Re: [OSM-talk] Proposed mechanical edit: surface=soil to surface=dirt

2015-09-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
> Am 31.08.2015 um 12:41 schrieb moltonel 3x Combo : > > Between soil, dirt, ground, earth, and mud, dirt is the worst defined > of the lot, and I would hesitate to use it for anything. +1. I'm against the proposed mechanical edit. Cheers, Martin ___

Re: [OSM-talk] Three-months ban is over

2015-09-03 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Thursday 03 September 2015, Ilya Zverev wrote: > > For me, it's clear that the ban did not work, and nothing has > changed. I am inclined to concur. So far Xxzme has mostly kept out of the tagging related part of the wiki but this is probably just a momentary focus. Apart from that i can es

Re: [OSM-talk] Three-months ban is over

2015-09-03 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Ilya Zverev wrote (re: Xxzme): > For me, it's clear that the ban did not work, and nothing has changed. Quoting Xxzme on the wiki: "What is clear to me is that you make ~0 improments to Main namespace "And constantly repeating yourself with magical "purpose" of Beginners' guide which was clearly

[OSM-talk] Three-months ban is over

2015-09-03 Thread Ilya Zverev
Browsing https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Xxzme&offset=&limit=500&target=Xxzme (500 edits in 4 days!), you can find some interesting things. Xxzme moved page User:Ajoessen/Mapnik to DE:Ajoessen/Mapnik: guessing language (moved a user page to a public name

Re: [OSM-talk] Abandoned Rails

2015-09-03 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 09/03/2015 02:25 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > also there are good arguments why it shouldn't be secret who owns which > pieces of land "shouldn't be secret" != "should be in OSM" Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" __

Re: [OSM-talk] Abandoned Rails

2015-09-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone Am 02.09.2015 um 15:25 schrieb Paul Johnson : >> land ownership has massive privacy and data protection issues. > > Depends on the region. +1 also there are good arguments why it shouldn't be secret who owns which pieces of land cheers Martin ___

Re: [OSM-talk] Preserving History ...

2015-09-03 Thread Lester Caine
On 03/09/15 09:34, Roland Olbricht wrote: >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/52.3790/-1.4692 is a perfect >> example, where a small roundabout has evolved into a much larger one, >> but the new through route is still being excavated. The problem with >> this is while it is a good approximation

Re: [OSM-talk] Preserving History ...

2015-09-03 Thread Roland Olbricht
Hi Lester, > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/52.3790/-1.4692 is a perfect example, where a small roundabout has evolved into a much larger one, but the new through route is still being excavated. The problem with this is while it is a good approximation of how work is progressing, many of t