Re: [Talk-us] Opinions on Devil's Slide Bunker (San Mateo, CA)

On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 3:42 PM Russell Nelson wrote: > On 9/1/20 3:08 PM, Bill Ricker wrote: > > Tourist Safety is dubiously best as most of the handrails and safety > > lines are gone > s/dubiously best/dubious at best/ ? > Russ is correct on the missing word ! Mi

Re: [Talk-us] Opinions on Devil's Slide Bunker (San Mateo, CA)

On Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 19:55 stevea wrote: > . And if it was historically a bunker, OSM should strive to tag this, I'm > not exactly sure of the right mix of military=bunker and historic=yes > flavors that might be absolutely correct, but something like those if not > exactly those. Though

Re: [Talk-us] admin_level and COGs, MPOs, SPDs, Home Rule

On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 10:42 AM Greg Troxel replied: Frederik Ramm writes: > > I didn't even want to weigh in on the discussion, mine was more a > > comment on process. You shouldn't delete something that has been there > > for 10 years and then say "btw let's discuss" ;) > > Agreed. Also, I

Re: [Talk-us] When is your doctor a clinic?

My US doctor's office *is* a clinic, but that's because they were previously an all in one HMO before merger/spinoff. On-site blood lab, x-ray, specialities, pediatrics, coffee shop, PT/OT, optometry, pharmacy, ... . Multiple docs and nurses in each practice for cover. Larger clinics in chain have

Re: [Talk-us] Jefferson Notch Road and latest "GPS made me do it" in the news

On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 2:21 PM Kevin Broderick wrote: > However, that assumes that you can trust the news to be accurate, > Always a questionable assumption -- whenever you know the facts behind a story, you see what they get wrong. > and the distinction between "closed in winter" and "not

Re: [Talk-us] Jefferson Notch Road and latest "GPS made me do it" in the news

Kevin asks, > is Jefferson Notch Road actually closed to wheeled vehicles in winter or just not maintained? Per copyright news reports, it is signed as closed to wheeled vehicles, open to snow-machines only, in winter. (As should be obvious, to correctly tag this according to our license, we do

[Talk-us] Jefferson Notch Road and latest "GPS made me do it" in the news

road which is 3 season dramatic automobile mountain short-cut and one-season snowmobile trail? -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Maine leaf-off imagery?

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:05 PM Kevin wrote: > I use https://coast.noaa.gov/inventory/ quite a lot to see what elevation > products (usually looking for lidar) are available for any given area. > > So LIDAR was flown in 2016 in the Bethel area. >

Re: [Talk-us] Opinions on micro parks

uot; and "has amenities" sounds very far-fetched to me. > I Agree. Mapper 2 asks a good question, how to map the proto-park; this is a hint for where the Wiki needs more wikignome work. Ownership by County Parks should be reflected as land-use/tenurage/restrictions; it does not

Re: [Talk-us] What is the meaning of hgv:national_network=yes/terminal_access?

So is this the tag the lack of which should keep trucks off my street with tight turn radii? On Mon, Aug 5, 2019, 9:38 AM Mike N wrote: > hgv=destination is the closest, but I'm not exactly sure how routers > treat 'destination'. Some of these look like they carry some 'through > traffic' in

Re: [Talk-us] Typical maxweight signs in USA? (editor developmnent question)

The silhouettes version is moderately frequent with smaller older bridges, where spreading the weight out makes a difference. Pretty sure I've seen the California variant or similar on the east coast / New England too. On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 11:52 AM Peter Dobratz wrote: > Thanks for trying to

Re: [Talk-us] Ashuwillticook Rail Trail in Massachusetts

On Fri, May 3, 2019, 08:47 OSM Volunteer stevea wrote: > Does anybody local-to-Massachusetts know if the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail > (ART, in Adams) exists (in real life) north of Hoosac Street? It both does > exist in real life and in OSM south of Hoosac Street, but while the > railtrail

Re: [Talk-us] Someone from Boston, MA? (off topic - Boston hotel name / address trivia)

>> This is one of those skyscrapers with a vanity "street" address with >> no such street. >> (To confuse matters further, there is also a Copley Place Hotel whose >> address is NOT Copley Place!) > Apparently there are even two such hotels. I should clarify slightly, not that it really matters.

