Re: [Talk-ca] Formatting of Municipality Names

2018-02-16 Thread Tristan Anderson
I'm going to make here to the unpopular argument that in OSM tagging "St." should always be written as "Saint". I know that you will never see "Sault Sainte Marie" on a sign, map or official document and that seeing it written like that looks weird and even wrong to local residents. In much

Re: [Talk-ca] Bus stops in Ottawa

2016-03-01 Thread Tristan Anderson
Let's not be too hasty in removing large amounts of data, imported years ago and subsequently edited by several users in various ways, simply because it may or may not be compatible with a future OSM license. If you guys are 100% sure this import contravened ODbL, or if the City of Ottawa's

Re: [Talk-ca] Urgent care centre

2015-11-30 Thread Tristan Anderson
amenity=clinic sounds great. I hope they're not officially called "urgent care centres" and they certainly shouldn't be tagged as such in OSM. If I got shot and saw an urgent care centre, I'd probably make the same mistake. > Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:15:19 -0500 > From: andrew...@gmail.com >

Re: [Talk-ca] Highway recoding

2015-07-22 Thread Tristan Anderson
, c) accordingly. I might also add Tristan Anderson definitions on forestry roads (talk-ca 15-07-15). Comments are obviously welcome J Daniel a) http://www.comt.ca/english/NHS-report-english.pdfb) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway:International_equivalencec) http

Re: [Talk-ca] Highway 400A

2015-07-17 Thread Tristan Anderson
, Jul 16, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Tristan Anderson andersontris...@hotmail.com wrote: I agree. I can change it tomorrow if nobody objects. From: berniejconn...@gmail.com The smartest thing to do is tag it based on the highway signs along the road. Bernie. — Bernie Connors New Maryland, NB

Re: [Talk-ca] Forestry Roads

2015-07-15 Thread Tristan Anderson
This is how I tag forestry roads: tertiary: major logging roads in remote areas, sometimes also access mines or hydro dams. Well graded, suitable for all vehicles although most traffic is often trucks, usually wide enough for vehicles to pass without slowing down. They're often hundreds of