Re: [Talk-GB] Still too many universities in Cambridge

Feb 4, 2020, 16:37 by talk-gb@openstreetmap.org: > >> (Ironically, the current tagging makes it hard for me to search to see > >> if there's a "proper" amenity=university in there somewhere, e.g. as a > >> relation or area covering a large swathe of them.) > > > >There isn't, I'm afraid.. it's

Re: [Talk-GB] Still too many universities in Cambridge

Feb 4, 2020, 15:14 by talk-gb@openstreetmap.org: > Hi > There was a discussion 5 years ago. There may have been others. > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2015-May/017455.html > > Many amenity=university tags were added unnecessarily to building=yes > A contributor had

Re: [Talk-GB] Soild fuel

shop=fuel + fuel=coal ? 2 Feb 2020, 22:27 by ajrli...@gmail.com: > > Solid fuel; as in a coal merchants. Yes, still a few of those around, > probably many of them in some countries. > > > amenity=fuel / fuel=solid perhaps but that will receive a petrol pump on the > map for your efforts. > > >

Re: [Talk-GB] railway=halt

Feb 1, 2020, 00:49 by talk-gb@openstreetmap.org: > I've now added them with the more explicit tag 'request_stop=yes'. > BTW, I just created wiki page for this tag at it appeared to be undocumented and it seems to have no competing versions:

Re: [Talk-GB] Ficticious embankments?

Mar 15, 2020, 22:36 by witwa...@disroot.org: > On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 09:18:59PM +, David Woolley wrote: > >> On 14/03/2020 18:09, ael wrote: >> > I have just noticed some new "Embankments" added around a fortnight ago. >> > These were added to some stone circles in Cornwall which I know

Re: [Talk-GB] INSPIRE Polygons spatial data

Is "Although the data is released under the OGL, there is an important caveat: third party rights the Information Provider is not authorised to license" is still applicable what makes it basically useless for us? May 16, 2020, 16:47 by christian.lederm...@gmail.com: > Reading through the

Re: [Talk-GB] Overpass query strangeness within iD

1) it is not a bug of default style at all - what is displayed in tiles is not related (both are using OSM data and here similarities end) 2) it is not a Mapnik bug - it is a library used by OSM Carto (default map style) 3) it is not in edit mode, so it is likely not an iD bug (maybe it uses an

Re: [Talk-GB] Overpass query strangeness within iD

Have you set Bulgarian as a preferred language in OSM settings? Are you using browser in Bulgarian language? Have you set Bulgarian as preferred language in browser? "query feature within iD (which uses the Overpass API)" - which part of iD is using Overpass API? Can you be more specific? Are

Re: [Talk-GB] Pedestrian priority and highway=cycleway

3 wrz 2020, 11:58 od o...@live.co.uk: > Would access=permissive or access:bicycle=permissive be sensible? Or is that > also mangling tagging conventions. I genuinely don’t know! > It would be bicycle tag, not access:bicycle___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] NCN 231 and NCN 235 Isle of Wight

Iff it is not existing then it should be deleted. It is easy to do it in JOSM (after one passes hurdle if doing anything in JOSM) 1 Sep 2020, 11:52 by jpennyc...@bcs.org.uk: > Hello. > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2821036> and > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2821037>

Re: [Talk-GB] Multi-lingual tagging in Wales

In case of name where there is a language specific tag, repeating name tag in language specific tag is useful, welcome and a good idea. I even run into a case where it was needed to render map as expected(Polish labels, with fallback to English ones) - I am unable to comment on

Re: [Talk-GB] Multi-lingual tagging in Wales

ad b) yes, but we had edit wars about all kinds of ridiculousness, and this is possible already and happened in some places 12 paź 2020, 15:21 od jez.nichol...@gmail.com: > Just being Devil's Advocatea) how do you decide on-the-ground what the > name by which the place is widely known in

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping a building that's two connected separate buildings

It sounds like three connected buildings, but one building with three building:part areas also would be acceptable 12 paź 2020, 18:52 od m...@good-stuff.co.uk: > I was looking at tidying up a few things around my local area, and came > across this: > >

