Re: [OSM-talk] Postmortem analysys

2011-01-09 Thread Lester Caine
that no nodes at different elevations but the same coordinates are allowed is just crass. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital

Re: [OSM-talk] Postmortem analysys

2011-01-09 Thread Lester Caine
Tom Hughes wrote: On 09/01/11 10:34, Lester Caine wrote: Nathan Edgars II wrote: But why write routers for the one case thats theoretically possible, instead of the millions that are not only possible, but already in existance? I don't care how the routers are written. I care about people

Re: [OSM-talk] Postmortem analysys

2011-01-09 Thread Lester Caine
then they perhaps should be identified differently if they need to be highlighted? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop

[OSM-talk] ORS discussions

2011-01-26 Thread Lester Caine
the distance in miles to corespond to the milometer on the vehicle ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http

Re: [OSM-talk] It's fun while it lasts

2011-02-12 Thread Lester Caine
on my Nokia phone. Now that I have found a phone that works - with LINUX on it - I was at least happy. WHO is going to be supplying LINUX (meego). And do say 'Use Android' THAT is not linux and just as crap as iphone when it comes to using EXISTING applications. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Tools for a better tomorrow

2011-02-22 Thread Lester Caine
picked' and obvious errors stripped from more complex useful edits. Ultimately we should be able to provide many distributed copies of the master database spreading the load and permitting local specialist information to be managed in parallel ... using the same tools? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Cost of tolls

2011-03-13 Thread Lester Caine
, even if you need a ten page document then to work out how much ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap License Change Phase 3 Pre-Announcement

2011-04-16 Thread Lester Caine
and mangling it, creating a more open data interface so that third parties can supply feeds in much the same way as we use a range of background tiles at the moment. I am thinking directly here about paralleling the current OS data with OSM data. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap License Change Phase 3 Pre-Announcement

2011-04-16 Thread Lester Caine
that is the source ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap License Change Phase 3 Pre-Announcement

2011-04-16 Thread Lester Caine
that having the courtesy to recognise where data can from should be any sort of a problem. 'Requiring it' just acknowledges that some people do not extend that common courtesy. I find no restrictions on what I need to do with the data. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact

Re: [OSM-talk] New Logo in the Wiki

2011-04-30 Thread Lester Caine
? I do not even recall any discussion that that a change was being planned? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital

Re: [OSM-talk] New Logo in the Wiki

2011-04-30 Thread Lester Caine
says nothing ... Also how much stock of the current logo version is left on the shelves of those supplying it? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] New Logo in the Wiki

2011-04-30 Thread Lester Caine
I am trying to make is did anybody changing the logo even consider the other areas that money would have been spent? I see pictures of large banners in addition to the vests which no longer match the current style of the website! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact

Re: [OSM-talk] New Logo in the Wiki

2011-05-01 Thread Lester Caine
... perhaps because I HAVE to focus on it better to see any detail at all ... even with my glasses on. A logo should be 'crisp' and scale nicely from Icon through to larger image, and the loss of the distinctive outline IS the major problem. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Airspace Co.

2011-06-07 Thread Lester Caine
database, but which can overlay any other OSM data? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk

[OSM-talk] What is an ID?

2011-08-02 Thread Lester Caine
simply has to be consistent? Then what may be missing IS a tag for 'split_from' or 'merged_with' but the linked ID's must also be consistent? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] What is an ID?

2011-08-02 Thread Lester Caine
happened? If a item has history then it's ID can't be reused. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/xxx/history simply has to be consistent? Then what may be missing IS a tag for 'split_from' or 'merged_with' but the linked ID's must also be consistent? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] What is an ID?

