Re: [OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

Andy, If you would like something lightweight that just does GPS track recording, I would recommend GPS Logger https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Logger_for_Android . A nice bonus is that you can have the app automatically

[Talk-us] Tomorrow's OSM Utah map night -- wheel map?

Hi folks, I wanted to spend some time adding wheelchair accessibility tagging during the OSM Utah biweekly map night to benefit wheelmap.org and other applications that use OSM data for wheelchair accessibility / routing purposes. If anyone has experience with this (I don't but I plan to read

Re: [OSM-talk] Big Blue Button download

so I have something ready to upload for long-term availability elsewhere. Anyone with a better idea? I'm fairly new at this. -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Thu, Sep 17, 2020, at 13:13, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Thanks for the responses! I wasn't going to rely on BBB for long t

Re: [OSM-talk] Big Blue Button download

Thanks for the responses! I wasn't going to rely on BBB for long term availability, which is why I wanted to download the video. I use archive.org to make the videos available longer term.MartijnOn Sep 17, 2020 12:38, Rory McCann wrote:On Thu, 17 Sep 2020, at 8:21 PM, Clifford Snow wrote: > Can

[OSM-talk] Big Blue Button download

! -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Use of OSM data without attribution

Curious anecdote: some AllTrails user apparently looked up a phone number for OSM US and called up Maggie. Turns out the complaint was about a trail that I originally mapped *blush*. In my defense, that was 9 years ago, I haven't been to that part of town much since I moved, and nobody else

Re: [Talk-us] [MapRoulette] Twitch MapRoulette session Tuesday

g 9, 2020, at 9:08 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've been doing some informal Twitch streaming sessions just doing some JOSM > mapping, and it was quite fun. I will do another one this Tuesday > specifically about creating a MapRoulette Challenge. I will be start

Re: [OSM-talk] [MapRoulette] Twitch MapRoulette session Tuesday

g 9, 2020, at 9:08 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've been doing some informal Twitch streaming sessions just doing some JOSM > mapping, and it was quite fun. I will do another one this Tuesday > specifically about creating a MapRoulette Challenge. I will be start

[OSM-talk] Twitch MapRoulette session Tuesday

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[Talk-us] Twitch MapRoulette session Tuesday

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[Talk-us] Streaming JOSM -- suggestions?

Hi all, I've been running 'Streaming JOSM' sessions on Tuesday evenings for the past couple of weeks and I am planning to do at least one more tomorrow at 7pm Mountain time[0]. The original idea stemmed from a tweet about cleaning up TIGER[1] and that is what I have been streaming the past

Re: [OSM-talk] MapRoulette - cryptic tasks

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, at 08:42, Andy Townsend wrote: > > On 26/02/2020 15:00, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > You can see the newest created challenges using > > https://maproulette.org/browse/challenges?sort=created, there is also > > an API call you can use. Drop me a li

Re: [OSM-talk] MapRoulette - cryptic tasks

> > Is there any way to find answers other than sending a private message to > > the pseudonymous "Mapping Human" through MapRoulette? > > This would be their OSM username. There is no internal messaging system > in MapRoulette, clicking the 'message' link would actually send you to > the OSM

Re: [OSM-talk] MapRoulette - cryptic tasks

Hi, > Is there any way to find answers other than sending a private message to > the pseudonymous "Mapping Human" through MapRoulette? This would be their OSM username. There is no internal messaging system in MapRoulette, clicking the 'message' link would actually send you to the OSM message

Re: [Talk-us] Changes for USA data on Geofabrik Download Server

Fantastic news! Thanks for the update, Frederik. -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Sat, Feb 22, 2020, at 04:06, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Dear US OSMers, > > for historical reasons, the layout of data for the USA on the Geofabrik > download server has always been a

Re: [Talk-us] Trunk VS primary,

I actually like your suggestion that highway=trunk does not add much value to the U.S. map, Eric. We love to add detail / granularity to OSM so much, it can become hard to envisage taking some away. Not saying we should abolish trunk right here and now, but something I'd consider as one outcome.

