Re: [talk-au] Track route names used to name paths

2024-05-16 Per discussione Ian Steer via Talk-au
I believe it *is* correct to name that way Munda Biddi Trail. Ian > > HI, > > On some paths route signs have been used to 'name' the path. > > > One example is the 'Great North Walk', a Sydney to Newcastle walking route, > where many of the paths existed bef

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
Yeah. Complete nonsense, unfortunately. Ian. On Mon, 29 Apr 2024, 12:25 am Ian Bennett, wrote: > Hi all, > I'll put my two boobs worth in here, but my information is > extremely dated. > When I was gliding back in the 80's, we used to fly from a privat

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Per discussione Ian Bennett
so could be used by anyone. No windsock, no one else could use the strip (unless in an emergency). That said, it could be an old wives' tale just to shut the "young'un" up. Ian On 29/4/24 5:54 pm, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Thanks all - I'll drop that airstrip then. > >

Re: [talk-au] Deletion of informal paths by NSW NPWS

2023-12-14 Per discussione Ian Steer via Talk-au
As you say, they are trying to discourage walkers but nothing to indicate it is not permitted to enter. Path should be in OSM Ian > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 22:52:06 +1100 > From: Mark Pulley > To: OpenStreetMap-AU Mailing List > Subject: Re: [talk-au] Deletion of informal paths

Re: [talk-au] emergency highway airstrips

2023-10-16 Per discussione Ian Steer via Talk-au
Opps, sent too early, here's a second example: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/187347278#map=15/-31.9089/127.0839= D https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/187347277 Ian > Whether it's right or wrong, I don't know, but here's another example: > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/

Re: [talk-au] emergency highway airstrips

2023-10-16 Per discussione Ian Steer via Talk-au
Whether it's right or wrong, I don't know, but here's another example: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/187347277 > Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 20:12:35 +1100 > From: Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> > To: OSM Australian Talk List > Subject: [talk-au] emergency highway airstrips > Message-ID:

Re: [talk-au] Deletion of informal paths by NSW NPWS

2023-10-08 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
mapped in good faith. We have tags to handle this scenario. Ian On Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 6:34 PM wrote: > Yes Ewen, I agree > > The OSM mission statement is at > https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Mission_Statement > > I would like to see it also include something like Google's

Re: [talk-au] Tagging towns by relative importance, not just population size

2023-09-27 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
Aren't most places classified by the government authority as cities/villages/towns/localities/suburbs? Is it done by population currently? I didn't think so.. Ian. On Wed, 27 Sept 2023 at 14:21, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > Have just raised this for discussion on both the Forum & Disc

Re: [talk-au] Deletion of informal paths by NSW NPWS

2023-09-22 Per discussione Ian Steer
I think that if there has been *active* measures to rehabilitate the track (eg "brushing over", track closed signs *and* barricades, then fair-enough, delete/make invisible the track. But if the land owner is not making much effort, we should map what's on the ground. Ian >

Re: [talk-au] Routing problem near Albany, WA

2023-06-09 Per discussione Ian Steer
Ben, thanks for the suggestions - I'll give them a go. Ian > > The intersection in question is quite new, so I am not surprised that there are > cache issues as you guys have identified. Each routing engine will ingest new > OSM data on its own schedule. > > One th

Re: [talk-au] Routing problem near Albany, WA

2023-06-08 Per discussione Ian Steer
Do you mean where Menang Drv curls around and meets Albany Hwy at a T-junction? If so, I took the kink out yesterday (?) - maybe the renderer hasn't caught-up with the change when you looked at it ?? Ian >Hi >Sorry if this is my misunderstanding but it seems that the same mistake that i

Re: [talk-au] Routing problem near Albany, WA

2023-06-07 Per discussione Ian Steer
There's some weird s^%t going on that's for sure. Yes, you can do what your route intends - I just did it this afternoon. Ian -Original Message- From: Phil Wyatt Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 5:58 PM To: 'Ian Steer' ; talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE: [talk-au] Routing problem

[talk-au] Routing problem near Albany, WA

2023-06-06 Per discussione Ian Steer
=0 I don't know how to give OSM way references, but the intersection is at S34.9647 and E117.8205 (Menang Drive and Albany Highway) Has anyone got any clues why the GPS would be doing what it is doing ? Thanks Ian ___ Talk-au mailing list

Re: [talk-au] Dual naming in NSW

2023-06-05 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
it's wrong to think of alt_name as a "lesser" name. Alternative means just that, it's an equally valid, but alternative name. It's looks like exactly the type of scenario envisioned by the tag. IMO it's a bad outcome to end up with multiple names in one tag separated by a slash. Ian.