2011-08-02 Thread Lester Caine
Tom Hughes wrote: On 02/08/11 18:43, Lester Caine wrote: Richard Mann wrote: I think he was joking about reusing ids (he was illustrating the point with the sort of daft temporary fix that someone might do ... if they were daft) Well someone has set up the system to reuse them http

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal superseded_by tag for ID stabilisation

2011-08-04 Thread Lester Caine
to maintain the history of that change, and similar things such as change of use ... I still live in the hope of being able to draw a map of an area with a particular date to go with my genealogical work ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page

Re: [OSM-talk] Where Did You Edit

2011-08-04 Thread Lester Caine
to zoom in further is probably secondary to many people at the moment? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop

Re: [OSM-talk] Where Did You Edit

2011-08-05 Thread Lester Caine
Stephan Knauss wrote: And I have the data in a quite high resolution available because I'm planning a zoom functionality. So an initially scaling based on the data extents could be a useful next step? If you already have a higher resolution base. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik rendering labels for unrecognised tags

2011-08-30 Thread Lester Caine
data sources where this information can be stored would at least allow it's integration? And the creation of 'temporary' layers where material is being worked on but has not yet been fully integrated would also seem to be a way forward even for general mapping? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Roundabouts and routing

2011-09-09 Thread Lester Caine
. It is the interpretation of the data that is the problem, not the data itself, and if anything that needs to be handled in the conversion process to the device not on the raw map? Bodging the data so that the device does what you want ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http

Re: [OSM-talk] The thread Roundabouts and routing

2011-09-09 Thread Lester Caine
to be investigated a little further since 'junction=roundabout' just seems wrong anyway. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital

Re: [OSM-talk] 'wget'ing largish portion of planetOSM

2011-10-20 Thread Lester Caine
is that nick is listed as 'UK' area on the extract list, and people don't think to look at other options :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] 'wget'ing largish portion of planetOSM

2011-10-20 Thread Lester Caine
Mick wrote: I hadn't thought of UK as being Northern Europe, I looked in Western Europe. That's where they hid it ;) I'd found the Isle of Man ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-16 Thread Lester Caine
and how they affect 'old timers'. One gets used to a way of working and when something changes. On other projects we do at least get a crib sheet on how do do things 'the new way' and -that- needs to be addressed before changing the default. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-19 Thread Lester Caine
for an 'expert' switch to disable them selectively, but that would be something I'd probably leave off. Often the warning is a prompt to cross check what one is doing. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-20 Thread Lester Caine
and that would be an improvement ... with the nice coloured icons ... it makes picking up a group of similar node flags a lot easier! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-20 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: NO ... I'm not finding this an improvement ... P2 has it's faults, but at least it IS usable for the quick editing. Id needs you to know a lot more already to be able to add the sort of simple stuff a novice user will be looking at first :( Add the P2 menus in place

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-20 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: people seem to think that all these nice new wizbangs are progress such as that informationless curved pallet Me again ... *NOW* I'm getting icons on the curved pallet! That was blank while I was playing earlier ... did I just happen to hit something to enable them? Only

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-21 Thread Lester Caine
want to move the whole way especially when you can't see the ends? To me the default should just be moving the node? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-21 Thread Lester Caine
of the world. An alternative to Facebook might be nice, but we probably have to live with the forums that work in other areas of the world. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-21 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: I've given it another try, but the style sheet is definitely not to my liking when working on data around here. I prefer the cleaner style of P2. http://lsces.co.uk/fisheye/view.php?gallery_id=78 to try and explain what I'm talking about ... This was the best contrast I

[OSM-talk] Editor problems ...

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
of these public trackways so sorting this out is important. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Editor problems ...

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
. My copy of JOSM is not loading at the moment, can someone please simply revert http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17471395 or me and I'll put the other fixes back in again. An explination on what has gone on would also help? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Editor problems ...

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
Tom Hughes wrote: On 23/08/13 20:57, Lester Caine wrote: Potlatch 2 WAS selected as the personal default yesterday as opposed to the the 'default P2' which has now changed to 'default id' and to which my account had been switched today! Our personal choices should not have been changed when

Re: [OSM-talk] Editor problems ...

