When I come across them I always delete them.
To map them as polygons was nonsense.
A few years ago the person who added them confessed he couldn't remember
why he'd done it.
If there is a desire to to be added they should be on the bus stops,
similar to the fare_zones I recently added to
On 03/04/2019 17:23, Dan S wrote:
* The tagging is already pretty well-defined.
This would be a great project, however I think there's some confusion in
the tagging which requires agreeing/clarifying.
Most solar rural solar farms are on arable land. There's usually a
boundary fence around
Is that the royal 'we'?
DaveF
On 31/03/2019 12:59, Rob Nickerson wrote:
Hi all,
We have been approached by the press (national newspaper/online). They are
wanting to write an article in their weekend magazine on OSM as part of a
series on "hidden work that makes the internet thrive".
They
I use evidence on the ground - is it wide enough for any type of four
wheel vehicle & are there signs of wheel tracks.
I would disagree that bridleways only wide enough for a horse are rare.
If a track is designated as a public_bridleway by signage or definitive
statement then there is right
On 03/03/2019 22:54, Warin wrote:
If a field is used for a helicopter landing .. should you tag it as a
heliport?
If a one off, no, but if occasional then Helipad is appropriate in that
case.
My answer is - what is it regularly used for and is suitable for that
use? Not what it could be
Hi
disused:amenity=telephone
Many that have already been decommissioned are being reused:
Filled with flowers:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5281048654.
Tagged similar to above for emergency=defibrillator &
amenity=public_bookcase
Cheers
DaveF
On 25/02/2019 09:47, Jez Nicholson
Would you care to state the reasons?
On 20/02/2019 19:43, Frederik Ramm wrote:
Hi,
even before the whole Brexit brouhaha, the OSMF occasionally thought
about perhaps moving the organisation elsewhere (most likely to another
EU country but all options are open in theory).
Brexit might give us
https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/commit/4df96c4e4927c
Plus a discussion in Tagging 05/03
Unsure if this is a step forward. If it's being "misused", the common
tags should be amended to accurately represent the areas, not deprecate
the render. Seems like the tail wagging the
Hi
Nothing except the fact people walk along a way is implied by path or
footway. The legality or ability to use it is defined with sub/adjective
tags, such as width.
The path tag is actively being discouraged.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Richard/diary/20333
OSM-Carto rendering
This is the full list of name=Argos, shop=*
Catalogue by far the most popular, but I wondering if there any
specialised Argos outlets selling just furniture or electrical?
catalogue,152
department_store,90
,60
yes,55
variety_store,39
general,21
supermarket,8
gift,5
convenience,4
houseware,4
On 10/03/2019 22:37, Martin Wynne wrote:
Thanks for the comments.
I'm surprised some folks can be so dogmatic,
A surprising comment considering on your 'rarity' claim.
Changing the subject a little, is it still a track if wide enough for
a vehicle, but the landowner has physically blocked
On 10/03/2019 23:19, Warin wrote:
Is there evidence of bridleway use?
The title of the thread is "Bridleway *or* track?"
but It's advisable to check the whole length as sections can be used
by vehicles such as agricultural ones to get between adjacent fields.
Then the sections will have
On 08/03/2019 10:15, Andy Townsend wrote:
OS Locator is/was a good source of those missing names, as shown in
"Musical Chairs" here:
There's also:
http://product.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/
Although don't be deceived by the 'Last Updated' date - It's not being
updated. When I
Hi
Welcome to OSM.
Mapping new developments is trickier without aerial imagery, but there's
quite a bit you can do to make it more accurate than guesswork.
* if you're mapping the roads use the GPS to walk down their centre,
if it's safe to do so, of course)
* Takes *lots* of photos.
?
DaveF
On 15/03/2019 11:05, David Woolley wrote:
On 15/03/2019 01:24, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
AFAIA, neither tag had any impied permissions or condition attributes.
They do, and they are country specific.
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_ta
th would be marked
'depreciated'.
On 15/03/19 00:24, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
Hi
Nothing except the fact people walk along a way is implied by path or
footway. The legality or ability to use it is defined with
sub/adjective tags, such as width.
The path tag is actively being discouraged
On 13/03/2019 21:28, Paul Berry wrote:
Relation looks OK to me but I can't see the name at any zoom level:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/287917
Yes, it takes a long time to fully render. it must be quite low down in
OSM-Carto's hierarchy, & depending on a national_park's size &
highway=bridleway was, I believe, conceived to be used as a shortcut tag
for the below, but if the way is a track, they should be included.