Re: [Talk-ca] Piggyback a SOTM bid with FOSS4G in Calgary

Not Canadian and definitely not local to Calgary, but I just wanted to chime in to say I really enjoyed it when SOTM and FOSS4G were both in Denver, and I would love for that to happen again. If I can somehow support I'd be happy to. -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Fri, Aug 23, 2019

Re: [Talk-us] Next Virtual Mappy Hour - August 12

Hi all, Reminder, Mappy Hour tonight! See below for details, Martijn > On Jul 31, 2019, at 11:31 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > Hi all, > > The next Virtual Mappy Hour will be on August 12 at 6pm Pacific Time. Find > all the details and a sign-up link on the wiki[1]

[Talk-us] Next Virtual Mappy Hour - August 12

are working on. I hope to see you there. Martijn [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Virtual_Mappy_Hours#Schedule -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [OSM-talk] Facebook mapping highways using AI in collaboration with OpenStreetMap

I did. After Drishtie Patel announced a preview of this project[1] I gave it a go and shared my observations with them. Martijn [1] https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/DrishT/diary/368711 > On Jul 24, 2019, at 2:16 PM, stevea wrote: > > I'm not sure whether Martijn said this or not

Re: [Talk-us] Next Mappy Hour July 10!

soon. I suggest we make the next one about field mapping and associated tools like StreetComplete, GoMap, Vespucci, Fieldpapers etc! What do you think? -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Tue, Jul 9, 2019, at 12:34, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Hi all, > Final call for people wh

Re: [Talk-us] Next Mappy Hour July 10!

and amenity=bar / ... In any case, see you tomorrow! -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Tue, Jul 2, 2019, at 08:58, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Hi all! > > Here’s a reminder, Mappy Hour next Wednesday! Sending out the reminder > a little early because of the upcoming holiday week

Re: [Talk-us] Next Mappy Hour July 10!

to see you there! July 10 6pm PT / 9pm ET Martijn -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Wed, Jun 26, 2019, at 16:05, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Here's a sign up link. It helps me a lot if you fill this out if you > plan to attend. Thanks! > https://forms.gle/WktPPimy

Re: [Talk-us] Next Mappy Hour July 10!

Here's a sign up link. It helps me a lot if you fill this out if you plan to attend. Thanks! https://forms.gle/WktPPimyB69jGnH29 -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Wed, Jun 26, 2019, at 11:16, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Hi all, > The next OSM US Virtual Mappy Hour will be on J

[Talk-us] Next Mappy Hour July 10!

you then! -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] Announcing State of the Map US CFP info session next Monday

Hi all, State of the Map US is in a few months and the CFP (call for proposals) is open for a few more weeks. Perhaps you’ve been thinking about submitting a session but aren’t quite sure yet. Well I can assure you, you’re in good company. To help out a bit I am hosting an info session next

[Talk-us] Bus route relation names

Hi, I started adding local bus route relations some time ago[1] (just the ways, not yet the stop locations etc) and named them according to the official names as listed on the UTA (agency) web site. I discussed this at one of our local map events. An example: * UTA bus route 6 —>

Re: [Talk-us] Reminder - Mappy Hour this Wednesday!

can tell we were 100% men. I don’t like that. Who will help me change that? Martijn > On Apr 24, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > Hi all, > I final reminder that mappy hour is happening TONIGHT at 6pm PT / 9pm ET. You > can use anything from zoom to your rotary dia

Re: [Talk-us] Reminder - Mappy Hour this Wednesday!

11:09 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > Hi all, > The next OSM US Virtual Mappy Hour is this Wednesday at 6pm PT / 9PM ET! > If you want to do a 5 minute presentation / lightning talk / discussion > starter about anything OSM related, yes please! Please feel free to add your >

[Talk-us] Reminder - Mappy Hour this Wednesday!

Hi all, The next OSM US Virtual Mappy Hour is this Wednesday at 6pm PT / 9PM ET! If you want to do a 5 minute presentation / lightning talk / discussion starter about anything OSM related, yes please! Please feel free to add your topic to the wiki[1] or just email me and we will make it happen.

