Re: [talk-au] Would Nippers be called Cadet Lifesavers?

2021-09-27 Thread Andrew Harvey
On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 12:49, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > You would probably have seen that I recently successfully put through a > proposal to map the location of various cadet groups: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:club%3Dcadet > (& thank you to those who supported it!) > >

Re: [talk-au] Tagging yellow buoys

2021-09-27 Thread Ben Kelley
I have recently moved close to Brisbane Water (NSW Central Coast). Aerial photos are quite good if you know what you're looking at. I think buoy_special_purpose is probably the closest. - Ben. On Tue, 28 Sept 2021 at 13:29, Andrew Harvey wrote: > I can't help much with tagging, but wanted to

Re: [talk-au] Tagging yellow buoys

2021-09-27 Thread Andrew Harvey
I can't help much with tagging, but wanted to say good to see someone else interested in sea mapping, I mapped a small bit of the Georges River in Sydney via kayak many years ago. On Tue, 28 Sept 2021 at 10:39, Ben Kelley wrote: > Hi. > > I'm slowly mapping more and more buoys in my area. The

[talk-au] Tagging yellow buoys

2021-09-27 Thread Ben Kelley
Hi. I'm slowly mapping more and more buoys in my area. The red and green channel markers are obvious, but I wondered how to map yellow ones. I'm guessing that for Open Sea Map it is a "special purpose mark". Generally they are used to mark hazards. The channel runs close to moorings here, so

Re: [talk-au] Suburb, or Town?

2021-09-27 Thread Brendan Barnes
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dsuburb https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dtown I'd also go with suburb for places within Melbourne metropolitan area. On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 21:18, cleary wrote: > > I say suburb. If it is within a city or city metropolis, I'd say

Re: [talk-au] Suburb, or Town?

2021-09-27 Thread cleary
I say suburb. If it is within a city or city metropolis, I'd say it's a suburb. Further, I'd say the mapper who changed the tag for Keilor Downs with the explanation "Changing place=suburb to place=town so that streets can be found in map in next map release" is seriously wrong. A town

[talk-au] Suburb, or Town?

2021-09-27 Thread Diacritic
Hello, Hopefully this is a quick question! Should metropolitan suburbs be recorded as suburbs, or as towns? I've seen some contrasting approaches in the same city; compare Keillor Park, Melbourne with Keillor Downs, Melbourne. Which is correct, or are both