Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread Chris Hill
On 16/10/12 13:25, davespod wrote: Other recent dubious edits by the same person include this one: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/179146263 Evidently a joke with reference to:

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread SomeoneElse
Chris Hill wrote: We have had problematic edits from that young man before. He seems to have changed his OSM ID (from TomPopple) For the avoidance of confusion, and not blocking the wrong user (!), actually the old name was tompople, unused since Jan 2012. Cheers, Andy

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread Brian Prangle
We in the West Mids are well aware of this user and have been monitoring and cleaning up after him for some time. He has never replied to any emails we have sent him, except very early on. He is very unusual and seems to be a Jekyll and Hyde character who has done some excellent work where he

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread Dave F.
On 16/10/2012 14:31, Brian Prangle wrote: Banning him will result in him popping up with another name which will make him difficult to track. I'm no expert, but can he be tracked by his IP address no matter what account (assuming he's using the same computer?) Dave F.

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread David Prime
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 16/10/2012 14:31, Brian Prangle wrote: Banning him will result in him popping up with another name which will make him difficult to track. I'm no expert, but can he be tracked by his IP address no matter what

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread Chris Hill
Sorry, youre right. Memory let me down :-( SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: Chris Hill wrote: We have had problematic edits from that young man before. He seems to have changed his OSM ID (from TomPopple) For the avoidance of confusion, and not blocking the wrong user (!),

Re: [Talk-GB] importing house shapes

2012-10-16 Thread Kevin Peat
On Oct 16, 2012 9:15 PM, Adam Hoyle adam.li...@dotankstudios.com wrote: Hi Talk-GB, Sorry if I'm posting on the wrong list. ...I have a huge preference for Potlatch over JOSM... You can get therapy for that :] In JOSM you can press Q after drawing a building to cure the wobbles, not sure

Re: [Talk-GB] importing house shapes

2012-10-16 Thread Richard Mann
Strangely enough, you press Q in Potlatch as well On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Kevin Peat k...@k3v.eu wrote: On Oct 16, 2012 9:15 PM, Adam Hoyle adam.li...@dotankstudios.com wrote: Hi Talk-GB, Sorry if I'm posting on the wrong list. ...I have a huge preference for Potlatch

Re: [Talk-GB] importing house shapes

2012-10-16 Thread Ed Loach
Adam wrote: Can anyone give me any pointers about importing house shapes into OSM? They were probably traced by hand from Bing imagery rather than imported. I've added a few buildings over the years, but they end up being slightly wobbly, which is far from ideal. I have a huge preference