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetCam versatility

Paul, You can upload any image you want to OpenStreetCam if you think it’s useful for mappers. What kind of ’support’ are you looking for? Martijn > On Apr 19, 2019, at 4:43 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Is OSC only concerned with street level imagery, or does it also support > cycleways,

Re: [Talk-us] trail tagging

I hadn’t looked at that page in a while, but I’ve been using highway=path in the same way as you describe. Hiking trails, singletrack MTB. Footway I only tag in built up areas. What do other places in the world do? Martijn > On Apr 19, 2019, at 8:28 AM, brad wrote: > > Everywhere I've been

[Talk-us] Virtual Mappy Hour, April 2019

Hi all, The first Virtual Mappy Hour (after a multi-year hiatus) was great fun and, if you ask me, a success. I enjoyed (re)connecting with fellow mappers which I think is a big piece of what OSM is all about! So we will do more of them, for now every month. The next one is planned for April

[Talk-us] Your local events on weekly osm and the OSM wiki

Hi, If you’re subscribed to or read weekly OSM (weeklyosm.eu ) you will have noticed an event calendar on there. You may wonder, how do I get my local event to appear on there? The answer is that you need to edit https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Calendar

Re: [Talk-us] Announcing our Interim Executive Director & Upcoming Election

This is great to hear and I am excited for the future! Maggie told me she was going to do her best to make the Mappy Hour tonight, so that would be a great opportunity to meet (virtually). Martijn > On Mar 27, 2019, at 7:39 AM, Jonah Adkins wrote: > > In 2018 the board was unable to spend much

[Talk-us] Reminder: Virtual Mappy Hour tonight!

Hi all, don't forget that the Virtual Mappy Hour is tonight! The details (phone, video) are in this email --> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2019-March/019380.html The time is 6pm Pacific / 9pm

Re: [OSM-talk] Congratulations everyone!

That's wonderful, Kate. I saw some more pictures on the OSMF Flickr account, but those also don't show enough detail to make out what this record is..I'm curious too! :) Martijn On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 11:02 AM, Oleksiy Muzalyev wrote: Hi Kate, Thank you for sharing! I read the article

Re: [Talk-us] Online mappy hour

on Thursday. -- Martijn ---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8< Martijn van Exel is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: OSM Mappy Hour Time: Mar 28, 2019 7:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://telenav.zoom.us/j/309926315 One tap mobile +16699

Re: [Talk-us] Proposed mechanical edit - remove objects that are not existing according to source of GNIS import that added them

> On Mar 22, 2019, at 4:08 AM, Mark Wagner wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:23:48 -0600 > Martijn van Exel wrote: > >>> On Mar 21, 2019, at 12:35 PM, Mark Wagner >>> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:46:59 -0600 >>> Martijn

Re: [Talk-us] Proposed mechanical edit - remove objects that are not existing according to source of GNIS import that added them

> On Mar 21, 2019, at 12:35 PM, Mark Wagner wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:46:59 -0600 > Martijn van Exel mailto:m...@rtijn.org>> wrote: > >>> On Mar 20, 2019, at 9:01 AM, Mateusz Konieczny >>> wrote: >>> >>> I plan to run an au

Re: [Talk-us] Proposed mechanical edit - remove objects that are not existing according to source of GNIS import that added them

approach in your initial email. Martijn > On Mar 21, 2019, at 8:29 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > Stepping back a bit, the urge to fix previous automated edits with new > automated fixes is understandable, but it may lead to a more casual approach > to imports and automated

Re: [Talk-us] Proposed mechanical edit - remove objects that are not existing according to source of GNIS import that added them

> On Mar 20, 2019, at 9:01 AM, Mateusz Konieczny > wrote: > > I plan to run an automated edit that will revert part of the GNIS > import that added them and delete objects that never had any reason to > appear in the OSM database in any form, at least according to GNIS data. > > Please

Re: [talk-au] new OpenStreetCam competition

it take to show on the > openstreetcam.org website? > > Cheers > > Ross > > > > > On 19/03/19 01:08, Martijn van Exel wrote: >> Howdy. >> >> We had a good time with the first OpenStreetCam competition, the winners >> received their prizes, and we decide

Re: [Talk-ca] Defining a local mapper group

If you’re interested in forming local mapper groups based on actual contributions to OSM you are free to use the Meet Your Mapper tool I built a little while ago. You can draw a bounding box and retrieve a list of mappers who contributed there. It generates some basic stats such as number of