Re: [talk-au] Dual naming in NSW

2023-06-05 Per discussione Ian Bennett
I'm struggling to word this reply without being labelled racist or discriminatory, but I believe the English names should remain and the "alt_name" field be used for local names. Anything else will render OSM data unusable to the majority of people in this country. Ian On 6/6/23 8:

Re: [talk-au] Why set coast line to nation park or administrative boundaries?

2023-03-30 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
be convinced to change my mind. And to my mind, if you committed an offence on national park land above the high water mark, and tried to argue you were outside the park, because of some geospatial alignment, I reckon you're cooked unless you could find a legislative instrument to support that b

Re: [talk-au] What are the best practices for mass updating cycle paths?

2023-02-06 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
I agree with Ben, and I'd be very surprised if the OSM map of the city cycleways wasn't far more accurate than that produced by CoS. Usually new facilities are updated within days. Ian. On Tue, 7 Feb 2023 at 10:52, Ben Kelley wrote: > Practically, using this data would be difficult I th

Re: [talk-au] 'Named' EV chargers

2022-12-25 Per discussione Ian Steer
I also agree - but if there are several superchargers at the same location, do they all get the same name? (probably) Ian On 16 December 2022 1:33:21 pm AEDT, Andrew Harvey wrote: >I think it's reasonable for it to have a name like "Tesla Supercharger >Hollydene, NSW".

Re: [talk-au] Cycle permissions by a user

2022-10-07 Per discussione Ian Steer
user does not ride a bike and does not like bicycles sharing his/her path, and is on a bit of a crusade and no reasoning or logic will be adequate to stop their mapping activities. Ian > Hi > I have been monitoring the edits by a user who still "changes shared paths to > footp

Re: [talk-au] Boardwalk not rendering

2022-09-14 Per discussione Ian Steer
Ignore this - I tagged it incorrectly and someone corrected it in the mean-time Ian From: Ian Steer Sent: Wednesday, 14 September 2022 4:15 PM To: 'talk-au@openstreetmap.org' Subject: Boardwalk not rendering I added some boardwalk into the Cape To Cape walking track (in WA's

[talk-au] Boardwalk not rendering

2022-09-14 Per discussione Ian Steer
ave I done something wrong - or is it a rendering fault? It is tagged as follows: bridge=boardwalk (my sole edit was to add this tag) highway=footway motor_vehicle=no (I didn't add this - I think it is a useless tag but I left it for consistency) name=Cape to Cape Track surface=unpaved width

Re: [talk-au] Should a "trail" route relation be one-way?

2022-09-10 Per discussione Ian Steer
done if this approach doesn't seem to be working. Ian ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Should a "trail" route relation be one-way?

2022-09-10 Per discussione Ian Steer
> > What would people think about a structure that had a Munda Biddi master > relation, containing only 3 sub-relations: > 1. the existing relation containing the main route (including both north & > south-bound one-way sections, plus the winter/summer routes) > 2. a new > "Munda Biddi Collie

Re: [talk-au] Should a "trail" route relation be one-way?

2022-09-10 Per discussione Ian Steer
> From: Ewen Hill > Sent: Saturday, 10 September 2022 9:35 AM > To: Ian Steer > Subject: Re: [talk-au] Should a "trail" route relation be one-way? > >I have been thinking of this with the new Collie township spur and the > other oddities and especially the hu

Re: [talk-au] Should a "trail" route relation be one-way?