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: My last change set http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17471395 has messed up http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/83270098 ! The only change I made to the site outline was to tidy the right hand diagonal boundary against the new imagery where two new buildings

Re: [OSM-talk] Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
then 'road' just seems too grand a title for a track. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow

Re: [OSM-talk] Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM

2013-08-24 Thread Lester Caine
worldwide? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-24 Thread Lester Caine
information here is 'closed down xxx' otherwise one does not know if an item was removed because it was wrong or for some legitimate reason. So to my mind there should NEVER be a trash can - 'archive' with properly added tags is the only correct work flow! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-24 Thread Lester Caine
by reverting the change set ... a delete button is not the right tool! Case 4 ... you add something wrong to the map while editing ... use undo! Bottom line - remove the delete button :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine

Re: [OSM-talk] Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM

2013-08-24 Thread Lester Caine
location urls and they will be recognised - hopefully no-one will remove that as redundant ;) Have a look at what layer is selected. You see that it's not osm. Hence the question! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org - some numbers

2013-08-24 Thread Lester Caine
it happened. See other thread an why there should not be a delete button! I made the same case on potlatch in the past and now the reasons are even greater. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM

2013-08-24 Thread Lester Caine
tiles. Some of the historic styles are still a lot tidier than the current style sheets :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-25 Thread Lester Caine
that to fix a problem id created with a commit I had pushed. Revert rolled all the nodes back to their correct position. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-25 Thread Lester Caine
that is currently missing? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org - some numbers

2013-08-25 Thread Lester Caine
back apart to restore the the micro view is difficult with the current tools :( And has trouble with the reusing the changeset history. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

[OSM-talk] Problems with new setup

2013-08-25 Thread Lester Caine
glass and a petrol pump are when both displayed in black -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http

[OSM-talk] Reference set of icons ...

2013-08-25 Thread Lester Caine
is anybody working on a better reference set? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow

Re: [OSM-talk] Reference set of icons ...

2013-08-26 Thread Lester Caine
Bryce Nesbitt wrote: On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: OK I've spent most of the day playing with id trying to make it work in a manor that works for me. I'm at the point where I'm working out how to add missing icons

Re: [OSM-talk] Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM

2013-08-26 Thread Lester Caine
admit that OSRM is a German centric routing engine. Yes - another item on my TODO list is to get the routing actually using the 'minor roads' around here. It takes me on a 3 mile detour to get over to the motorway ... so I just ignore it until it's caught up :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM

2013-08-26 Thread Lester Caine
this even more problematic by rendering everything with very similar styles even for footpaths! ( And this discussion should probably be on the tagging list, but I've still not added that to my catalogue ) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki

[OSM-talk] Living with 'improvements'

2013-08-29 Thread Lester Caine
announces for these junctions! Basically - does anybody have a smartphone option that correctly and safely handles UK motorways and trunk roads? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Living with 'improvements'

2013-09-01 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: Basically - does anybody have a smartphone option that correctly and safely handles UK motorways and trunk roads? Well I'm seeing some feedback off-list, and there have been a few steps forward, but The one thing I have finally established is that off the 5 routing engines

Re: [OSM-talk] Living with 'improvements'

2013-09-02 Thread Lester Caine
Greg Troxel wrote: Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk writes: Lester Caine wrote: Basically - does anybody have a smartphone option that correctly and safely handles UK motorways and trunk roads? Well I'm seeing some feedback off-list, and there have been a few steps forward, but The one

Re: [OSM-talk] Living with 'improvements'

2013-09-02 Thread Lester Caine
so I'd missed that one. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media

Re: [OSM-talk] Living with 'improvements'

2013-09-02 Thread Lester Caine
Janko Mihelić wrote: 2013/9/2 Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk: If the fix for this is to manually apply the national speed limit to every road, then OK, it's the first time anybody has suggested a fix and I'm willing to give it a try ... It's useful to give

Re: [OSM-talk] Living with 'improvements'

2013-09-02 Thread Lester Caine
algorithms apply the correct speeds based on the type of vehicle. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop

Re: [OSM-talk] Living with 'improvements'