Re: [Talk-ca] Toronto appreciation

That’s so nice! I hope to meet some of you there. I’ll have to leave around 6pm unfortunately. And obviously it’s layer=-1, not level :) Martijn > On Mar 18, 2019, at 9:08 PM, Steve Singer wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Mar 2019, Martijn van Exel wrote: > >> Hi all, and Toronto mappe

Re: [talk-au] new OpenStreetCam competition

g urban > streets as the GPS averaging is too slow to deal with the acceleration > changes. > > Thanks Michael > > > From: Martijn van Exel mailto:m...@rtijn.org>> > Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 1:08 AM > To: OSM Australian Talk List <mailto:talk-au@

[Talk-ca] Toronto appreciation

Hi all, and Toronto mappers in particular. I am currently visiting Toronto and using OSM extensively to get around using maps.me and the OSM web site mainly. The level of detail and completeness are amazing, a big thanks to all Toronto mappers. I didn’t know about PATH, the

Re: [Talk-us] Online mappy hour

> On Mar 18, 2019, at 1:57 PM, Richard Welty wrote: [..] > next thursday as in the 21st or the 28th? i'm going to be on my flight > to IETF on the 21st but back on the 28th if the airlines cooperate. Sorry, I meant the 28th. Martijn ___ Talk-us

[Talk-us] Online mappy hour

Hi all, You may remember that I hosted online ‘virtual mappy hours’ a few years ago. I thought it was nice and I want to resume them. Some topics for a next one: * State of the map US — what would make you want to be there? Thinking about presenting? Some details about the planning process

[talk-au] new OpenStreetCam competition

lugin <http://blog.improveosm.org/en/2019/03/openstreetcam-plug-in-display-osmelement/> was just updated with some new features as well. Let me know if you have any questions, and Happy mapping! -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org___ Talk-au ma

Re: [OSM-talk] Your thoughts on osm.org

to map * What is OSM (video?) * Showcasing things that are made / done with OSM data Martijn > On Mar 12, 2019, at 10:58 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > Hi all, > > Here’s something I ask myself from time to time and would like to hear other > peopl

Re: [OSM-talk] Maproulette

> On Mar 15, 2019, at 8:30 AM, Mateusz Konieczny > wrote: ... > I was rather interested in checking whatever there is any place in world with > more > mappers than task. > I created Maproulette task long time ago and noone was solving it, one of > reasons was > that it was in places flooded

Re: [OSM-talk] Maproulette

> On Mar 15, 2019, at 4:39 AM, Mateusz Konieczny > wrote: ... > > Are you aware about any location across the world that suffers from > lack of tasks in Maproulette for mappers? > > I would create something there (though not for shop=yes, it often requires > survey). You can create a global

[OSM-talk] Your thoughts on osm.org

Hi all, Here’s something I ask myself from time to time and would like to hear other people’s thoughts about. Imagine the openstreetmap.org home page, but without the map. What would the home page be about instead? What would be on it? Thanks for sharing, Martijn

Re: [OSM-talk] How to save Overpass query results to a GeoJSON file with Python?

Carlos — I am the maintainer of that library Bryce provided the sample code for. I am happy to answer any specific questions about it. However, I’d advise you take some time to study python first. Without a basic understanding of the language you are programming in, you are unlikely to be

Re: [Talk-us] motel vs. hotel

I've slept in some pretty nice places that had exterior room access. I wouldn't call that out as the only demarcating property. To my mind it's a combination of location, amenities and layout / architecture. Interesting discussion! Martijn van Exel > On Mar 8, 2019, at 18:03, Tod Fitch wr

Re: [Talk-us] US map rendering (Was: Re: Spot elevations collected as natural=peak and name=Point (height in feet))

Kevin — yes, I was talking about SOTM US. Please do stay tuned to this list and OSM US blog for announcements for community scholarships and other initiatives we will deploy to make it possible to have many more community members attend (and also present! on interesting topics like this one.)

