Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-23 Thread Robin Paulson
On 2013-04-20 09:49, Clifford Snow wrote: I think I understand that the existing administrative levels dont work. In the US at least, the reservations have a  domestic dependent nation status.  They are not States, Counties yet contain cities. The often extend past state boundaries, and

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-22 Thread colliar
On 21.04.2013 21:33, Clifford Snow wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org mailto:ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: I still maintain Scotland, North Ireland and Wales are analogous situations You might then include Iraqi Kurdistan. I don't know how

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-21 Thread Paul Norman
Johnson Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: I can’t speak for the US, but tagging of them in BC was set back by people pushing the view that they should be tagged as provinces

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-21 Thread tshrub
hi, ... Reservation-boundary might cross a first admin boundary, so two admin=3's might cross/hit oneself. You need to establish for these meta-state situation a distinction-term - or create a seperate boundary system - or make-up the admin-levels by adding more levels (f.e. 40-49) - like in

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-21 Thread Clifford Snow
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: Are there any reservations on or near the I-5/I-405 between Canada and Bellevue? I can divert on my way to Issaquah to attempt to ground truth some of this. You'll drive next to the Tulalip Indian Reservation starting at

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Apr 21, 2013 12:29 AM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote: On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: It's a little bit of a chicken/egg thing right now. As far as I'm aware, rendering of tribal nations went offline in mapnik around the time I

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-21 Thread Clifford Snow
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: I wonder if someone would be willing to make a proper proposal for 3 and 5. I'd be willing, but not after more research. I think we need to fully understand the autonomy of tribes and how exactly they fit into the

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.uswrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.orgwrote: I wonder if someone would be willing to make a proper proposal for 3 and 5. I'd be willing, but not after more research. I think we need to

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-21 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 21/apr/2013 um 19:59 schrieb Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org: Is rendering the issue or tagging? Yes. IMHO we should get the tagging right and rendering will follow. As we don't have similar situations in Europe it is unlikely that this is already implemented cheers,

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.uswrote: In the US, Federally recognized tribes seem to be somewhere equal to state or higher, thus admin level 3 would seem more appropriate. But then there are cases where the the tribe occupies a small city. Question, how

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: Am 21/apr/2013 um 19:59 schrieb Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org: Is rendering the issue or tagging? Yes. IMHO we should get the tagging right and rendering will follow. As we don't have similar

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-21 Thread Clifford Snow
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: I still maintain Scotland, North Ireland and Wales are analogous situations You might then include Iraqi Kurdistan. I don't know how it is rendered, but it sounds very similar. -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-20 Thread tshrub
... hi, here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary=protected_area something is prepared. may be boundary=protected_area + protect_class=24 + protection_title=... best, tshrub ___ talk mailing list talk at openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-20 Thread Paul Johnson
OK, but would you apply this to Scotland and Wales? Because that's an analogous situation in the UK. On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:33 AM, tshrub my-email-confirmat...@online.dewrote: ... hi, here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary=protected_area something is prepared. may be

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-20 Thread tshrub
Paul Johnson baloo at ursamundi.org writes: OK, but would you apply this to Scotland and Wales?  Because that's an analogous situation in the UK. basic is, to mark the reservation situation worldwide by two tags - to become rendered (once). A fine tuning you have to align by additional

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-20 Thread Craig Wallace
On 2013-04-20 19:24, Paul Johnson wrote: OK, but would you apply this to Scotland and Wales? Because that's an analogous situation in the UK. Not really. Scotland/England/Wales are clearly administrative boundaries, and they are tagged as such in OSM. And they fit in the hierarchy of admin

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-20 Thread Clifford Snow
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: As previously stated, admin levels 3 and 5 depending on status as a nation or reservation, respectively. Looking at the admin levels, I agree 3 and 5 would appear to fit. But boundary=domestic_dependent_nation (not a

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Apr 20, 2013 7:23 PM, Craig Wallace craig...@fastmail.fm wrote: On 2013-04-20 19:24, Paul Johnson wrote: OK, but would you apply this to Scotland and Wales? Because that's an analogous situation in the UK. Not really. Scotland/England/Wales are clearly administrative boundaries, and

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Apr 20, 2013 8:53 PM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote: One part of my original message I still need help with. Why aren't we adding these boundaries to OSM? If it is just that no one as added any or is there an issue I'm not aware of? Personally I'd like to start adding in these

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-20 Thread Paul Norman
...@snowandsnow.us] Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 6:54 PM To: Paul Johnson Cc: Talk Openstreetmap Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries One part of my original message I still need help with. Why aren't we adding these boundaries to OSM? If it is just

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-20 Thread Clifford Snow
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: It's a little bit of a chicken/egg thing right now. As far as I'm aware, rendering of tribal nations went offline in mapnik around the time I pointed out the overly broad tagging and that having most of Oklahoma and big

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-20 Thread Clifford Snow
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: I can’t speak for the US, but tagging of them in BC was set back by people pushing the view that they should be tagged as provinces. There were also issues that someone imported a bunch without geometry or tag cleanup. In

[OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-19 Thread Clifford Snow
Looking at the wiki for help understanding why we don't have boundaries reservations has left me confused. Can someone explain why they are not there and if there is any plans to add them at some point in the future? From personal experience, it is important to know when you are on tribal lands.

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-19 Thread Paul Johnson
The previous tagging was inadequate, bordering on offensive (particularly with the rendering, which suggested indian nations and reservations were the same and more of a touristic draw than administratively significant). I've suggested using administrative level 3 and 5 for the purpose in north

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-19 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: The previous tagging was inadequate, bordering on offensive Which tagging was that? It is my understanding that First Nations boundaries just don't fit within the simple number-line model that OpenStreetMap has used for

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: The previous tagging was inadequate, bordering on offensive Which tagging was that? It is my understanding that First Nations boundaries just

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-19 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.orgwrote: The previous tagging was inadequate, bordering on offensive Which

Re: [OSM-talk] Native American/First Nation, etc. Reservation Boundaries

2013-04-19 Thread Paul Johnson
As previously stated, admin levels 3 and 5 depending on status as a nation or reservation, respectively. On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Richard