Re: [Talk-us] Someone from Boston, MA?

tail is fine for retail but ... government entities can attract untoward attention. -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-transit] Proposal for simplification of mapping public transport

heelchair without taking two elevators, either of which may be out of service; but if there was only one platform between two lines, one could. THIS IS USEFUL TO MAP. I support simplicity, but agree with Einstein: Things should be as simple as possible, but not simpler. This proposal goes too far.

Re: [Talk-us] Whole-US Garmin Map update - 2018-02-10

> Map to visualize what each file contains: > http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/2018-02-10/kml/kml.html Map is not loading for me in either Chrome or FF. (Nor Chromium). "Loading data, please wait :spinner:" (Previously I have not used these maps because the half-gig files

Re: [Talk-us] Walmart Import

license now, but might be startled if e.g. a community activist used data under the ODbL to e.g. fight a building permit somewhere.​ ​// Bill ​ -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA has wrong zip code

I'll note that we've seen other Nominatum issues in Greater Boston, e.g. County for a point near Somerville/Charles town boundary. OSM used MassGIS not Tiger in Mass. for initial import. It was better than Tiger back then but has different problems. I mention this because USA rules of thumb only

Re: [Talk-us] Pokémon Go no officially using OpenStreetMap

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Peter Dobratz wrote: > I'm not sure how many active OSM contributors also play Pokémon Go, but the > game is now officially using OSM for the basemap that players see in the > game (previously was using Google Maps data for the base map). The

Re: [Talk-us] Highway exit renumbering

"unless it’s somehow still used on signage" I would expect that to be the case. ​ ​With the US DOT/FHA quasi-mandatory (compliance conditional greenmail) renumberings to the revised national standard (exits keyed to mile marker, border-to-border S-N or W-E, following US Interstate route number

Re: [Talk-us] I 85 Express Lane (Atlanta, Georgia)

> We really need to start treating bicycle lanes the same way. > ​+1​ -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] I-69 east west vs north south

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 7:55 AM, Josh Lee wrote: > While it might be uncommon for two-digit Interstate highways to change > their directions, it's quite common for three-digit ones to do so, and > it shouldn't be treated any differently. And there's a case where it was

Re: [Talk-us] I-69 east west vs north south

He seems to be correct, using the (not usable for mapping but usable to inform discussion) G-Streetview, I do indeed see signage as described, which defies commonly understood version of Fed standards. Not just BUSINESS route, not just when cotracking i-94, but actual green, solo "WEST 69 MILE

Re: [Talk-us] wtsp.com using OSM for detour maps

Is the current road closure situation adequately reflected in the OSM data > as well? > ​Hour by hour? Do we expect it to? Are breaking-news-reports on commercial media a usable source under our license? Do we have coding to expire a closure automatically or trigger periodic review, or trust the

Re: [Talk-us] wtsp.com using OSM for detour maps

idge and the raised-roadbed leading to it is at exactly the level of the level of pre-historic flooding, so I-75 is now a dike separating the flood plain into two basins with only a small drain under the bridge. -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https:

Re: [Talk-us] Pittsburgh neighborhood boundaries mapped with admin level 9?

​ ​> , "about 41 out of 50" states (leaving 9) were believed correct as described in that table. (And, that was posted here). > On July 10, Peter Dobratz and I (among others) submitted the six New England states (of those 9) in a sub-table, which I harmonized into that wiki's "Big Table."

Re: [Talk-us] Pittsburgh neighborhood boundaries mapped with admin level 9?

IDK Pittsburgh but City of Boston has semiofficial neighborhoods that sort of qualify as subordinate administrative units, in that there are official city hall neighborhood service offices and official borders. OTOH some of our official neighborhoods are 10x or more large than others (in both pop

Re: [Talk-us] Response from TIGER about "driveways

There are jurisdictions where named driveways are required if the house is out of sight of the street. E.g. Cumberland Co. Maine, the newishcountywide E911 dispatch requires street names be unique across county and that houses not within sight of the road have a named PVT WAY that becomes their

Re: [Talk-us] islands not rendering properly near Troy, NY

user nfgusedautoparts edited the riverbank two hours ago, approximately coincident with first post, so maybe it will get better or worse when re-rendered https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/47179417 ​ ​Is place=island as a closed polygon correct?