Re: [Talk-us] Spot elevations collected as natural=peak and name=Point (height in feet)

Perhaps they should be tagged not as peaks then but as a place node (place=locality probably)? > On Mar 8, 2019, at 10:23 AM, Mike Thompson wrote: > > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 6:29 AM Kevin Broderick > wrote: > > Would

Re: [Talk-us] Spot elevations collected as natural=peak and name=Point (height in feet)

; On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 10:59 AM Martijn van Exel wrote: >> If it’s just a shortcut to have the main OSM map display elevation in feet, >> that’s not right, but it indicates a need that is currently unaddressed: >> displaying elevation in local units on the main map. > > E

Re: [Talk-us] Spot elevations collected as natural=peak and name=Point (height in feet)

If it’s locally known as such, to my mind, it’s totally fine tagging it that way, even if it’s only by backcountry skiers. I would say this is common in OSM, I see (and appreciate) a lot of named trails that are not always signposted as such but locally known by those names (like

Re: [Talk-us] Spot elevations collected as natural=peak and name=Point (height in feet)

That doesn’t seem right to me. Natural=peak is for actual high points in the landscape, and should be named by their established names, if available. Elevation, as you say, should be in meters on the ele tag. Best thing to do is probably to send these folks a kind note pointing out OSM

Re: [talk-au] Local Chapter

John — I used to be OSMF secretary and have guided multiple local groups through the OSMF LC application process. I am no longer on the board but know the current secretary, and am happy to help with the process if needed. Martijn > On Mar 4, 2019, at 8:41 PM, John Bryant wrote: > > Hi

Re: [OSM-talk] We need to have a conversation about attribution

Whatever we as a community prefer, let’s not add noise to the discussion by suggesting that it’s somehow hard to do because of UX requirements (as Simon points out correctly as well). Here’s Scout on an iPhone SE (75% fewer pixels than most modern smartphones, let alone desktop browsers):

[talk-au] Sign detections from OpenStreetCam

Hi all, You will remember from my previous messages to this list that OpenStreetCam held a competition to collect imagery in Australia (as well as in New Zealand). The winners have their gift cards, but the community as a whole gains as well. Our map team used the contributed imagery to

Re: [Talk-us] Map roulette challenges - Missing named roads [VA, NJ, NY, MN, SC]

I did a fair amount and noticed similar things — some of the suggestions concern private drives, others are not corroborated by available aerials. But I did find a decent ratio of fixable things, and as you go through the tasks, you get a better sense of which ones are likely to be fixable. The

[Talk-ko] MapRoulette now in Korean

for mappers to fix! Regards, Martijn van Exel ___ Talk-ko mailing list Talk-ko@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ko

[talk-au] OpenStreetCam competition results

do this again..Watch this space. Don’t stop now! We’re using all photos to improve sign recognition for OSC and the more photos we have, the better that system gets. Happy Mapping! Martijn > On Jan 24, 2019, at 3:47 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > Hi all! > > Let me give you

Re: [Talk-ca] New MapRoulette challenge to address highway class flip-flops

SM (long highways in very rural areas). > Is there any way to fix this? Or maybe warn people to not use JOSM for this > challenge? > Harald. > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM Martijn van Exel <mailto:m...@rtijn.org>> wrote: > Hi all, > > Per Matthew D

Re: [Talk-ca] New MapRoulette challenge to address highway class flip-flops

d mark these as ’not an issue’ in MapRoulette. Martijn > On Feb 4, 2019, at 9:36 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > Hi all, > > Per Matthew Darwin’s request on Twitter, my team prepared a MapRoulette > challenge for ‘highway class flip-flops’. What does this mean? Consecutive > ways that have a

[Talk-ca] New MapRoulette challenge to address highway class flip-flops

Hi all, Per Matthew Darwin’s request on Twitter, my team prepared a MapRoulette challenge for ‘highway class flip-flops’. What does this mean? Consecutive ways that have a suspicious change from one highway= value to another and then back to the former. This happens sometimes when mappers

Re: [talk-au] Announcing: OpenStreetCam competition

ore about these cameras on the OSM US blog: https://www.openstreetmap.us/2018/05/camera-lending-program/ <https://www.openstreetmap.us/2018/05/camera-lending-program/> > On Jan 24, 2019, at 3:47 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > Hi all! > > Let me give you a status update on

Re: [talk-au] more SEO spam?