Re: [Talk-GB] Proposal: Import EV charging point data

Aug 18, 2020, 13:18 by steven.hirsch...@gmail.com: > And what would the conflation exercise be? Are we allowed to put the > points on a non-OSM map to ask local mappers to survey? > It would be better to put location on OSM map and ask mappers to survey there. As long as they survey and enter

Re: [Talk-GB] Proposal: Import EV charging point data

18 Aug 2020, 16:28 by aamac...@gmail.com: > > > On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 09:09, Rob Nickerson <> rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> For me, once licencing issues have been fully resolved, it comes down to >> accuracy of data.  >> >> For example the TfL cycle data is great as it has

Re: [Talk-GB] New Bing Imagery

gn without considering the > bigger picture. > > The only solution I can think of is to move all nodes in the area I've > worked on to match the new Bing (ie a mass edit). Any other > suggestions? > > Stephen > > > > > > > > > > >

Re: [Talk-GB] Proposal: Import EV charging point data

Plausible deniability is not the reason. Either (1) it is clear that we can do that without copyright and copyright like issues and then we can freely ignore whatever data provider likes it or not (2) it is not ok to do this in OSM Reason for not creating such notes automatically is for

Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network removal/reclassification

Aug 14, 2020, 15:53 by for...@david-woolley.me.uk: > On 14/08/2020 12:46, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-GB wrote: > >> If signage on the ground is gone or never existed then route relation should >> not be mapped in OSM*. >> > > In the long term, this could make

Re: [Talk-GB] New Bing Imagery

19 Aug 2020, 12:17 by ajt1...@gmail.com: > To be honest, I'd never trust any imagery anywhere until I've seen how it > compares with other available sources in that area (GPS traces, OS OpenData > StreetView, etc.). > Not sure is there such dataset in UK, but Polish government releases aerial

[Talk-GB] Jewson - is it shop=doityourself or shop=trade?

I encountered https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/issues/4140 and it is hard to me how it should be decided. Do you have some clear preference? ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Hello world and automated change proposal: Add missing URL scheme on UK's Pubs websites

28 wrz 2020, 13:53 od talk-gb@openstreetmap.org: > > > On 28/09/2020 10:00, Frederik Ramm wrote: >> The change you plan to execute is of limited use. Yes, it ensures more >> conformity in the data, but it will be a temporary fix (since new >> "wrong" URLs can be added at any time). >> > >

[Talk-GB] hgv=discouraged

I created https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:hgv%3Ddiscouraged based on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access content and what I found on internet. Triggered by post on an international mailing list by someone who was unaware that we have a way to tag "Unsuitable for Heavy Goods

Re: [Talk-GB] Overpass query strangeness within iD

Thanks! I forgot that en-GB can also be translated, so translation mistakaes may become cause of a problem. Thanks for a fixing it! Sep 16, 2020, 13:51 by talk-gb@openstreetmap.org: > Hopefully I've fixed them on TW for the next update. > > Tom > > On 16/09/2020 12:44, Tom Hughes via Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Surveying rural buildings

Jul 20, 2020, 12:29 by n...@foresters.org: > Dear all > > I have been mapping a few properties using Bing maps with local knowledge > supplemented by some physical measuring (tape measure or simply pacing). I > now want to ramp up my mapping but the challenge especially in rural areas is >

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMUK Instagram ideas

Maybe something showing how  editing actually happens? Either as short movie, animated gif or as combination of some photos in one image? 10 Aug 2020, 16:38 by jez.nichol...@gmail.com: > Thanks for the ideas. > > Today's post is about Missing Maps London on Tues 1 September > >

Re: [Talk-GB] Bus Routes on OSM

Jul 6, 2020, 15:43 by for...@david-woolley.me.uk: > On 06/07/2020 14:02, Matthew Scanlon wrote: > >> How are Bus Routes added into OSM? I have noticed that bus routes in >> Basildon (my local area) are a few years out of date with some service such >> as the 5 and 8Ahaving been  withdrawn

Re: [Talk-GB] Paths on Wimbledon Common

Jul 10, 2020, 14:49 by ajt1...@gmail.com: > On 10/07/2020 12:54, Andrew Hain wrote: > >> I have been doing some tidying based on Osmose, including the warning for >> highway=footway foot=yes, which is often left over from a preset in Potlatch >> 1. >> >>