DaveF
On 11/03/2019 08:49, p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote:
Access tags for a bridleway in the UK or in my experience England and Wales
should be
On 10/03/2019 23:45, Martin Wynne wrote:
There's clearly no evidence of 4 wheeled vehicles, so it should be
marked as a bridleway, but It's advisable to check the whole length
as sections can be used by vehicles such as agricultural ones to get
between adjacent fields.
It's a public
On 07/02/2019 20:52, Chris Hill wrote:
On 07/02/2019 18:25, Philip Barnes wrote:
On Thu, 2019-02-07 at 17:59 +, talk...@manet-computer.co.uk wrote:
Hi All,
Not sure if this is the right place to ask but is there anyone who
can look at https://thegrid.ladbrokes.com/en/shoplocator to
s teaching users how to use OSM software.
Cheers
DaveF
On 11/02/2019 15:14, ael via Talk-GB wrote:
On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 02:40:23PM +0000, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
I think we should be encouraging those who add notes to contribute directly
to the do-ocracy that is OSM. Quite a few notes tak
I think we should be encouraging those who add notes to contribute
directly to the do-ocracy that is OSM. Quite a few notes take longer to
type than actually editing the problem they are highlighting.
If anybody (even anonymously) can add notes then users should be able to
delete notes to
On 11/02/2019 11:06, Paul Berry wrote:
OK, I'll give that a try this week and see how the GPS traces come out.
Drive around it a few times, if possible. GPS isn't the most accurate
when taking tight bends/roundabouts. Having multiple traces provides a
more accurate average.
Do you have a
I'm so glad this has been resurrected again. It's not only the tag
mentioned, but others including leisure=pitch to represent recreation
grounds.
The university area requires amending to fit within accepted & agreed
tagging rules.
DaveF
On 07/04/2019 12:28, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)
Some park runs regularly alter their course to avoid causing damage to
the grass,
Bus routes are permanently marked with bus stops
Complexity isn't a reason to map an item of not
On 04/06/2019 14:02, Edward Catmur via Talk-GB wrote:
An Overpass query for
Hi
Polygons shouldn't be attached to highways=* which represent an
infinitesimally thin centreline & provides no assumption of width. If
you wanted to add a gate to the outline of the park it would also,
inaccurately, act as a barrier on the road.
is there a pond in the rose garden? it
Hi
I've yet to hear a valid reasoning for this relation type. It's much
more beneficial to add addresses instead.
There appears an increasing tendency to collect almost anything together
into a relation. See public-transport's 'stop_area' as another example
This is not why relations were
You're talking about a different subject, which 'associatedstreets'
won't resolve.
DaveF
On 01/06/2019 12:06, Colin Smale wrote:
On 2019-06-01 12:34, Gareth L wrote:
I was about to say, relations of this manner seem duplicitous of simply having
an address.
Using only the street name to
On 01/06/2019 12:00, Colin Smale wrote:
Relations are great to represent real-world relations that cannot be
inferred (reliably) from the other data in OSM. Often a geometrical
relation exists, such as a node inside a polygon, but not always.
OSM loves to allow things to be inferred from the
I thought how to fix it was explained to you last time:
http://ra.osmsurround.org/analyzeRelation?relationId=287245
On 18/06/2019 20:23, Brian Prangle wrote:
Hi everyone
Probably a broken a relation. Beyond my skills to investigate and fix. Can
someone suitably equipped please take a look?
This looks very interesting, well worth investigating, but could any
comments be posted here please - We get notifications, they're recorded
& date sorted. I've yet to see a wiki discussion that doesn't become
incoherent after a dozen posts.
.
DaveF
On 10/05/2019 17:03, Jez Nicholson wrote:
On 07/05/2019 12:17, Martin Wynne wrote:
On 07/05/2019 11:34, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
Your OSM example look fine to me - a single property is still where
people reside. Any other details, such as garden, should be mapped
individually within that area.
Thanks Dave. But in that case, why
Your OSM example look fine to me - a single property is still where
people reside. Any other details, such as garden, should be mapped
individually within that area.
The mistake early in OSM's life was to use this tag to indicate a
village/town/city as a whole, with a blanket polygon covering
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/112368662
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On 07/05/2019 12:40, Martin Wynne wrote:
Are we trying to create a legal reference document?
