Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

2014-02-22 Thread Paul Norman
From: William Rieck [mailto:bi...@thinkers.org] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name? Hi Paul, I was following your message until this statement, where I got confused. Are you saying the city of Langley is not a city? What

Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

2014-02-22 Thread Paul Norman
; Paul Norman Cc: talk-ca Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name? Oups I was wrong in identifiying the polygons in JOSM. These are two adjacent polygons, the city being surrounded by the township. The difference in spelling comes from the alt_name=Langley. I should have

Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

2014-02-21 Thread William Rieck
Hi Paul, I was following your message until this statement, where I got confused. Are you saying the city of Langley is not a city? What do you mean by in British English? That's all fairly simple, but the place node is more complicated. Langley is not a city in British English, but a town.

Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

2014-02-21 Thread Pierre Béland
12h09 Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name? Hi Paul, I was following your message until this statement, where I got confused. Are you saying the city of Langley is not a city? What do you mean by in British English?   That's all fairly simple, but the place node is more

Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

2014-02-21 Thread Pierre Béland
De : Pierre Béland pierz...@yahoo.fr À : William Rieck bi...@thinkers.org; Paul Norman penor...@mac.com Cc : talk-ca talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : Vendredi 21 février 2014 21h53 Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name? Looking at the Township

Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

2014-02-20 Thread Paul Norman
From: Daniel Friesen [mailto:dan...@nadir-seen-fire.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 3:10 AM To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name? I'm a little new to OSM, recently I found that neither of the city boundaries for the Langley area

[Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

2014-02-19 Thread Daniel Friesen
I'm a little new to OSM, recently I found that neither of the city boundaries for the Langley area showed up in searches for Langley. The issue was that neither had any type of name entry with just Langley I added an alt_name=Langley to both of the boundaries myself:

Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

2014-02-19 Thread Corey Burger
I would do both, as you might be looking for the exact location or the municipal border. Corey On Feb 19, 2014 3:10 AM, Daniel Friesen dan...@nadir-seen-fire.com wrote: I'm a little new to OSM, recently I found that neither of the city boundaries for the Langley area showed up in searches for

Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

2014-02-19 Thread Pierre Béland
?   Pierre De : Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com À : Daniel Friesen dan...@nadir-seen-fire.com Cc : talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : Mercredi 19 février 2014 14h54 Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name? I would do both, as you might

Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

2014-02-19 Thread Corey Burger
-- *De :* Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com *À :* Daniel Friesen dan...@nadir-seen-fire.com *Cc :* talk-ca@openstreetmap.org *Envoyé le :* Mercredi 19 février 2014 14h54 *Objet :* Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name? I would do both, as you might be looking for the exact