Re: [Tagging] Landuse border alignment

2010-05-16 Thread Jonas Minnberg
So the common problem I have here in Stockholm is that most residential areas in the suburbs have been carved out of wood- and grass-areas so there is always a mish-mash between those three. Is the correct way to split up all those landuses in smaller parts so they never overlap? Also, is it OK

Re: [Tagging] Parking Lots

2010-05-16 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/5/16 Pieren pier...@gmail.com: +1 I submitted a ticket to revert this change : http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2970 Mapnik cannot display all tags and all information in OSM. Showing all private things will result of an unreadable map. It depends on the way the information is

Re: [Tagging] Landuse border alignment

2010-05-16 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Jonas Minnberg sas...@gmail.com wrote: Also, is it OK that natural overlaps landuse? It kind of has to be, since it's used a lot to place brushes or tree-areas inside larger landuses. Sure. If a forest crosses a fenceline, then it overlaps. I did something

Re: [Tagging] Roadside maps

2010-05-16 Thread John Smith
On 17 May 2010 01:59, Andre Engels andreeng...@gmail.com wrote: Then again, the boards usually also come from local government. Most signs are contracted out to sign companies, the local governments here don't do them directly. That doesn't matter for OSM. All things are copyrighted, you said

Re: [Tagging] Landuse border alignment

2010-05-16 Thread John F. Eldredge
Also, in areas with sufficient rainfall, a former field will revert to forest within 20 years or so, assuming the farmer didn't let all of the topsoil erode away. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at

Re: [Tagging] Roadside maps

2010-05-16 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/5/16 Andre Engels andreeng...@gmail.com: That doesn't matter for OSM. All things are copyrighted, you said it yourself. Whether it's fact or knowledge doesn't matter. no, you can't put copyright on facts. cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing

Re: [Tagging] Roadside maps

2010-05-16 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Andre Engels andreeng...@gmail.com wrote: That doesn't matter for OSM. All things are copyrighted, you said it yourself. Whether it's fact or knowledge doesn't matter. Copyright protects the expression of ideas - not knowledge, or facts. I'll stop there and

Re: [Tagging] Roadside maps

2010-05-16 Thread John Smith
On 17 May 2010 15:02, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: I'll stop there and repeat a previous request for an actual copyright lawyer to provide us some advice on where the line is. IMHO we're more For which jurisdiction, copyright law has been shaped not only by laws in various