Or a description of what a visitor would see on the ground?
From OSM's main welcome page:
"OpenStreetMap is a place for mapping things that are both /real and
current"
On 07/05/2019 14:38, David Woolley wrote:
On 07/05/2019 13:30, Martin Wynne wrote:
This idea of primary and secondary tags is new to me. There is no
such distinction in the iD editor -- all applied tags are simply
listed in alphabetical order.
Things like name, height, and colour are
Hi
I'm not convinced it's a bridge.
There's no clear evidence of a raised footway. A piece of wood dropped
in the stream, is probably just a piece of wood dropped in the stream.
I've two similar examples close to me; one wood the other a cast iron
frame. They're for the user to steady
On 05/05/2019 15:52, Martin Wynne wrote:
n.b. the iD editor is now showing this as an error: "Stream crosses
foot path", even though tagged as a ford.
Got a Link?
If you're mapping linear ways a node at their intersection with ford=yes
is required.
Given the small width of the ditch, I wouldn't bother with the separate
way, but just put the ford & handrail tags on the intersecting node.
The way you've mapped it the ford & handrail are 5 metres in length.
On 05/05/2019 17:19, Martin Wynne wrote:
Got a Link?
If you're mapping linear
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
On 04/07/2019 16:59, Silent Spike wrote:
My understanding is that `public_transport=platform` is any place where
public transport can be accessed
Same as bus_stop/tram_stop, you mean?
and should not literally be interpreted as
a physical platform
then why hi-jack the word 'platform'
Please, please don't use public_transport=platform unless you're
actually mapping an actual, physical, raised object, similar to railway
platforms.
'platform' has been misappropriated from the physical railway=platform
by those who developed the PT schema to mean an arbitrary area of
On 04/07/2019 16:39, Martin Wynne wrote:
On 04/07/2019 16:11, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
In OSM we map *physical* objects only.
In rural areas there are many places where buses are timetabled to
stop but where there is nothing physical -- no signpost or shelter.
These are still 'physical
In OSM we map *physical* objects only.
What about border - especially
lower administrative units and
nature reserves?
From a previous post:
These are still 'physical' in the sense that they exist in the timetable
& Naptan documents. (Think also boundaries which don't have dashed lines
Hi
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/69064630#map=16/51.3132/-0.3029
A user has removed what looks like valid data including shops & replaced
with those listed in Google Maps
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3167258,-0.304743,149m/data=!3m1!1e3
Anyone local to Epsom that can take a
On 12/07/2019 21:19, Philip Barnes wrote:
Hi Brian
Each pillar has a plate with an OS reassigned reference, which is easily on
the ground verifiable. I believe that we should be using that rather than those
randomly assigned by a 3rd party site of unknown origin.
Hmm... Good job no one did
If I have the patience, I split them:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/51.40349/-2.44502
The PROW ref should go over the stile's way even if the gate is always
open - it's up the walker to decide which to use (even if the choice is
obvious)
DaveF
On 22/04/2019 13:43, Martin Wynne
On 22/04/2019 15:34, Roger Calvert wrote:
The Lake District National Park instructions to footpath surveyors
recommends:
"Where there are two items of furniture for the same crossing (for
example, a gate and a stile alongside each other), then it is the one
highest up the hierarchy .. or the
Hi
Bullet point replies:
* Under the PROW section why are the 'yes' values not 'designated'?
* byway_open_to_all_traffic - Why is motor vehicle 'private/no'?
* Clarify which tags are optional (ie horse for Footpaths)
* Designated ways aren't limited to
On 02/09/2019 14:58, David Woolley wrote:
This could conflict with a trend that I believe is developing, at
least for more formal roads, of removing signage, because it distracts
drivers, and relying on satellite navigators to provide the
information instead.
What evidence have you of this
Could you clarify/give an example of what you mean by 'Community Maps''?
DaveF
On 16/09/2019 00:02, Luciën Greefkes via Talk-GB wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm currently working on mapping the neighbourhoods of Welwyn Garden City.
For that I'd like to use an accurate resource, also not to miss out
Construction areas aren't inaccessible. They have constant traffic of
deliveries.
Please provide a link.
DaveF
On 29/07/2019 11:21, ael wrote:
On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 09:42:27AM +0100, Dan S wrote:
"stinks of armchair mapping" - that sounds rather derogatory. My
understanding is that these
Andy
There is nothing wrong with adding just highway=service.
