Council tree import

2017-05-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 15 May 2017 at 15:36, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> - form is not an established key, it seems there is no docu about it, not >> even a proposal. Capitalized values are not common for formal values. >> Is this a problem? Not aware that using a tag requires all this.

Re: [Imports] Importing fuel stations in UK and future similar imports

2017-05-13 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 13 May 2017 at 10:06, michael spreng <t...@osm.datendelphin.net> wrote: > private ones are a clear no like this navads_shell A "clear no" in the sense that some of us think they're perfectly acceptable -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://p

Re: [Imports] Importing fuel stations in UK and future similar imports

2017-05-13 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 13 May 2017 at 21:40, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 13. May 2017, at 12:27, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: [ on whether IDs like navads_shell should b included in imported data] >> A "clear no" in the sense that

Re: [Imports] Importing fuel stations in UK and future similar imports

2017-05-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
lding called Blogg house. If the if the node, way or relation is tagged, say: amenity:shop name=Fred's Shop then the ID on the same node, way or relation refers to the entity which is a shop called Fred's shop. Just like any other tag on a node, way or relation in OSM, like website, or op

Re: [Imports] Importing fuel stations in UK and future similar imports

2017-05-12 Thread Andy Mabbett
d "toxic comments". It behoves us all to understand the difference between the two. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Imports mailing list Imports@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports

Re: [Imports] Importing fuel stations in UK and future similar imports

2017-05-12 Thread Andy Mabbett
": what has happened > with the principle "any tags you like"? I see no reason you should not include this data as originally proposed. Anyone suspicious of it, or who does not recognise it, can ignore it. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _

Re: [Imports] Walmart import

2017-12-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
ocean away. Time then, perhaps, to drop the insistence on people obtaining clearance for imports on this global list, and instead to use the most local list? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Imports mailing list Imports@opens

Re: [Imports] NavAds fuel stations import, take 3

2018-05-05 Thread Andy Mabbett
ce (see screenshot at > https://map.atownsend.org.uk/tmp/screens_20180504_01002.png ). Or perhaps NAVADS (or an upstream data holder) has supplied the same open data to Google as is kindly being offered to OSM here? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http:/

Re: [Imports] Import of churches in Norway

2018-02-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 29 January 2018 at 13:04, Fredrik <li...@0v.no> wrote: > On 29/01/2018 00:45, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> On 27 January 2018 at 16:10, Fredrik <li...@0v.no> wrote: >> >>> An import has been planned and set up for importing all 1951 churches in >>> Norwa

Re: [Imports] Import of churches in Norway

2018-01-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 27 January 2018 at 16:10, Fredrik wrote: > An import has been planned and set up for importing all 1951 churches in > Norway from official sources. Excellent. Do all 1951 have representation in Wikidata (some certainly will)? And have you matched your data to their Wikidata IDs?

Re: [Imports] Import of churches in Norway

2018-01-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 29 January 2018 at 02:29, Jo <winfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would like to propose the use of architect:wikidata for the architects as > well. Seconded. That is a sound way to disambiguate two or more people with the same name. Again, please let me know if I can assist. --

Re: [Imports] Import of Flemish Government data (building footprints and addresses)

2018-10-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
by a future import". That may be your interpretation; it is most certainly not mine. Do you have any evidence that anyone other than you interprets links in this bizarre manner? > More often than not, importers keep an external ID because they think > "it might be useful later".

Re: [Imports] [talk-au] Public Barbeques in the ACT

2018-10-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
carded. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Imports mailing list Imports@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports

Re: [Imports] Open Government Data- India Health Facilities Import

2019-07-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
e link>" or so). Speaking as a human, I'm not in the least insulted by hashtags. Structured hashtags are less ambiguous than prose and less likely to cause false positives when searching. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _

Re: [Imports] Open Government Data- India Health Facilities Import

2019-07-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 21:57, Frederik Ramm wrote: > On 7/10/19 20:09, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > Speaking as a human, I'm not in the least insulted by hashtags. > > Structured hashtags are less ambiguous than prose and less likely to > > cause false positives when searching

Re: [Imports] Importing French Post Office opening hours

2020-11-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
ery good. Will you be making your code available, under an open licence, so that others may use it for similar work in other countries (or for other databases in France)? Does the data include a UID for each post office? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://p

Re: [Imports] Latvia-bot

2023-01-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 09:56, Sarah Hoffmann via Imports wrote: >The public database is not a playground for yo to toy around with until you >get it right. Can discussion on this list be conducted in a more collegial tone, with assumption of good faith, please? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsont

Re: [Imports] The place where imports are required to post reviews has changed.

2023-07-07 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 at 06:05, James Crawford via Imports wrote: > If you wish to follow new import proposal discussions, follow the > import-proposal tag on the forum. A link would be helpful. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.