Re: [Talk-us] greenways tagging

as Livable / Living Street ... ​but it looks very livable.​ -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Is this a bad import or an experiment?

scue operations. In many rural areas, such drives are now required to be Named Private Ways with appropriate signage, for just such assistance. (County-wide consolidated E-911 dispatch is driving this in e.g. Maine.) -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linked

Re: [Talk-us] Boston speed limit too Re: Michigan speed limit changes coming soon

that the > area is built up with businesses). These two tasks are entirely within > the ability of a typical mapper. > ​the question then is, can we tell (without driving in circles) is if an existing ​30 mph tag in Boston was implicit or explicit ... to find which might need fixing

Re: [Talk-us] Boston speed limit too Re: Michigan speed limit changes coming soon

y than OSM to maintain it. If our allied open routing project provides a side repository outside the main OSM but linked (the way e.g. our Notes are) I would happily update that. Without that being created, OSM admin boundary seems the right place. ​-- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com @n1vux ​[ full repl

[Talk-us] Boston speed limit too Re: Michigan speed limit changes coming soon

[2] http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/ma.html -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Beware Pokemon users

p://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/6007454#map=16/42.4433/-71.0844=D -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] highway=trunk for NHS routes?

ring. ​ But we do need to seriously examine if our US definition of trunk/primary in lieu of UK M/A/B system is fit for purpose outside the compact urban zones, and then what to do that can serve both the feeder of a cluster of mountain parks and the bo

Re: [Talk-us] highway=trunk for NHS routes?

me ! ) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Highway_System_(United_States) ​[1] http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/massachusetts/ma_massachusetts.pdf ​ ​[2] http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/maine/me_Maine.pdf ​ -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Beware Pokemon users

larity of "Pokemon" change-set comments in last week increases the other alternatives somewhat (and the powerset elements likewise as they are NOT fully mutually exclusive) but doesn't actually degrade (c)'s likelihood much. I ​[1] http://m.xkcd.com/386/​ -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmai

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Beware Pokemon users

but I would wonder if hiding the use could be construed as willful and malicious infringement.) (If Niantic claims any copyright in their work, it is by definition of "copyright" a "published" work. In theory Trade Secret, Patent, and Copyright are incompatible IP protections. Onl

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Beware Pokemon users

nonsense footpath to no-where (shaped like a P ? ) in a non-existent park and checking if it shows up in the PoGo in a few days would do. -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstre

Re: [Talk-us] An actual mini roundabout!

kind of rotary ("round-about" with shrubbery center) safely and correctly. Too many of us would take the left turn the same as they were used to when they should circulate. No Left Turn 4-6pm is hard enough to get dubious drivers to observe. -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail

Re: [Talk-us] An actual mini roundabout!

I have seen a number in US with crown height low enough that emergency vehicle can go right over and trailers can cheat up. For USAn usage, even if they are eligible for tagging as a mini roundabout node, that may be confusing. Routing of "third right on roundabout" works ... "Left at

Re: [Talk-us] MassGIS Road Import - Lanes

was the basis in MASS. I'm cc'ing a couple folk who might remember if lanes was odd in MASS GIS. But if we're lucky someone from MASSGIS will speak up. -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk

[Talk-us] Sarah Mildred Long Bridge Closed permanently (ME/NH)

pe to add my Maine retirement home to the map in a year or three, but first we need to build it ...* ) -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ​ http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Bill%20Ricker ​ <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:N1vux> ___

Re: [Talk-us] Proposing import of sidewalk data Seattle, WA, USA

As a mapper and map users whose household includes a wheelchair user, I applaud the idea of routable curb-cuts and crossings. What is the DB implication of urban ways trebling in ways, nodes is a discussion that needs to happen - is this a real or potential problem? Is it easy to extract/filter

Re: [Talk-us] IKEA vs Ikea?

ve choice, preserve information.​ -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] How are US county boundaries legally defined?

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Eric Ladner <eric.lad...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like the whole middle section got dragged as a bad edit or something. ​Or a bad import coordinate conversion from state or other local plane coordinates​ if it affects the entire Co. / State. -- Bi

Re: [Talk-us] Timezones in USA?

map.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dpostal_code> (which typicall has no on-the-ground marking of boundary, only point markings at the Post Office and Mail collection boxes will be labeled on the ground). -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux __

Re: [Talk-us] Timezones in USA?

