Re: [OSM-talk] proposal templates

2008-01-10 Thread Robin Paulson
On 11/01/2008, Gerald A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/01/2008, Tony Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mediawiki templates require passing in arguments to the call to them, which isn't really suitable for large clumps of text. I'm not a template guru, but there are ways to create a

[OSM-talk] RFC - model aerodrome

2008-01-10 Thread Robin Paulson
this proposal has been languishing for 2+ months now, with little discussion http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Model%27s_Aerodrome please could i get some comments thanks ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] voting open - ship

2008-01-10 Thread Robin Paulson
this proposal has no unanswered objections http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/ship voting is now open thanks ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] RFC - deletion of football tag

2008-01-10 Thread Robin Paulson
this tag has now been superseded by gridiron, rugby league, soccer, etc. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/football in the interests of doing things properly, i've created a proposal for deletion, similar to how we handle proposals for creation of tags. i'd rather not

Re: [OSM-talk] administrative boundaries and is_in

2008-01-10 Thread Robin Paulson
On 11/01/2008, Martijn van Oosterhout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - The border of a country is not the coastline, but (at the very least) 12 nautical miles from the coastline and in some places, much further than that. ok, let's say i wanted to use this as a basis for drawing the national

[OSM-talk] tidied proposal/RFC - waterfall

2008-01-10 Thread Robin Paulson
i did a bit of work tidying this up, although it's basically sound as far as i can see - should be pretty straightforward http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Waterfall comments and opinions please thanks ___ talk mailing list

[OSM-talk] voting closed, proposal approved - dam

2008-01-10 Thread Robin Paulson
voting has now closed on waterway=dam, with 14 approve votes, and no object votes http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Dam it has been moved to the approved features page thanks ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] new proposal - reservoir

2008-01-10 Thread Robin Paulson
in a bid to keep things consistent, i've created a new proposal for waterway=reservoir, and suggest deprecating landuse=reservoir http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/reservoir comments and opinions please thanks ___ talk mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] POIs from wikipedia

2008-01-09 Thread Robin Paulson
On 08/01/2008, Richard Fairhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while i was looking up some info on wikipedia [1], i noticed that a lot of pages have a lat/lon value to describe their location; this strikes me as something we could use to increase the amount of data in OSM These are almost

[OSM-talk] administrative boundaries and is_in

2008-01-09 Thread Robin Paulson
can someone explain a few things about the way boundaries work, and their relation to the is_in key? as far as i can tell, when a location (say the suburb of balham, in london) is added to the map, the is_in tag needs to be set, multiple times. in this case, it would be set as follows:

Re: [OSM-talk] POIs from wikipedia

2008-01-09 Thread Robin Paulson
On 10/01/2008, Richard Fairhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [co-ordinates on Wikipedia] really, that sounds like it would contravene wikipedia's rules and google's terms of use? and is it our responsibility to pre-guess what wp editors are doing? i think taking their data at face value is

[OSM-talk] POIs from wikipedia

2008-01-07 Thread Robin Paulson
while i was looking up some info on wikipedia [1], i noticed that a lot of pages have a lat/lon value to describe their location; this strikes me as something we could use to increase the amount of data in OSM it would require a mass download of data from all the pages that contain these values,

Re: [OSM-talk] POIs from wikipedia

2008-01-07 Thread Robin Paulson
On 08/01/2008, Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while i was looking up some info on wikipedia [1], i noticed that a lot of pages have a lat/lon value to describe their location; this strikes me as something we could use to increase the amount of data in OSM it would require a mass

Re: [OSM-talk] redundant proposal? - man_made=fenced_compounds

2008-01-04 Thread Robin Paulson
On 04/01/2008, Michael Collinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is there an acknowledged way of removing them, without going through the whole comments/opinions/voting process? Ye, it would certainly be good to be more aggressive in cleaning up up the Proposals page, it is hard to casually browse

[OSM-talk] voting open natural=saltmarsh

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
this has been open for comments for three months now, with no objections http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Saltmarsh voting is now open, for two weeks thanks ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] more votes requested - man_made=sub_station

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
this has been open for voting for 2 weeks now http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/sub_station it currently has 9 yes votes and 0 no votes. could i get some more, to either approve or reject it? thanks ___ talk mailing list