If you know that the OSM database can be improved by adding additional
tags, then do so. (Although I note you're not too sure, yourself)
As I understand it Amazon have gpx traces from their delivery vehicles
along roads which the
I'm aware how construction sites work.
Trades will occasionally have small items delivered, especially if
specialized or in an emergency. A foreman I know had his kid's
Christmas present sent to site to keep the surprise.
Please provide an OSM link to the site.
DaveF
On 29/07/2019 12:25,
It would be good if they could add address data. Probably not postcodes
- I assume they're a customer of Royal Mail's PAF, but house numbers &
names.
DaveF
On 29/07/2019 13:32, Gregory Marler wrote:
I've exchanged a number of messages with the Amazon mappers and their team
lead Jothirnadh.
Hi Neil.
I contacted SG recently regarding as updated dataset under OGL v3. A
Nicola Chidley from SG said I should use their set on rowmaps. An IT
officer also said they were given OS copyright exemption in 2016.
As it's designated paths being added other tags as well as highway
should be
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#Public_Rights_of_Way_Data_from_local_councils
. While there's nothing listed there, it's definitely not ok to use
the data in OSM.
Rubbish.
Just because one person isn't aware of a fact, it doesn't make it untrue.
No one person has authority
Re: shop=vacant. This is a popular alternative tag, but removes the
previous usage from the latest version. I found knowing this helpful
when a new shop replaces it - "There's a new café opening in what used
to be the flower shop"
How is the name tag dealt with if disused: isn't used?
Tony.
Something has happened. The company went into liquidation (not
administration under which, I believe, they could still operate) & the
shops have closed.
If your local chippy closed would you leave it mapped as still open for
business?
On 24/09/2019 14:47, Chris Hill wrote:
Thomas Cook shops
My OP should indicate I'm aware of variants.
There's the head office, which I believe is still functioning as a part
of Matterhorn, a bus stop & a statue
DaveF
On 24/09/2019 15:44, Frederik Ramm wrote:
Just don't take the lawnmower over the database and assume that
everything that is called
Bike riders may like to read about the latest mess concerning cycle lanes:
https://www.cyclinguk.org/blog/underhand-law-change-undermines-mandatory-cycle-lanes?fbclid=IwAR1oqOMvD9XjMFrLwKAr65Jw-8ifm0qXSNshRe7yhbKiZ2h7-sVlxsXLbyU
DaveF
On 22/09/2019 15:45, Mike Baggaley wrote:
I would prefer
FYI in JOSM (latest) https wont generate a TMS URL. I had to change the
pasted URL to http & then back again. then it generated & 'ungreyed' the
Okay button. Is this expected behaviour?
On 02/10/2019 15:37, Chris Hill wrote:
Thanks,
I've just updated with August 2019 data, the next update is
I think this is a Win/JOSM problem - After pasting the URL If I move the
cursor using the arrow keys the TMS URL is created.
Thanks
DaveF
On 02/10/2019 17:19, Chris Hill wrote:
Thanks for reporting a problem - I'll always try to respond if I can.
The installation process has changed in the
On 29/09/2019 14:30, David Woolley wrote:
I think too much effort goes into these big changes.
The actual change is dead easy in JOSM. It's all this faffing about
having to discuss it that takes up all the time.
As I said in another thread this increasing reluctance to
removing/updating
On 29/09/2019 14:03, Jez Nicholson wrote:
Re: my comment about shop=vacant. I may have been convinced to use
disused:shop=travel_agent + name=Thomas Cook.
* travel_agency
Not sure whether a vacant
shop with no ghost signage would still be a shop=vacant or a
disused:shop=yes.
As those two
no?)
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:43 AM Dave F via Talk-GB <
talk-gb@openstreetmap.org> wrote:
Could you clarify/give an example of what you mean by 'Community Maps''?
DaveF
On 16/09/2019 00:02, Luciën Greefkes via Talk-GB wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm currently working on mapping the neighbourh
http://ra.osmsurround.org/analyzeRelation?relationId=2580522=true&_noCache=on
Click on 'Analysis on map'
All bits with a marker need looking at, plus roundabouts require
splitting as the bus doesn't go all the way around.
This one looks like a right mess given the loop with the bus stop is
erpreted as roundabouts by routers, ie,
inferring the direction without a oneway tag, or do I tag the roundabout
segments as one-way in a circle? (or something else!)