​ ​I see the attraction to including TZ data in the OSM, ​but the timezone definitions are in flux more than most political boundaries. Importing a snapshot of such without a committed project to keep it correct with the latest boundary changes as announced regularly on the tzdata/zoneinfo list (

Re: [Talk-us] Odd road / odd structure

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > In the American context, this is an edge case, big time. > ​ > ​What is old is new again. Officer housing at old Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn, the Narrows) were laid out with a Livable Street design before that was a name.

Re: [Talk-us] TopOSM

> > ​If the horsepower to render it real-time is available, it would be nice to have, but seems unnecessary.​ Cyclically updating periodically on a background process would likely be good enough. For 'real time', cycle-map is good enough. The elegance of TopOsm is worth waiting for.​ -- Bill R

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: > IRC is still great for some but it’s hardly inclusive. ​Some projects have a web-portal to make IRC inclusive of those who can't even configure Pipsin for IRC. -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

ucture. ​But if the freemium product provides sufficiently better capability, it is not wrong to use it to enable the project. -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://list

[Talk-us] OSM in the news - BBC Radio Documentary Mapping the Void

BBC World Service Radio programme [sic] The Documentary playing for the last several days has focussed on volunteer mapping, including OSM. Episode title Mapping the Void. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01wl743

Re: [Talk-us] osm data on boston.com, perhaps, definitely not atttributed

Agreed. The oddest thing to me is the behavior is specifically sensitive to being iframed. The src= link used directly has attribution © OpenStreetMap http://www.openstreetmap.org and contributors, under an open license http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright but when used in iframe src=

Re: [Talk-us] osm data on boston.com, perhaps, definitely not atttributed

Good work Greg ! -- Bill @n1vux bill.n1...@gmail.com ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] US-Canadian boarder

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Metcalf, Calvin (DOT) calvin.metc...@state.ma.us wrote: I noticed this http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=44.524lon=-67.101zoom=10layers=M and really can’t make heads or tails of it. Way details Way 121194904Details

Re: [Talk-ca] [Talk-us] SOTM US Portland - Call for participation

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Stewart C. Russell scr...@gmail.com wrote: Pfft ... host it in Franklin, then it could be in any one of 17 states - GA, ID, IN, IA, KY, LA, MA, MN, MO, NE, NH, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, or WI! Springfield comes in at #5 in the popular city names, if my frantic

Re: [Talk-ca] [Talk-us] SOTM US Portland - Call for participation

Do you have a story or project to share at State Of The Map US, Portland Oct 13-14? Now is the time to submit your abstract! ... See you all in Portland! One assumes you mean the new Portland Oregon not old Portland Maine. (Is it too much to expect OSM'ers of all people to realize there

Re: [Talk-us] SOTM US Portland - Call for participation

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: That's pretty pedantic, when most people assume Oregon by default given that it's the largest city on the planet with that name. Damn straight it's pedantic. And parochial. They're both proud traditions here in old New

Re: [Talk-us] Redaction bot is heading our way!

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: Well, here is a brief overview of the bot's activities for today. There are still a couple of areas that errored out or are still in progress but this should be most of it.

Re: [Talk-us] Federally Funded Research RD Centers: landuse=military?

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: some special deal with the government that they only take federal funding. Actually one MITRE division accepted some State government and Civil Fedederal (e.g. DOT) contracts as well as DOD over the years. They typically have

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Addition of building footprints in selected U.S. and Canadian cities

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: I personally find [building footprints] makes the map far more usable for adding other information. the coastal-swath NOAA LIDAR footprints imported is MASS are wonderful. (Especially in Stamen watercolor tiles, but also

Re: [Talk-us] name expansion bot (Re: Imports information on the wiki)

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Val Kartchner val...@gmail.com wrote: In my area I know of two separate streets named E Avenue and an E Street. Boston has E St, intersecting W 1st St, between D St and F St as you'd expect. But W 1st St *crosses* E 1st St at the grid discontinuity (extends

Re: [Talk-us] Analysis of US road network and TIGER status

Just a reminder that Mass. appears very edited in part because the original load here was not Tiger but rather from MASSGIS (which has not-too-dissimilar problems from Tiger, but at least had one-way flags, even if it didn't know which way!). -- Bill @n1vux bill.n1...@gmail.com

Re: [Talk-us] Now you can see how much vandalism the OSMF will carry out on April Fools

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.comwrote: remember reading that balrog-kun's automated edits will be exempted, I wonder if there are other automated edits and imports from public copyright that should be exempted but haven't been. For instance, a Red-tagged