2022-09-05 Per discussione Ian Steer
> For the "north only" and "south only" segments, I would certainly keep both > of these "directional" segments in the one "main" relation, but tagged with > role tags: usually "forward" if the direction of the way corresponds to the > direction of travel, > JOSM's relation editor also pays >

[talk-au] Should a "trail" route relation be one-way?

2022-09-04 Per discussione Ian Steer
and winter routes into the Munda Biddi Alternate relation) ? My suspicion is that they should stay in the main route relation. Regards Ian ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Cycle tags on motorways

2022-08-18 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
tes avoiding 100km/h+ roads, for example. Ian. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Adding river crossings to Guidelines "road quality

2022-08-10 Per discussione Ian Steer
these creeks/rivers is that they are intermittent and might even be dry at the time of year they are planning their trip. Ditto for "non-extreme" 4WDs. Please don't restrict the map unnecessarily. Regards Ian > Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:06:05 +1000 > From: Graeme Fitzpatri

Re: [talk-au] Australian Tagging Guidelines Footpath Cycling

2022-05-16 Per discussione Ian Steer
as a footpath (and hence excluded bicycles), I have often changed it to a path, but never tagged foot=yes and/or bicycle=yes. Ian >Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 16:55:42 +1000 >From: fors...@ozonline.com.au <mailto:fors...@ozonline.com.au> >To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org

Re: [talk-au] TheSwavu

2022-05-02 Per discussione Ian Steer
nal manner that they seem to think TheSwavu is correct. You seem to be quite emotional about the matter and maybe should take a step back and consider what others have been saying. Ian ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstr

Re: [talk-ph] Metro Manila Postcodes Map

2022-04-13 Per discussione Ian Lopez via talk-ph
Jim, There are queries that I used at some points in the past to retrieve postal codes in selected parts of Metro Manila, particularly Manila[0], Makati[1], Pasig[2] and Muntinlupa[3], that can be used in Overpass Turbo[4]. The queries can be modified to other parts of Metro Manila or Metro

Re: [talk-au] Aust. Walking Track Grading System (AWTGS)

2022-02-08 Per discussione Ian Steer
"source:grade=as_signed"?? If a grade has been assigned by a user, "source:grade=user" ?? Ian ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Aust. Walking Track Grading System (AWTGS)

2022-02-07 Per discussione Ian Steer
a typo in entering a tag and suggested: - using "hiking_scale:awtgs: (as there were "hundreds of hiking_scale:" tags in use in the European Alps") - entering it into "the Wiki" I would like to get a consensus so I can reinstat

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] The Two Towers (at Bentley)

2021-11-12 Per discussione Ian Caldwell via Talk-gb-westmidlands
See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key%3Aadvertising Maybe add a new value of "tower" or use the existing "column". Ian On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 at 14:46, Andy Mabbett wrote: > How should we tag these two towers, that seem to exist primarily or > only for adverti

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH bridge data attributes

2021-10-11 Per discussione Ian Lopez via talk-ph
and that the data will be released in due time. Regards, Ian Lopez - OpenStreetMap/Twitter/Telegram: ianlopez1115 Facebook/Messenger: ian.lopez On Monday, October 11, 2021, 09:41:48 AM GMT+8, Erwin Olario wrote: This is a re-post [0] of a query I made in the OSMph Telegram channel

Re: [talk-au] Tagging hiking path difficulty - Australian Walking Track Grading System (AWTGS)

2021-09-23 Per discussione Ian Steer
I have added a note in the Australian Tagging Guidelines about using “awtgs”. It is my first time editing the wiki, so I hope I’ve done the right thing. Ian From: Phil Wyatt Sent: Friday, 17 September 2021 3:52 PM To: 'Andrew Harvey' ; 'Ian Steer' Cc: 'OSM Australian Talk List

Re: [talk-au] Australian maps for Garmin devices

2021-04-30 Per discussione Ian Steer
Ian, where did you go to learn what to do with this data ? (eg a nice little website somewhere ??) Ian >Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:18:39 +1000 >From: Ian Bennett >To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org >Subject: Re: [talk-au] Australian maps for Garmin devices >Message-ID: <78b8c

