Re: [Talk-GB] How to tag this?

2019-05-08 Thread Dave F via Talk-GB
if it's used for advertising look up that in the wiki. For the actual structure: disused:amenity=telephone covered=booth booth=K6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_telephone_box On 08/05/2019 12:27, Martin Wynne wrote: How should I tag this? It's a former phone box in use to advertise the

[Talk-GB] OSMUK AGM venue

2019-05-08 Thread Jez Nicholson
Hi all, I've been to look at the proposed venue for the OSMUK AGM this morning. Newspeak House, very near to Brick Lane in London. The event space is really nice, will cope with 30-80 people and has an adjoining cafe. I'm also told that we can easily nip out to buy bagels from a famous local

Re: [Talk-GB] How to tag this?

2019-05-08 Thread Philip Barnes
Also building=phonebox which I use. The most common usage is defibrillators and bookshares. Phil (trigpoint) On Wednesday, 8 May 2019, Martin Wynne wrote: > On 08/05/2019 12:46, Andy Townsend wrote: > > > It's a bit of a stretch, but perhaps some kind of tourist information > > feature? > >

Re: [Talk-GB] How to tag this?

2019-05-08 Thread Martin Wynne
On 08/05/2019 12:46, Andy Townsend wrote: It's a bit of a stretch, but perhaps some kind of tourist information feature? Thanks Andy. I think it is intended for locals rather than tourists. It's in a village on a country lane, not a recognised tourist destination. On closer examination of

Re: [Talk-GB] How to tag this?

2019-05-08 Thread Andy Townsend
On 08/05/2019 12:27, Martin Wynne wrote: How should I tag this? It's a former phone box in use to advertise the attractions of the local pub. I don't know if it was done by the pub, or by the local community. Possibly it's a community-run pub. It's a bit of a stretch, but perhaps some kind

[Talk-GB] How to tag this?

2019-05-08 Thread Martin Wynne
How should I tag this? It's a former phone box in use to advertise the attractions of the local pub. I don't know if it was done by the pub, or by the local community. Possibly it's a community-run pub. http://85a.uk/pub_kiosk_600x860.jpg thanks, Martin.

Re: [Talk-GB] Map styles (was: What is a residential area?)

2019-05-08 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
https://mc.bbbike.org/mc/ http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/ http://leaflet-extras.github.io/leaflet-providers/preview/ are useful for comparing many map styles (many of them, but

Re: [Talk-GB] What is a residential area?

2019-05-08 Thread seirra blake
hmm... point taken. I do want to try making custom maps in the future that I'll probably base off of carto, so maybe I'll have a better grasp when I start that project On 5/8/19 10:43 AM, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: It depends on a map. For OSM Carto (current default map style at the OSM Main

Re: [Talk-GB] What is a residential area?

2019-05-08 Thread seirra blake
ah, I see what you're saying. so one that is geared towards the public may have completely different priorities etc.. I guess it's something I'll understand better over time On 5/8/19 10:25 AM, David Woolley wrote: On 08/05/2019 02:18, seirra blake wrote: is there any articles on what

Re: [Talk-GB] What is a residential area?

2019-05-08 Thread Andy Townsend
On 08/05/2019 02:18, seirra blake wrote: is there any articles on what does/doesn't get used on particular zoom levels? just figure it wouldn't hurt to double check my general understanding This cropped up on the forum recently - see

Re: [Talk-GB] What is a residential area?

2019-05-08 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
It depends on a map. For OSM Carto (current default map style at the OSM Main site) one may look at source code - for example https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/amenity-points.mss#L43

Re: [Talk-GB] What is a residential area?

2019-05-08 Thread David Woolley
On 08/05/2019 02:18, seirra blake wrote: is there any articles on what does/doesn't get used on particular zoom levels? just figure it wouldn't hurt to double check my general understanding That assumes that zoom level has any meaning to the tool being used to access the map. For slippy