Re: [Talk-us] Now you can see how much vandalism the OSMF will carry out on April Fools

This was split from http://www.openstreetmap.org/** browse/way/8814701/historyhttp://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/8814701/historyby bemasc. ahh. So colored falsely as red, revert will undue all later changes but leave the original way ? -- Bill @n1vux bill.n1...@gmail.com

Re: [Talk-us] Question on connectivity

How about using OSM Inspector as a background layer in josm or Potlatch? It will point out possible routing failures. Thanks that's exactly the workflow improvement I need to make cleaning those up worthwhile investment of time. (The other day I thought I'd run into another routing failure

Re: [Talk-us] Disney (was Re: access=destination vs access=private)

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.comwrote: On 9/14/2011 10:50 PM, Bill Ricker wrote: And the sweep of Victory makes it not a useful shortcut to anywhere. I assume you mean Vista? Anyway, it could be used as a shortcut, but not much shorter than CR 535: http

Re: [Talk-us] Disney (was Re: access=destination vs access=private)

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.comwrote: Is this still marked cast only? I haven't been on World Drive there in years, but I do know that as of last weekend the entrance from Reams i I'll try to remember to look at signage on World Dr at Contemporary Dr when

Re: [Talk-us] Disney (was Re: access=destination vs access=private)

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: We're trying to figure out whether this sign restricts the use of the road, or if it's BS: It asserts their right to uninvite someone who provokes them and then order them to leave, on pain of arrest for tresspass. The sign

Re: [Talk-us] Disney (was Re: access=destination vs access=private)

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.comwrote: Yes, although the removal of the guard does make it possible to avoid the main gate and parking fee by making the whole loop and turning around at the Car Care Center (guests includes all theme park visitors). A

Re: [Talk-us] Disney (was Re: access=destination vs access=private)

Disney runs its own Reedy Creek Planning District (and Fire Dept], so some records from the 1960's and 1970's might not be in OC's system; building permits are filled with OC, but Land Use may not be in the system you're looking at. Waste/Submerged would be correct status in 1960 prior to Disney

Re: [Talk-us] Women trust GPS, drive SUV into Lake

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:15 AM, Mike N nice...@att.net wrote:  I did check the OSM map to be sure there were no non-existing roads shown crossing the lake. When NOT using turn-by-turn but boater-style azimuth-range guidance, I have looked to turn down a county/town borders. Those gray lines go

[Talk-us] Boston parkways, was Re: Long-distance scenic roads

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: I have been on Route 2 there, and it goes nowhere near the Science Museum. Yes, that's correct. Route numbers do not need to follow named roads. That road's changing names numbers are never ending source of local

Re: [Talk-us] NE2: Changeset 6612910: What is?

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: As far as Creek Turnpike and US 169, pics or it doesn't exist. Certainly, but given that stopping is prohibited and there is a minimum speed limit, how do you propose these be taken? Dash mounted hands free video

Re: [Talk-us] Proposal: delete census-designated place polygons

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.comwrote: place=suburb doesn't work for inner-city neighborhoods. nor for truly rural named crossroad settlements of no legal standing, of which some yet remain -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com

Re: [Talk-us] Reply-to field in list messages

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Mike N. nice...@att.net wrote: Actually I inadvertently published a private email when I first joined because it was not set up to reply to the list. I saw the weirdness, and thought it was like another list which had a dead reply-to address and got in the

Re: [Talk-us] umapper, linux, and YOU!

I am still on Ubuntu Karmic, and can see a map on that link adobe-flashplugin/karmic uptodate 10.1.53.64-1karmic1 firefox-3.0/karmic-security uptodate 3.5.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1 -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com ___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-us] Percentage of data imported vs mapped

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:56 AM, McGuire, Matthew matt.mcgu...@metc.state.mn.us wrote: It would be fun to see the relative state to state activity and, of course, compare it to international activity not having to reverse engineer the map since the TIGER was available (and other sources

Re: [Talk-us] MassGIS source/attribution tags

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: then I'd say that sounds good. +1 -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Resigning in protest

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: this change is pretty much necessary for OSM to achieve its goals. my new employer runs all this stuff through their lawyers; they would probably not approve the CCBYSA and probably would approve the new license, as

Re: [Talk-us] Resigning in protest

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Dave Hansen d...@sr71.net wrote: Some very smart lawyers at very big companies in the US and in law schools also based on what i read on web claim that PD doesn't really exist, as Congress has mangled our laws, that seems to be the state here now: Copyright