[OSM-talk] new proposal accepted - man_made=pipeline

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
the voting period has now ended for this proposal, it has passed with 10 yes votes and 0 no votes http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Pipeline it has been added to the map features and approved features pages ___ talk mailing

[OSM-talk] rfc - man_made=city_wall

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
this proposal has been up for 9 months now http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/City_wall could i get some more comments please thanks ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] redundant proposal? - man_made=fenced_compounds

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
in my quest to tidy the proposals page on the wiki, some proposals have come up which appear to be redundant is there an acknowledged way of removing them, without going through the whole comments/opinions/voting process? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Fenced_compounds

[OSM-talk] rfc - man_made=well

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
this has been a proposal for 2 months now, with very few comments http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Well_Water i've tidied up the proposal, could i get some comments please thanks ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] rfc - tourism=gallery

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
this has been a proposal for 5 months now http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Art_gallery i've changed it form attraction to tourism, as the attraction top-level tag does not exist yet could i get some comments please thanks

[OSM-talk] rfc - power=

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
there are various keys under the man_made tag which represent power stations. there is a proposal under way to deprecate these and replace them with one tag, under the 'power' top-level tag http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Power_plants comments please

[OSM-talk] removel of duplicate proposal - roundend and RFC - turning_circle

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
this proposal is a duplication of another proposal http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/RoundEnd before creating proposals, please check to make sure it does not already exist, either as a proposal or as an approved feature it has been removed from the proposed features

[OSM-talk] new proposal - military=naval_base

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
there is a new proposal on the wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/naval_base could i get some opinions and comments please thanks ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] RFC - sport=model_aerodrome

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
this proposal has been open for two months now. i've tidied it up; could we get some comments, with a view to opening voting soon http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Model%27s_Aerodrome thanks ___ talk mailing list

[OSM-talk] more information needed - tourism=rest_camp

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
could the person who proposed: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Rest_Camp please provide some more information on the proposal? it is unclear what it is actually for, beyond duplicating a range of other tags failing that, could it be removed from the proposals page

[OSM-talk] RFC - tourism=chalets

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Paulson
i've tidied up this proposal, it's been dormant for several months now http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/chalets could i get some comments please, i would like to open voting soon to move it off the proposals page thanks ___

[OSM-talk] voting open man_made=rig

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Paulson
this proposal has been open for two weeks now, with no objections. voting is now open, for two weeks http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/rig thanks ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] proposed feature - amenity=preschool

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Paulson
i have cleaned up the proposal for preschool, could i get some comments lease. please note, that voting does not usually take place until comments have been requested, discussed and objections resolved

[OSM-talk] RFC - railway=miniature

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Paulson
this has been open for discussion for 4 months now http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Miniature_railway it looks pretty straightforward - could i get some comments, if there are no objections i will open for voting next week thanks

[OSM-talk] new proposal - railway=turntable

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Paulson
i've put forward a new proposal for comments http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Turntable any opinions and suggestions welcome thanks ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] new proposal - man_made=dike

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Paulson
i've submitted a new proposal for discussion http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Dike could i get some comments and opinions please thanks ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] request for more votes - man_made=wastewater_plant

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Paulson
this has been open for voting for a week now, could i get some more please, so we can decide one way or the other http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Wastewater_plant thanks ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] rfc - sport=aussie_rules

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Paulson
this has been around for 7 months now http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Australian_rules_football could i get some more comments so we can agree on something and get voting open thanks ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] building= Modified Proposal - Request For Comments

2008-01-01 Thread Robin Paulson
On 01/01/2008, Mike Collinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FYI, this tag is already being used extensively experimentally and is the current featured image of the week. Where there is Yahoo imagery, I find it great for characterising an area by tracing out just the important buildings. Other

[OSM-talk] voting open - tram station

2007-12-25 Thread Robin Paulson
this has been open for discussion for some time now, and the major objection has been answered: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Tram_station voting is now open please take note of the final comments by 80n and UlfL, concerning renderers understanding what way a node is

Re: [OSM-talk] American or british english

2007-12-20 Thread Robin Paulson
On 21/12/2007, Hanno Böck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today I wondered how tags should be named if the used word can be american or british english (e.g. everything that contains centre/center in some way). I wouldn't care which one to take, but I think there should be some policy for that case.

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