Re: [Talk-GB] Q3 2020 Quarterly project Cycle Infrastructure

"Is it one-way? oneway=yes / oneway=no" is it really a good idea to always include oneway=no? I would consider it as kind of pointless to require oneway tag to be always present I added some advertisement for StreetComplete (I implemented for example bicycle_parking quests as part of my plan for

Re: [Talk-GB] New Bing Imagery

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/Imagery_Offset_Database/Quick_Start https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Imagery_Offset_Database (I think that nowadays it is built in - is plugin installation still necessary?) No idea about iD support -

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL Cycle Infrastructure Database - matching against OSM

Jun 21, 2020, 01:28 by list-osm-talk...@cyclestreets.net: > > Speed bumps: > https://bikedata.cyclestreets.net/tflcid2osm:type=bumps_road/#14.98/51.47101/-0.02755 > > Cycle parking: > https://bikedata.cyclestreets.net/tflcid2osm:type=parking_new/#14.98/51.46059/-0.05586 > RWG197392

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL Cycle Infrastructure Database - matching against OSM

Jun 21, 2020, 01:21 by list-osm-talk...@cyclestreets.net: > > > On Sun, 26 Apr 2020, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > >> You’ll remember that a couple of weeks ago I posted about the work I’m doing >> to look at getting the relevant bits of Transport for London’s openly >> licensed Cycle

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL Cycle Infrastructure Database - matching against OSM

21 Jun 2020, 12:07 by p...@trigpoint.me.uk: > On Sun, 2020-06-21 at 08:42 +0200, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-GB wrote: > >> >> >> >> Jun 21, 2020, 01:21 by list-osm-talk...@cyclestreets.net: >> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, 26 Apr 2020,

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL Cycle Infrastructure Database - matching against OSM

Jun 21, 2020, 03:54 by talk-gb@openstreetmap.org: > > > > Jun 21, 2020, 01:28 by list-osm-talk...@cyclestreets.net: > >> We think in particular that a significant part of the cycle parking data >> (generally the residential areas, where there is little parking presently) >> and the speed

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL Cycle Infrastructure Database - matching against OSM

Jun 21, 2020, 01:28 by list-osm-talk...@cyclestreets.net: > We think in particular that a significant part of the cycle parking data > (generally the residential areas, where there is little parking presently) > and the speed bumps data are ripe for automated conversion. These form tens >

Re: [Talk-GB] Server crash or dns spoofing?

Apparently it was a temporary outrage, see https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations/issues/431 (without useful details except that whatever is broken become fixed) Jun 28, 2020, 20:30 by witwa...@disroot.org: > Is www.openstreetmap.org down? > > I am getting an error "We're sorry, but

Re: [Talk-GB] Server crash or dns spoofing?

etails, but it seems they gave a brief summary on twitter: > https://twitter.com/OSM_Tech/status/1277001284705570821 > > Best > Dan > > > Op zo 28 jun. 2020 om 19:39 schreef Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-GB > : > >> >> Apparently it was a temporary outrage, >&

Re: [Talk-GB] Cycle Track - part/soft protection tags - proposal

Do you have a photo of such feature? https://i1.wp.com/bicilonatours.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/barcelona-cr-urgell.png link is dead Jun 16, 2020, 20:21 by simon.st...@gmail.com: > Full disclosure - I’m currently working for London Cycling Campaign on a > project to bring data from the

Re: [Talk-GB] Status of Potlatch 2

Jun 18, 2020, 10:57 by nathanc...@outlook.com: > > Hi all, > > >   > > > Possibly not the correct place to raise this but I was wondering if anyone > knew what the plans for Potlatch 2 are? > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Potlatch_2_for_desktop >

Re: [Talk-GB] Surveying rural buildings

Jul 24, 2020, 11:38 by n...@foresters.org: > > My thanks to Mateusz and Dave for their comments, which I would like to > try to summarise as I see it: > > the purpose of OSM mapping in the UK of rural buildings isprimarily > to provide a general location of properties i.e.