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

Some of the Meetup groups I organize have switched over to Facebook because a majority of the mappers are already using the service, its super easy to do and free Coming from a computer security privacy background as I do, Facebook is even more off-putting to me than Meetup. Their

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Jim McAndrew j...@loc8.us wrote: Who is paying for these meetup.com groups? Even if someone pays -- CloudMade did at one point, back when there were Ambassadors -- I won't log into that service, period. The local MySQL group uses it, and I find their Meetup

[Talk-us] OSM in the Linux press

As seen on OpenGeoData @OpenStreetMap Twitter -- @openstreetmap http://twitter.com/openstreetmap Jon '*maddog*' Hall's Picks OSM for one of Today's Six Best OSS Projects http://opengeodata.org/jon-maddog-halls-picks-osm-for-one-of-todays =

Re: [Talk-us] Whole-US Garmin Map update - 19-03-2010

So do all SD-cable Garmins handle huge map files equally well or not ? -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] the meaning of trunk in the US

Does your language there are generally no driveways with direct access. refer to single-family driveways or businesses? I took a look with GoogleEarth. [It's ok, I'm not mapping that road.] The divided section with 2-lanes plus turn-lanes cut into the median is certainly not a motorway but is

Re: [Talk-us] proposed first principles for United States road tagging

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: I can think of several interstates that are unpaved and undivided, though all of them are in Alaska. wow that's news to me. Are they limited access ? How do those get tagged? highway=trunk, surface=dirt, divided=no ?

Re: [Talk-us] script for adding layer=1 to bridges

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:13 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: I've noticed that a lot of bridges don't include a layer= tag. I suspect this is because they render OK in mapnik...but not so well with osmarenderer. (Consider the railroad in

Re: [Talk-us] script for adding layer=1 to bridges

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:47 PM, David ``Smith'' vidthe...@gmail.comwrote: Since some people consider the entire layer tag to be tagging for the renderer these people probably don't think it's important to add thorough layer information; I would agree with your disagreement with such people.

Re: [Talk-us] Nokia N900 ?

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Claudius claudiu...@gmx.de wrote: Are you referring to OSM2Go? I think that is the one the N8x0 owners have recommended. Thanks for the info. -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com ___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-us] Import of EPA data

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: I am generally in favor of imports. But EPA superfund site data seems to be getting close to there should be mashup with this data and osm as the baselayer as opposed to importing it. +1 -- Bill n1...@arrl.net

[Talk-us] Maine Turnpike ?

Is anyone in Maine (USA) working on the Maine Turnpike? When down east recently I noticed I was getting routing that wanted to turn at overpasses. I de-tiger-ied exit 48 and the US 302 overpass, dropping spuious inter connect nodes and adding bridges, checking ramps; but the whole thing needs

Re: [Talk-us] More Garmin Maps

The Lambertus maps are very nice, drove around a bit today. -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] Routable Mass Re: Whole-US Garmin Map Update

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote:  roads are disconnected at state boundaries due to being cut with a  non-splitter tool.  (splitter has special logic to insert nodes on  ways at tile boundaries.)  I think I had this problem when using  e.g.

Re: [Talk-us] More Garmin Maps

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Shaun McDonald sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk wrote: I don't think the Cloudmade-created maps I posted last time are really meant for daily use.  I think they're intended to help people track down and survey things like missing street names. That's correct, they

Re: [Talk-us] Whole-US Garmin Map Update

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Dave Hansen d...@sr71.net wrote: I'll try it on my 76csx eventually . That's what I've got. It seems to work pretty darn well. That's very good news. Here in new england the state files are just too small, one can drive across several and back on one tank

Re: [Talk-us] Whole-US Garmin Map Update

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.netwrote: so is there anything i should do/try/whatever? have you used your state's cloudmade map that he built these from? they can be a little hard to read, i crank backlight full and adjust viewing angle to optimal. --

[Talk-us] Massachusetts County reservoir tagging Re: Salt Fork Lake rendering issue

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Seth Fitzsimmons s...@mojodna.net wrote: That looks likely. Quabbin Reservoir (Western MA) is also rendering similarly: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=42.3749lon=-72.2847zoom=12layers=0B00FTF Last I checked, landuse=reservoir is being rendered like

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