[Talk-GB] Can anyone help with mapping in Stanford-le-Hope?

2015-04-22 Thread Stuart Reynolds
Greetings, Is there a friendly mapper out there local to Stanford-le-Hope who wouldn’t mind surveying the new Sorrell’s Rounabout junction at The Manorway / Corringham Road? OSM at present has only part of the change and Google has slightly more (the top third of the new roundabout), but still

Re: [Talk-GB] elsan_points

2015-04-22 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:39 AM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Bryce Nesbitt wrote: What can we assume the UK tag waterway=elsan_point means? One or more of: 1) Walk up toilet 2) Cassette dump for boats 3) Cassette dump for motorhomes 4) Pump out Very firmly

Re: [Talk-GB] elsan_points

2015-04-22 Thread Colin Smale
Is there any intrinsic difference between one for boats and one for motorhomes? If they are actually pretty much the same thing, maybe the difference would better be expressed by access=customers or purely geometric/geographic properties. On 2015-04-22 20:07, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: On Wed,

Re: [Talk-GB] elsan_points

2015-04-22 Thread Lester Caine
On 22/04/15 19:07, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: Others objected to the use of a trade name. Thus *sanitary_dump_station* as an attempt at a generic term with a good chance of understanding when translated into multiple languages, and a good match to the customary terms used locally. The scheme's wiki

Re: [Talk-GB] elsan_points

2015-04-22 Thread SK53
I too have problems with the name of this proposed tag, as follows: 1) It's not recognisably British English. This has been the default for tag names since the inception of the project, mainly to avoid natural complications when en-us and en-gb differ. As a native Brit I wouldn't have a clue what

Re: [Talk-GB] elsan_points

2015-04-22 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Here are some totally typical prior taggings of this feature (in land vehicle form): http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3075600244 http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/369645049 ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-GB] User changing place=suburb to neighbourhood

2015-04-22 Thread Dave F.
Hi User abc26324 has been changing place=suburb to neighbourhood. This edits are widespread so I doubt he has local knowledge. The ones near my vicinity seem erroneous. https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/30417434?node_page=1 He's adding place=farm tags. Is this still current? I thought

Re: [Talk-GB] User changing place=suburb to neighbourhood

2015-04-22 Thread Jo Walsh
I see there are no changeset comments either. Have you started a changeset discussion? I can't tell on the mobile. On April 23, 2015 12:25:10 AM GMT+01:00, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: Hi User abc26324 has been changing place=suburb to neighbourhood. This edits are widespread so I

Re: [Talk-GB] elsan_points

2015-04-22 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nl wrote: Is there any intrinsic difference between one for boats and one for motorhomes? If they are actually pretty much the same thing, maybe the difference would better be expressed by *access=customers* or purely

Re: [Talk-GB] elsan_points

2015-04-22 Thread Lester Caine
On 22/04/15 20:38, SK53 wrote: Despite objections to a trade name, the current tag does reflect what these are called by waterway users in the UK. Elsan has long entered standard english as a synonym for chemical toilet. Personally I would have tried to choose something a little more generic

Re: [Talk-GB] elsan_points

2015-04-22 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:51 PM, Malcolm Herring malcolm.herr...@btinternet.com wrote: On 21/04/2015 18:08, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: Are what's presently tagged elsan_point /both/ walk up toilets /and/ CDP chemical holding tank emptying points? And do they welcome waste originating from

Re: [Talk-GB] elsan_points

2015-04-22 Thread Malcolm Herring
On 21/04/2015 18:08, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: Are what's presently tagged elsan_point /both/ walk up toilets /and/ CDP chemical holding tank emptying points? And do they welcome waste originating from Elsan-based motorhomes as well as canal boats? This is going to vary from point to point.

Re: [Talk-GB] elsan_points

2015-04-22 Thread Malcolm Herring
On 22/04/2015 08:04, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: What can we assume the UK tag waterway=elsan_point means? One or more of: 1) Walk up toilet 2) Cassette dump for boats 3) Cassette dump for motorhomes 4) Pump out The only safe assumption is (2)

Re: [Talk-GB] elsan_points

2015-04-22 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Bryce Nesbitt wrote: What can we assume the UK tag waterway=elsan_point means? One or more of: 1) Walk up toilet 2) Cassette dump for boats 3) Cassette dump for motorhomes 4) Pump out Very firmly and unambiguously 2. I propose making the assumption the present elsan_point tag means*