2013-09-04 Thread Lester Caine
to the N900's navigation keys and also needed access to things like CTL, TAB and ESC when remote accessing the servers. Hacker's Keyboard gives that back and more important BOTH devices now work the same way :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki

Re: [OSM-talk] Developing Countries Address Problem

2013-09-04 Thread Lester Caine
on that by agreeing locally on what to call roads ... Use OSM as a base for a local campaign ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model

[OSM-talk] 'Quality' of data

2013-09-07 Thread Lester Caine
' Not very well put, but I should be in the car aon the way up to Birmingham ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop

Re: [OSM-talk] 'Quality' of data - combining 'things'

2013-09-08 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: Not really the right choice of words, but following on from yesterdays post related to 'timezone' I've been using the tools available and viewing the current coverge of that tag, which is fairly complete - except - in some areas the smaller parcels making up an area rather

Re: [OSM-talk] Outperforming TomTom

2013-09-12 Thread Lester Caine
routing options? Maarten - I can understand your reluctance on always on data, currently I do get gaps in the mapping on the motorways here were there simply isn't any cover, but moving forward I think that particular problem will eventually be fixed. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Deleting data

2013-10-19 Thread Lester Caine
deletionism! There should not be a 'delete' mechanism at all, only one which can amend or archive so that we can SEE the historic development of the information! This is as valuable as the CURRENT view ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page

Re: [OSM-talk] Timezones (was: Deleting data)

2013-10-19 Thread Lester Caine
are automatically shared? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Timezones (was: Deleting data)

2013-10-19 Thread Lester Caine
as the TZ database is concerned, and at that time areas were using different rules even within the same country. The current simplification aligns timezones with country codes or sub=codes, but it's accuracy is basically 'undefined' prior to 1970 :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Timezones (was: Deleting data)

2013-10-21 Thread Lester Caine
because other sources of TZ data are badly broken near boundaries ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop

Re: [OSM-talk] Timezones (was: Deleting data)

2013-10-22 Thread Lester Caine
'level' and just allow an easier way to filter what is being used? Currently what we are doing with areas when used for objects like land use IS wrong? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Timezones (was: Deleting data)

2013-10-23 Thread Lester Caine
had a simple problem where I needed to tidy 'landuse' but it was all interleaved with other elements which certainly did not want to move :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
' I expect to get to a larger map not a sales site :( There SHOULD be something we can add to all those legacy links to make the site acceptable! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: I appreciate that this may not be what you wanted to hear, but as with any big change, there is likely to be a few teething issues. Unfortunatly this has now broken many inter site links so personally I'm looking for a route to retore a more usable interface for those of us

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: This new front page simply does not work on many levels and I hope I'm not the only person who thinks that? No this is getting even more iritating ... Can someone with the capability to sort out DNS PLEASE create old.openstreetmap.org with a link to the old front page

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
sensible support for a new user even if they ARE looking for contributing. If OSM is not going to provide a usable set of pages, then I will roll my own. I do already have that running, but it's OSM's site that needs to be linked to directly to promote it! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
is currently provided is not doing the job as far as I am concerned. What we have now is not usable as advertsing for OSM, which is what all the 'View larger map' links are designed to access? Am 30.11.2013 15:41, schrieb Lester Caine: Rob Nickerson wrote: Hi Lester, If you are after a full

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
changes are not compatible with using the embed function so THAT should have beendepricated first and time provided for us to make changes to existing usage! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: Which is why I simply ask that the old layout is made available again as that only requires access to pages that already exist. Silly question ... where has the 'embed' option gone? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Simon Poole wrote: Share - HTML ? Am 30.11.2013 23:02, schrieb Lester Caine: Lester Caine wrote: Which is why I simply ask that the old layout is made available again as that only requires access to pages that already exist. Silly question ... where has the 'embed' option gone? Tool

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Lester Caine
novice users can do easily. In the past my clients could play with this, but at present there is nothing suitable. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Lester Caine
. It's not the interface itself that is the problem, but simply what material is displayed in those first couple of clicks! Perhaps all I am asking for is a simple link to 'other services' in that welcome box which take you to a wiki for accessing routers and other useful tools? -- Lester Caine

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Lester Caine
problem ...) also you need to select one more suited to your country, which comes back to my appeal for a more 'locally focused' support path. Basically there is nothing I would recomend as a global routing option anyway? So no obvious candidate for a world wide link? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

[OSM-talk] Good use of time ...

