Re: [OSM-talk] Abandoned Rails

The OSM community is what OSM is even more than it is a map. People that are passionate about railways are a part of that community and they do contribute a lot, especially in the US where we don't have as many mappers. They pour lots of time and love and passion into their efforts. I don't think

Re: [OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

> > This is Yet Another import from a database being maintained by someone > else. This is why we need a "closedstreetmap.org", which publishes, in > OSM format using the OSM API, data which cannot be sensibly edited. > I disagree that buildings can't be sensibly edited. I trace them, add address

[OSM-talk] Pre SOTM gathering

Are there any pre-SOTM gatherings going on this evening? Or failing that can anybody recommend a brewery to get one going at? Cheers, Greg ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] address parsing by nominatim

It sounds like the current set of tags and structures in OSM don't properly support what you're trying to do at the moment. I think the best way to deal with it would to propose some new tags so that these type of addressing schemes can be properly supported in OSM with supporting documentation.

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM shp file plugin

Hi, There isn't a day gone past where the vast gaps in the OSM dataset, the >> missing address nodes, missing turn restrictions, missing building >> outlines, missing subdivisions, missing everything and whatnot don't >> hugely degrade the usefulness of the project. >> > > OSM is not a data dumpi

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM shp file plugin

> On 10/20/10 09:52, Sam Vekemans wrote: > >> I'm wondering if it is in the works to have a JOSM plugin where it can >> automatically convert shp files (ie. run shp-to-osm.jar in the >> background), >> > > No, that would only encourage people to do even more mindless imports than > we have already.

Re: [OSM-talk] Waze and OSM in Chile

Noam, Out of curiosity...I imagine you folks investigated just using the OSM data directly even if you have to give attribution? What made you decide to go with other data providers that you have to pay for? Was it coverage or routability or? I'm only asking because on the surface it looks

Re: [OSM-talk] Unnamed Streets

Thanks. My searches for unnamed completely missed noname. Cheers, Greg On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote: > Gregory Arenius wrote: > > > Is there any recommended way to deal with streets with no names? I don't > > mean streets that have a n

[OSM-talk] Unnamed Streets

Is there any recommended way to deal with streets with no names? I don't mean streets that have a name and we just haven't added that to OSM yet. I mean, how do we deal with streets that really don't have a name. I've seen two courses of action used. One is to just leave the name field blank an