Re: [OSM-talk] Temporary Items, overlays, changes

2009-01-08 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Hendrik T. Voelker wrote: So we have to come up with a way to contain alternating versions with time or other kind of restrictions. This would also allow construction sites to be mapped. ---8--- timecapsule frame from=1.1.2009 till=5.1.2009 node ... / way ... / relation

[OSM-talk] Temporary Items, overlays, changes

2009-01-07 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Hi guys. Peter Miller wrote: This raises the whole question around temporary maps - ie for 50 weeks of the year this is empty desert and for 2 weeks it looks like this. Another example is Glastonbury Festival which for 50 weeks looks like a farm and for 2 weeks is the second largest

Re: [OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

2008-09-30 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Guys, after we now had a longer discussion I guess several things are clear: We agree that as a first step a code of conduct concerning mass changes is a very good idea and maybe Frederik can draft one and add it to the wiki as a proposal. Following that most agree that a code of

Re: [OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

2008-09-29 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Gert Gremmen wrote: The serverscript (see below) could create a web page with the temporary accountname as a URL, summarizing all the submitted data, for consulting by anyone finding a questionable dataelement. Guys, think about one of the most fundamental design principles for robust code:

Re: [OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

2008-09-29 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Gert Gremmen wrote: I want to insist however, on the website form approach, to oblige fast-thinking fast-acting bot writers to express at least what they intend to do somewhere. Yes, sure. But not for every run of the bot. And you can add a description to the batch One could go as far as

Re: [OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

2008-09-29 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Nick Barnes wrote: 'Hamm Strasse' - see link above). One of the guys there commented that after he spent some time mapping an area called 'Batley Carr', some numbskull thought it would be a good idea to correct all the misspellings of 'car' and changed every single reference. First of all

Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands - proposal draft

2008-09-18 Thread Hendrik T Voelker
Am 18.09.2008 um 00:40 Uhr schrieb Cartinus: seem to use k='type' v='something' to indicate what kind of relation it is. Nonetheless I think that it's redundant, as the existence of a group tag should make it clear that this is a group :) Streets, houses, what ever do The type tag is

Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands - proposal draft

2008-09-17 Thread Hendrik T Voelker
Am 16.09.2008 um 22:30 Uhr schrieb Erik Lundin: All established relations seem to use k='type' v='something' to indicate what kind of relation it is. Yes, I have seen that. Because of that I had include the question. Nonetheless I think that it's redundant, as the existence of a group tag

Re: [OSM-talk] trace from a kml ?

2008-09-17 Thread Hendrik T Voelker
Am 16.09.2008 um 22:46 Uhr schrieb leblatt: But if I try to convert from kml to gpx with GPSBabel, I get a trackfilter-init: Found track point without time! error, and no conversion occurs. Well, maybe it would be enough to add timestamps to the KML file (by hand/script) and then try to

Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands - proposal draft

2008-09-15 Thread Hendrik T Voelker
Am 13.09.2008 um 19:17 Uhr schrieb Hendrik T Voelker: just a short question: How do I describe a group of islands, like e.g. the Ertenholmen (consists of about 13 islands, islets, and archipelago in the Baltic Sea. I would expect to use the relation for that It seems there is not yet

[OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands.

-- Thread Hendrik T Voelker
= "006792"; google_color_text = "00"; //--> [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands. Hendrik T Voelker Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands. Erik Lundin Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands. Nic Roet

[OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands.

-- Thread Hendrik T Voelker
e_color_url = "006792"; google_color_text = "00"; //--> [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands. Hendrik T Voelker Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands. Erik Lundin Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands. Nic R

[OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands.

-- Thread Hendrik T Voelker
e_color_url = "006792"; google_color_text = "00"; //--> [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands. Hendrik T Voelker Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands. Erik Lundin Re: [OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands. Nic Ro