2013-12-02 Thread Lester Caine
with 2 week old data is bad enough, and I'd like to be working with something closer to live then I can provide my own material, but until then I'm reliant on what overs are doing ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-02 Thread Lester Caine
my own set - after 7 days - but the tiles were already well out of date :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital

Re: [OSM-talk] Good use of time ...

2013-12-02 Thread Lester Caine
Maarten Deen wrote: On 2013-12-02 14:38, Barry Hunter wrote: On 2 December 2013 13:17, Lester Caine wrote: what is 'export' intended to do? It gives option to select an area, then download a osm XML file. Exports the map as data. If the area is big, gives direct links to various bulk options

Re: [OSM-talk] Bitcoin Spam

2013-12-03 Thread Lester Caine
then block the bitcoin tag ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [OSM-talk] The new OpenStreetMap.org design

2013-12-04 Thread Lester Caine
useful 'advert' still makes sense to me. The 'about' page is simply too technical as an advert and something that includes many of the old front page links is more appropriate? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine

Re: [OSM-talk] The new OpenStreetMap.org design

2013-12-04 Thread Lester Caine
' that needed the major overhaul, it's the wiki/help that needs streamlining and all of the out of date material removed. With a getting started guide easily accessible. I know how difficult that is ... some of the crib sheets I've been updating haven't been touched since 2008 or earlier :( -- Lester

Re: [OSM-talk] The new OpenStreetMap.org design

2013-12-04 Thread Lester Caine
... hopefully working off my phone and tablet :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow

Re: [OSM-talk] Bitcoin Spam

2013-12-04 Thread Lester Caine
would help. That one will never show up as a shop anyway? But the question is probably what should be in the name field? The original entries were obviously wrong, and the current tags are better ... except for name? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Bitcoin Spam

2013-12-04 Thread Lester Caine
the idea of 'office' rather than shop, that makes more sense? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http

[OSM-talk] 'Allowed data'

2013-12-05 Thread Lester Caine
'The Data' without 'The Map' but accessing the information on how to is still an area that needs fixing. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com

Re: [OSM-talk] 'Allowed data'

2013-12-05 Thread Lester Caine
is created is not the same as the history of how an object came into existence. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital

Re: [OSM-talk] 'Allowed data'

2013-12-05 Thread Lester Caine
Andy Street wrote: On Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:20:58 + Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: I would like to request that 'start_date' is automatically populated with ad the very least, the current date, but with an option to update it based on what is being

Re: [OSM-talk] 'Allowed data'

2013-12-07 Thread Lester Caine
just moving that already mapped information to OHM requires a little more consideration. Delete is simply not a valid concept unless the object never existed in the first place? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine

Re: [OSM-talk] 'Allowed data'

2013-12-07 Thread Lester Caine
Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2013/12/7 Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk Delete is simply not a valid concept unless the object never existed in the first place? While I find this concept appealing at first glance, it would raise complexity much more if we

Re: [OSM-talk] 'Allowed data'

2013-12-08 Thread Lester Caine
we could get at it easier? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media

Re: [OSM-talk] NYPL / map-vectorizer - An open-source map vectorizer

2014-01-07 Thread Lester Caine
because it's a new building, or has had an extension for example. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http

Re: [OSRM-talk] R: Re: problem OSRM compilying

2014-02-07 Thread Lester Caine
... I think ... it will at least say if the packages are installed. I had trouble myself with the lua side of things on SUSE -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Street cabinets

2014-02-10 Thread Lester Caine
to distribute them later. We have the same thing in the UK as well ... This should probably be in the tagging list ... but I'm probably not alone in not having even joined that :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic

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