Re: [OSM-talk] StateOTMap 2015 video is "private"

Surely OSM has the bandwidth to host these on our own servers. Is there a reason we don’t do that rather than relying on 3rd parties? > On Dec 16, 2022, at 10:59 PM, Minh Nguyen > wrote: > > Vào lúc 08:18 2022-11-24, Andy Mabbett đã viết: >> I've just been told that the video of my 2015 SotM

Re: [OSM-talk] id Editor auto-converts split polygons into MP relation

I agree it’s a little counterintuitive for experienced users but I understand the rationale: If you’re splitting a building (closed way) how is the result valid unless it’s converted to a multipolygon? > On Oct 26, 2020, at 6:09 PM, Dave F via talk wrote: > > Hi > > I don't use iD editor

Re: [OSM-talk] Examples of good paid mapping?

Exactly. When companies do it right nobody knows they’re doing it. > On Sep 11, 2020, at 2:28 PM, Mikel Maron wrote: > >  Most companies are doing well, and get along well, we just only hear about > the problems. So it’s probably not this or that company to highlight, but > particular

Re: [OSM-talk] Could/should editors detect/disallow huge changeset bboxes?

> On Jun 13, 2020, at 3:42 AM, Simon Poole wrote: > > And all this because of a API defect (because there is just one bounding > box per changeset instead of a list)? This hints at a reasonable and not terribly difficult solution, which is for the editor to (optionally and automatically)

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM nicknames are Unicode characters? (not Ascii?)

> On May 28, 2020, at 9:38 AM, Andy Townsend wrote: > > It sounds like he's learnt something really useful about the computer > representation of written characters! This page generates all manner of font variations for a name: http://qaz.wtf/u/convert.cgi?text=OpenStreetMap 퐎퐩퐞퐧퐒퐭퐫퐞퐞퐭퐌퐚퐩

Re: [OSM-talk] Redactions in North Korea

On Jun 3, 2018, at 10:10 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > > Hi, > > On 06/02/2018 01:11 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: >> If you happen to have access to material than can legally be used to >> re-add some of the now missing place names, then your help is very >> welcome. > > It has been pointed out to

Re: [OSM-talk] Not sure what to think

> On Jan 9, 2016, at 4:07 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: > In this case, though, Microsoft was actually directly copying Google's search > results, and directly admitted to it. > http://searchengineland.com/google-bing-is-cheating-copying-our-search-results-62914 > > That

Re: [OSM-talk] Why newbies' comment/message response rate is so low?

> On Nov 14, 2015, at 11:11 AM, Michał Brzozowski wrote: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 7:44 PM, tony wroblewski > wrote: > >> I think people need a playpen where they can try out ideas and map >> before contributing to the main map (Maybe there

Re: [Talk-us] Admin borders in the US

I have to agree with Jason on this as well. Admin borders are some of the most important cartographic information on the planet, to the extent that wars are fought over them, and are easily verified through dozens of independent sources. To exclude them from OSM on the basis of a ground

Re: [OSM-talk] Who interprets semicolon in tag values?

On Sep 23, 2013, at 10:45 PM, Jochen Topf joc...@remote.org wrote: On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 01:44:23PM -0700, Paul Norman wrote: From: Jochen Topf [mailto:joc...@remote.org] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 6:51 AM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Who interprets semicolon in

Re: [Talk-us] Neighborhoods / Zillow

Your entire argument is based on the premise that neighborhood boundaries are subjective and unverifiable, and while that may be true for your neighborhood it is not true for mine. So why shouldn't I map what I can easily verify on the ground? Bryce On Jun 15, 2013, at 7:54 AM, Serge

Re: [OSM-talk] Paweł's q: what can be done?

Indeed. I suppose if one joins a project on the assumption that there is no direction and no goals, at least you'll never be disappointed in how it turns out. On Feb 4, 2013, at 10:26 PM, Jeff Meyer j...@gwhat.org wrote: Noted. On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Robin Paulson