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 at 00:54, Dave F via Talk-GB
wrote:
http://ra.osmsurround.org/analyzeRelation?relationId=2580522=true&_noCac
On 06/11/2019 14:22, SK53 wrote:
Personally I'd prefer retaining confectionery & perhaps using some kind of
sub-tag for the chocolate bit: although chocolate only/dominated shops are
much commoner than some other kinds of sweet shop.
Yes.
shop=confectionery
confectionery= chocolate/fudge etc
Hi
Someone involved with OSM-UK may wish to check the definition of The
British Isles:
https://www.britannica.com/place/British-Isles
They may also wish to have a read of this:
https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/departments/cabinet-office/external-relations/constitution/
What is the
Here's OSM-UK's page
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom#Guidelines
On 13/11/2019 15:08, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
Hi
Someone involved with OSM-UK may wish to check the definition of The
British Isles:
https://www.britannica.com/place/British-Isles
They may also wish to have
On 13/11/2019 15:42, Jez Nicholson wrote:
Hi Dave,
There was a long and detailed discussion about where is covered by OSMUK.
Hi
Where/when was this discussion held?
DaveF
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On 14/12/2019 15:19, Martin Wynne wrote:
Is this "farmland"?
http://85a.uk/haws_hill_960x600.jpg
I would say yes, as I believe both arable & livestock is farmland.
I concur with your frustration about 'huge multi polygons', especially
when joined to other features such as roads & rivers.
On 14/12/2019 16:08, Martin Wynne wrote:
I would say yes, as I believe both arable & livestock is farmland.
Thanks Dave.
But in that case, how on OSM do we differentiate between the two?
I would have said farmland=arable/livestock, but it doesn't appear to be
that popular.Have you searched
because (1) parish councils are third parties to the Public Sector Mapping
Agreement and (2) they have just had a lot of assets (or should that be
liabilities?) devolved to them from higher tiers of government.
Edward
On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 16:25, Dave F via Talk-GB
wrote:
Which Sutton?
Could
Which Sutton?
Could you post the OP?
DaveF
On 23/10/2019 15:49, Edward Bainton wrote:
Hi all
On the forum marczoutendijk gave me an Overpass query to find grit-bins in
Sutton.
He added an admin-level to distinguish the parish of Sutton from the London
borough.
The only issue is, there
On 25/10/2019 12:04, Andy Townsend wrote:
On 25/10/2019 11:43, Jez Nicholson wrote:
+1 for a bot edit
Perhaps Maproulette would be a better option? Zebra markings would
often be visible on aerial imagery, and a comparison of newer vs older
imagery might allow people to identify recent
On 26/11/2019 12:01, Tony OSM wrote:
to the preferred prow_ref format Adlington FP 5.
As previous, this is not the preferred format. The format should be as
supplied by the LA, the organisation which has the *authority* to name
PROWs.
Creating a reference unique to OSM doesn't improve the
Because shop=* indicates it is still open for business.
disused:shop=* indicates it not being used for it's previous purpose.
On 25/09/2019 13:24, Andy Mabbett wrote:
"Closed for business" does not equate to "vacant".
Why not some thing like
opening_hours = none
I've had the occasional limited discussions on social media. Arguments
against using OSM fall into
1. Claim of no cost to use OS data as it's via local authority
licensing. Unsure if it's all LAs
2. They "wanted to use mapping that had 100% reliable data for the users
benefit."
3. Mild
On 10/10/2019 00:11, Warin wrote:
On 09/10/19 21:21, Martin Wynne wrote:
On 09/10/2019 11:11, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
Not so fast... The current Company is still bust. The shops are closed.
"Sunderland-based Hays said it planned to reopen all the shops under
its own brand with imme
long ago it is that you were in discussion with them?
On 10 Oct 2019 00:26, "Dave F via Talk-GB"
wrote:
I've had the occasional limited discussions on social media. Arguments
against using OSM fall into
1. Claim of no cost to use OS data as it's via local authority licensing.
Unsure i
On 09/10/2019 23:12, Warin wrote:
I'd think to get that level of accuracy you 'd need readings over some
considerable time... days?
Otherwise you get bias from, as you hint, the atmospheric conditions,
the satellites in view - their bias, angles ..
Unless you have access to correction
Not so fast... The current Company is still bust. The shops are closed.
On 09/10/2019 11:00, Martin Wynne wrote:
The advantage of turning them all to disused: is that they are done.