Graeme Fitzpatrick <mailto:graemefi...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 06:51, Martijn van Exel <mailto:m...@rtijn.org>> wrote: > You can point businesses to https://www.onosm.org/ <https://www.onosm.org/> > which gives businesses an easy way to a

Re: [talk-au] Question on how to fix this intersection

Especially if the street name does not change AND the road splits into two oneway segments of the same name AND the angle of the ’turn’ is very slight, the software should figure this out, and I would say this is indeed an OSMAnd problem. In any case, the mapping looks correct to me. Sort of

Re: [talk-au] more SEO spam?

You can point businesses to https://www.onosm.org/ which gives businesses an easy way to add themselves. It generates a note on OSM, that mappers can then turn into an actual node or whatever OSM type is relevant to add the information to the map in a responsible way.

Re: [talk-au] Announcing: OpenStreetCam competition

communities who want to make an effort to capture their entire city or area. If you’re interested, please get in touch with me off-list. Happy mapping, Martijn [1] https://www.openstreetmap.us/2018/05/camera-lending-program/ > On Jan 18, 2019, at 2:26 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > &g

Re: [talk-au] Our work in last two weeks

It sounds like one of those things where opinions are going to vary. Personally I would split them, but I don’t think it’s a big deal to do it one way or the other, and it doesn’t affect the map either way. Mapping to make some random QA tool happy doesn’t sound tenable to me. Horea (my

Re: [OSM-talk] Looking for phot of mapping mappers

A nice collection, thanks for sharing! Martijn > On Jan 22, 2019, at 2:20 PM, Christoph Hormann wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 January 2019, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: >> I am looking for a good photo of mappers mapping during survey. It >> turns to be surprisingly hard. > > Some time ago I collected

Re: [talk-au] Announcing: OpenStreetCam competition

2019 and win a $25 or $100 gift card. Some stats so far: we started at 126 752 images in Australia on Dec 1, now we are at 330 648 covering 8882 km of which 6293 unique. Happy mapping / capturing :) -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Tue, Jan 8, 2019, at 16:40, Martijn van Exel wrote: >

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Carto release v4.19.0

Thanks, Daniel and all contributors to the stylesheet. I can't even imagine how much work goes into carefully weighing how (not) to render all the stuff we map. -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Fri, Jan 18, 2019, at 05:03, Daniel Koć wrote: > Dear all, > > Today

Re: [OSM-talk] Organised Editing Guidelines now officially live

with using some undisclosed source even if the community somehow is willing to accept this and turn a blind eye. Am I misunderstanding that example? -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Thu, Jan 17, 2019, at 09:51, Guillaume Rischard wrote: > Hi Martijn, > > Gladly. I seem

Re: [OSM-talk] Organised Editing Guidelines now officially live

I am happy to see that the official version has now been published on the OSMF web site. I changed https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Organised_Editing_Guidelines accordingly. -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Thu, Jan 10, 2019, at 13:59, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Hi, > >

Re: [OSM-talk] Organised Editing Guidelines now officially live

#Guidelines_contain_prescriptive_statements -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Thu, Jan 10, 2019, at 08:31, Guillaume Rischard wrote: > The Data Working Group is happy to announce that our new Organised > Editing Guidelines have now been officially put online on the wiki at > https://wiki.openstreetmap

Re: [OSM-talk] Organised Editing Guidelines now officially live

this is the same text), but since it is an official OSMF document now, it should really be discoverable under https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Policies_and_other_Documents. -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Thu, Jan 10, 2019, at 13:35, Paul Norman wrote: > On 2019-01-10 10:19 a.m., Christ

Re: [talk-au] Announcing: OpenStreetCam competition

Best, -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Wed, Dec 12, 2018, at 12:33, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Folks, > > We added an additional holiday prize for the 2 mappers who collect the most > imagery before Christmas. > Details added on the competition page! You ne

Re: [OSM-talk] Streetview

If not copying, then what would you do with the information gleaned from GSV? If you use it as a trigger for surveying ("I see on GSV that this street name may be wrong in OSM so I need to go check and see for myself") I’d say that would be okay, but other than that, I don’t really see what you

Re: [Talk-us] US Bureau of Land Management Boundaries

Brad — My reference to Gaia GPS was meant to illustrate that third party apps are perfectly capable of overlaying data from various sources. Just because a data source exists doesn’t mean that it should be in OSM. On the ground verifiability has always been the gold standard for OSM, and I