Re: [Talk-GB] Surveying rural buildings

Jul 24, 2020, 12:46 by r...@hubris.org.uk: > On 23/07/2020 10:55, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-GB wrote: > >> >> >> >> Jul 23, 2020, 11:49 by for...@david-woolley.me.uk: >> >> On 23/07/2020 10:12, Nick wrote: >> >> Do we actually

Re: [Talk-GB] Using OSM as a base for my own fictional map?

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Ika-chan!/Fantasy_maps_with_OSM_software looks useful despite disclaimer on top finds other usefully looking materials In general, main technical issues are exactly the same as with rendering unmodified OSM data I would not worry too much about people

Re: [Talk-GB] Scheduled Monument

Maybe changeset tag would be sufficient? Jul 23, 2020, 11:47 by r...@hubris.org.uk: > On 15/07/2020 10:18, Tony OSM wrote: > >> Whilst mapping some of my local historic places I have found Scheduled >> Monuments. They are described in the Historic England list as Heritage >> Category: Scheduled

Re: [Talk-GB] Surveying rural buildings

Jul 23, 2020, 11:49 by for...@david-woolley.me.uk: > On 23/07/2020 10:12, Nick wrote: > >> Do we actually know what the general public use OSM for? >> > > My impression is that the target for a lot of the material in OSM is > professional users of maps, rather than the general public. > I

Re: [Talk-GB] Using OSM as a base for my own fictional map?

Jul 25, 2020, 00:06 by mar...@templot.com: > I need to work out how to do the attribution and any copyright issues. I can > easily add the usual © OpenStreetMap Contributors caption on the corner of > each tile. But is it permitted to modify and re-use the standard OSM map > image in this

Re: [Talk-GB] Electric vehicle charging points

Part of highway=street_lamp, similarly to street lamps mounted on power poles. Though it is yet another case of tricky difference between fuel stations that have quite standard size and charging spots ranging in size from such minor ones to bigger features... Jul 21, 2020, 14:47 by

Re: [Talk-GB] Surveying rural buildings

to e.g. for Planning applications? > > > Cheers > > > Nick > > On 22/07/2020 13:20, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-GB wrote: > >> >> >> >> Jul 20, 2020, 12:29 by >> n...@foresters.org>> : >> >>> Dear all >>> &g

Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network removal/reclassification

Aug 13, 2020, 16:41 by simon.st...@gmail.com: > > > >> On 13 Aug 2020, at 11:41, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) <>> >> robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com>> > wrote: >> >> On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 at 14:49, Richard Fairhurst <>> rich...@systemed.net>> > >> wrote: >> >>> ... However, note that the

Re: [Talk-GB] Footways bikes can go on

segregated=no I added it to https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle as an example S7 surface=asphalt (if I am interpreting word "tarmac" well) width=1.5 / est_width=1.5 if you want Access tags are bit weird, but I will leave commenting to people who know GB rules well. Nov 21, 2020,

Re: [Talk-GB] Inland Border Facilities

Dec 6, 2020, 15:05 by sk53@gmail.com: > I was wondering if there were any equivalents elsewhere. > > Closest I can think of is > this location > > between > Feldkirch & Bludenz, which although described as a goods

Re: [Talk-GB] British Waterways

Dec 7, 2020, 16:00 by and...@black1.org.uk: > > > > On 07/12/2020 10:33, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > >>   >> >> TBH there's only 170 operator=British Waterways tags according >> to taginfo, so it could be polished off pretty quickly with >> an

Re: [Talk-GB] Recycling Points

28 Nov 2020, 10:48 by robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com: > I guess the problem is that recycling_type=container is being used > both for individual containers and for mini sites with a group of > containers. > Is it really a problem? ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] Recycling Points

I always mapped group of containers as one object. amenity=recycling recycling:type=container recycling:paper=yes recycling:metal=yes recycling:batteries=yes for location with three containers, one for paper, one for metal, one for batteries Easier to map, process, resurvey... Nov 26, 2020,

Re: [Talk-GB] FWD: Re: House number ranges that are only odd or even

Dec 10, 2020, 21:51 by sk53@gmail.com: > However, I would regard > the Dutch > > & Polish > communities approach of adding individual > nodes for each address in the building irrespective of the actual address > position outline

Re: [Talk-GB] driveway-becomes-track

Note that someone who wants to show their map style at OSM website can be included, though they must sponsor hosting See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Featured_tile_layers/Guidelines_for_new_tile_layers As far as I know, the main blocker seems to be "Capable of meeting traffic demands.