The disadvantage is that there is no local confirmation. However .. I
think most will agree that even without a
2cm? I'm intrigued, what model are you using?
What were the atmospheric conditions on the day you took your reading?
DaveF
On 09/10/2019 11:05, Simon Ritchie wrote:
I've been working with some GPS equipment that claims to be accurate to
2cm. To test it, I've been visiting local OS trig
I think you're missing the point. Most contributors believe postcodes on
buildings or property nodes, add quality to the OSM's database, but
object to the import of codepoint as it's just not accurate enough as
stated in this, & numerous other threads.
There's no point in importing to stand
On 04/10/2019 01:52, nd...@redhazel.co.uk wrote:
On 04/10/2019 00:26, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
I think you're missing the point. Most contributors believe postcodes
on buildings or property nodes, add quality to the OSM's database,
but object to the import of codepoint as it's just
Oh, is /that/ what he's doing?
On 10/10/2019 17:47, Jez Nicholson wrote:
*Ahem* no offence to Simon, obviouslyhe's just trying to check out a
manufacturer's claims and opening a can of worms in the process.
On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 5:18 PM Dave F via Talk-GB <
talk-gb@openstreetmap.
Hi
I've amended the OP query to return more on topic results:
Restrict it to footways & paths
Find fixme values which include, but aren't solely either
incomplete,stub, longer than this or continue"
Add 'survey' value.
http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/N5N
DaveF
On 13/10/2019 13:57, Rob
On 19/12/2019 02:09, Warin wrote:
On 19/12/19 13:01, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
On 19/12/2019 01:41, Andy Townsend wrote:
Aside from this particular question, that's actually a problem that
happens all the time with things like "amenity=pub; tourism=hotel" -
I'd rather the m
The advice to tag the tight corner is correct. There's no requirement to
tag the whole road as any router/sat nav worth their salt should search
well ahead for any such restrictions.
Are there chevron signs at the corner?
You can always map the actual sign, but personally I don't bother as
On 19/12/2019 01:41, Andy Townsend wrote:
Aside from this particular question, that's actually a problem that
happens all the time with things like "amenity=pub; tourism=hotel" -
Not really. pub & hotel are synonymous but building=yes (which indicates
it's operational) is antonymous to
ers,
Jerry
On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 at 15:15, Dave F via Talk-GB
wrote:
On 04/02/2020 14:28, Dan S wrote:
Hi Dave,
I agree with what you suggest. Can we be a bit precise though about
what you propose? You're proposing to remove amenity=university from
building=university in Cambridge, and make
On 01/02/2020 10:39, Gareth L wrote:
Just to throw in some awkward cases, there are stations which are request stops
in one direction only. E.g. Llanwrda is request stop southbound but always
stops northbound.
Basing use of this tag on service pattern, which changes every 6 months seems
not
On 01/02/2020 12:40, Tony OSM wrote:
Hi
Great to see your station work.
Thanks
I agree they should all be station.
If DfT classifies stations as A-F or whatever then a tag to indicate
that would be useful. These DfT classifications seem to be used by the
rail industry to indicate
On 31/01/2020 11:41, Martin Wynne wrote:
On 31/01/2020 11:13, ael wrote:
OK. I agree that parking=layby is much better.
Thanks for the comments.
But the places I was asking about can't really be called laybys, or
car parks. Somewhere that a car could be left for a few hours out of
Hi
Over the past few months I've been sorting & adding detail to the UK's
National Rail railway stations so that OSM has the correct amount.
I'm unsure of the benefits of tagging some of them as 'halts'. I'm
proposing they should all be 'station'.
All 2567 NR Stations with 96 halts in blue:
On 01/02/2020 00:05, Martin Wynne wrote:
The traditional distinction was that Halts were unstaffed.
These are now classed as DfT F, which is also worth adding.
DaveF
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On 31/01/2020 23:49, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
Hi
Over the past few months I've been sorting & adding detail to the UK's
National Rail railway stations so that OSM has the correct amount.
As it's been a week, with no objections, I'm proceeding with the
amendments. I'm keeping a
On 06/02/2020 15:48, Brian Prangle wrote:
"OSM is not beholden to data consumers.
They take the data 'as is'. That includes any amendments
My planned amendment can always be reversed if there is a valid reason.
Upsetting CU isn't one"
Not a great way to build a community when the data user
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