Re: [Talk-us] US Bureau of Land Management Boundaries

Brad — I make use of BLM / NPS / NF boundary data a lot too. I use Gaia GPS for this, which overlays this data nicely with what’s in OSM[1]. There are lots of other outdoor apps that do the same. I prefer this data live outside of OSM as well for similar reasons as Ian stated. Knowing whether

Re: [OSM-talk] What use is OpenStreetMap?

stitution provides it for free. But I've always > thought of OSM as the better option. Should my client use OSM instead, > especially given that he wants to crowdsource data? > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 1:35 PM Martijn van Exel <mailto:m...@rtijn.org>> wrote: > John

Re: [OSM-talk] What use is OpenStreetMap?

John — a fairly new resource is the Welcome site, https://welcome.openstreetmap.org/why-openstreetmap/ specifically may be interesting to point them to. It’s fairly high level and brief in its explanations, but if gives organizations a

Re: [talk-au] Replies to list messages not going to the list?

Graeme, It should work the same way for all OSM lists, or for all properly configured mailing lists for that matter. Some mail programs try to be smart about it and either inject a ‘Reply-To’ header whenever you compose a response to a mailing list message, or look for a ‘List-Post’ or similar

Re: [OSM-talk] UJEM (Unidentified JOSM Error Message)

van Exel m...@rtijn.org [1] http://blog.improveosm.org/en/2018/12/openstreetcam-josm-plugin-new-features-2/ [2] https://github.com/openstreetcam/josm-plugin/issues/29 On Tue, Dec 18, 2018, at 07:10, Volker Schmidt wrote: > Help! > Since about three or four days I get this UJEM with

Re: [talk-au] Adding lane tags to major roads

' challenge for Queensland a little while ago, which you can find here: https://maproulette.org/mr3/browse/challenges/3376 -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, at 04:20, Joel H. wrote: > Hey I'm not familiar with MapRoulette. > Where can I view the source code? I (or

Re: [talk-au] Announcing: OpenStreetCam competition

if you have any questions. Happy mapping / capturing, -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, at 11:53, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Hi folks, > > We (Telenav map team) are holding an OpenStreetCam image capture > competition. In case you're not familiar, O

Re: [talk-au] Adding lane tags to major roads

o a good idea to include the NSW LPI Imagery as the default > background layer for this task. I just filed > https://github.com/osmlab/maproulette3/issues/572 > <https://github.com/osmlab/maproulette3/issues/572> in relation to this. > > On Sun, 9 Dec 2018, at 4:53 AM, Martijn

[OSM-talk] Board decision on Crimea complaint

, is to further remain in effect. The board highly values the Data Working Group’s work and appreciates the difficulty and complexity of the cases they are asked to review on an ongoing basis. A more comprehensive statement will follow in the next weeks. Best regards, Martijn van Exel Secretary

Re: [talk-au] Adding lane tags to major roads

Andrew H-- correct and I wasn't suggesting that you amend it yourself :) I will make the update when I find a moment.Andrew H/D -- thanks for pointing me to the import plan. -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, at 17:29, Andrew Harvey wrote: > On Sat., 8 Dec. 2018,

Re: [talk-au] Adding lane tags to major roads

3/challenge/3375/task/6686753 which > shouldn't need a redundant lanes tag as you can just add them up. > On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 10:49, Martijn van Exel wrote: >> >> Hi folks. >> I created MapRoulette challenge asking mappers to look at aerial images and >> add lane tags

[talk-au] Announcing: OpenStreetCam competition

Hi folks, We (Telenav map team) are holding an OpenStreetCam image capture competition. In case you're not familiar, OpenStreetCam is an open source / open data street level imagery collection platform for OSM. It is widely used to help improve OSM (through iD and JOSM) but there is not a lot

[talk-au] Adding lane tags to major roads

Hi folks. I created MapRoulette challenge asking mappers to look at aerial images and add lane tags to major roads. https://maproulette.org/mr3/browse/challenges/3375 This particular one is for NSW but can easily be ‘cloned’ for other

[talk-au] Open Data

-BY 3.0 Australia) I'm wondering what the best way is to proceed. We can send out waiver requests directly as needed, but perhaps there are folks here who are local to some of the datasets above and can advise? -- Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org

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