Re: [Talk-GB] driveway-becomes-track

I run into from time to time and was unsure how to tag this. On the other hand highway=track is supposed to be used on roads used to access fields/forests (often unpaved and of low quality, but there are also high quality asphalt tracktype=grade1 surface=asphalt ones). So with road that is both

[Talk-GB] Is "GB revert request log" wiki page something that should be recommended?

It is about https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GB_revert_request_log that appears to be abandoned. I was looking through https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Abuse and https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Vandalism to improve them, and encountered "It may be appropriate to set up a log of

Re: [Talk-GB] Electric forecourt

I would map it as amenity=charging_station area. Dec 20, 2020, 12:05 by rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com: > Hi all, > > I saw on Fully Charged (YouTube channel) that there is now a electric vehicle > charging forecourt. Unlike others, this is not a couple of charging points > added to an existing

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging bike ramp/ bike path down steps

Dec 13, 2020, 19:50 by ch...@c-hodges.co.uk: > So how should this be tagged to indicate that the bike route really does go > down the steps? > Add them to bike route relation. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging bike ramp/ bike path down steps

Dec 13, 2020, 20:52 by talk-gb@openstreetmap.org: > Dec 13, 2020, 19:50 by ch...@c-hodges.co.uk: > >> So how should this be tagged to indicate that the bike route really does go >> down the steps? >> > Add them to bike route relation. > Obviously it applies only if there is some signed bicycle

Re: [Talk-GB] Turn Restrictions at roundabouts

Nov 11, 2020, 16:04 by talk-gb@openstreetmap.org: > >After a quick look at his edits locally he has also been removing ref > >tags from roundabouts which seems an odd thing to do. > > This seems perfectly reasonable to me - the roundabout is a junction of > various roads and I do not consider

Re: [Talk-GB] Lorries can't limbo

Nov 13, 2020, 10:16 by p...@trigpoint.me.uk: > On Fri, 2020-11-13 at 08:36 +, Peter Neale via Talk-GB wrote: > >> I am pretty sure that I remember checking bridges in my area some time ago, >> using a tool that someone kindly provided, which flagged up all bridges, >> where the clearance

Re: [Talk-GB] Weight restrictions

Beware of such mass tagging, I also thought this about my area but during surveying with StreetComplete I found some surface=sett and surface=paving_stones and surface=concrete roads. (though it would be true for largest roads) Nov 13, 2020, 20:24 by talk-gb@openstreetmap.org: > Yes. Just

Re: [Talk-GB] Service road with private locked gate and routing apps

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Surface https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tracktype that is useful tor highway=track and unpaved ones, but mostly duplicate of surface tag Nov 16, 2020, 12:40 by mattatt...@gmail.com: > Good point. I will also update the surface and quality of the

Re: [Talk-GB] Footways bikes can go on

there is also bicycle=permissive (based on access=permissive) for "permitted right now but can be revoked/changed at any time" In general modelling "clearly illegal but accepted and normal" is problematic for access/parking tagging in OSM. Nov 21, 2020, 16:36 by tonyo...@gmail.com: > > Wiki

Re: [Talk-GB] electric fences

So it is a footpath where somewhere along it there is an electric fence, but location changes? Maybe wheelchair=no + note tag with an explanation placed on path would be a good solution? Nov 23, 2020, 06:25 by mar...@templot.com: > There are several instances locally where a footpath across a

Re: [Talk-GB] High quality NLS imagery of buildings and HOUSENUMBERS (!) available in London (and Scotland). Create a tasking manger to add this?

Oct 30, 2020, 16:28 by talk-gb@openstreetmap.org: > It has come to my attention that the "Town Plan" map from 1944-1967 in NLS is > available freely. > What are its licensing terms? "available freely" does not mean "compatible with OSM license"