Re: [talk-au] Australian maps for Garmin devices

2021-04-29 Per discussione Ian Bennett
jar to get these (along with contour info from shonky maps) onto my (very, very old) GPS60CSX. Full disclosure; I only use the '60 when bush walking, so I don't know if routing works and other info works. That said, POI's do display. YMMV. Ian __

[talk-ph] OSMPH Wiki Pages Edit-a-thon

2021-02-10 Per discussione Ian Lopez via talk-ph
Hello and good evening to all. The OpenStreetMap Philippines community will hold a mini edit-a-thon on Saturday (February 13, 2021) from 1 PM [1] to 5 PM [2]. The edit-a-thon aims to add and/or update the documentation of activities plus other undertakings of the OpenStreetMap Philippines

Re: [Talk-us] Please unsubscribe me.

2020-11-23 Per discussione Ian Dees
Hi Nathan, You need to unsubscribe yourself. Please follow the instructions here: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 3:05 PM Natfoot wrote: > Please unsubscribe me I am done with OSM for a while. > > Nathan P > email: natf...@gmail.com >

Re: [talk-au] Naming Ramps in Australia

2020-11-16 Per discussione Ian Bennett
As a user, I would prefer to hear what I'm looking at. In other words, the sat nav is saying what the signage is showing. Ian On 17/11/20 12:00 am, Aleksandar Matejevic (E-Search) via Talk-au wrote: Hi all, I have noticed that the majority of ramps in Australia tend to have descriptive names

Re: [talk-au] Mapping emergency beach access numbers

2020-10-01 Per discussione Ian Steer
Emergency Access Points sound perfect thanks all Ian From: Alex (Maxious) Sadleir Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2020 7:09 PM To: Phil Wyatt Cc: Ian Steer ; OSM Australian Talk List Subject: Re: [talk-au] Mapping emergency beach access numbers https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki

[talk-au] Mapping emergency beach access numbers

2020-10-01 Per discussione Ian Steer
or the 7th access point to Leighton Beach), along with emergency services contact information (eg dial 000). How do we go about mapping these? regards Ian ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/lis

Re: [Talk-us] While we're fixing things in iterations

2020-09-25 Per discussione Ian Dees
Hi everyone on this thread. It seems conversation has gotten way off topic and heated, so I put a moderation hold on the list and won't let this thread through for 24 hours or so. Thanks, Ian talk-us moderator ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us

[Talk-us] Fwd: Interest in Importing Athens-Clarke County Address Data Set

2020-09-19 Per discussione Ian Van Giesen
Dear all members of OpenStreetMap USA, My name is Ian Van Giesen and I am a resident and mapper in Athens, Georgia. I recently sent an email to the email for Imports-OSM discussing a possible import of address data in my area. For fear of repeating myself, I will simply let you know that I

Re: [talk-au] Contributions to Road Geometry in Perth,

2020-09-03 Per discussione Ian Steer
road into two separate ways for only a few metres seems >excessive to me. Even when there is a several Meter long raised kerb >separating the lanes I would not >split the road. Could you please elaborate on this method you have been using ? Ian On 1 September 2020 10:05:42 pm AEST

Re: [Talk-us] Mapcarta with wrong info in Utah - whom to contact?

2020-08-27 Per discussione Ian Dees
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 8:34 AM Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-us < talk-us@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > > > > 27 Aug 2020, 14:37 by ian.d...@gmail.com: > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 03:03 Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-us < > talk-us@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > > > > > Aug 27, 2020, 09:52 by

Re: [Talk-us] Mapcarta with wrong info in Utah - whom to contact?

2020-08-27 Per discussione Ian Dees
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 03:03 Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-us < talk-us@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > > > > Aug 27, 2020, 09:52 by frede...@remote.org: > > Hi, > > On 27.08.20 00:30, Alex Weech wrote: > > They appear to be pulling straight from Google > > > Interesting! I didn't know you could (show an

Re: [Talk-us] Mapcarta with wrong info in Utah - whom to contact?

2020-08-26 Per discussione Ian Dees
https://mapcarta.com/About_Mapcarta lists a contact email address: m...@imedia.io. On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 3:16 PM Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > does anyone have contacts with Mapcarta? > > https://mapcarta.com/Eagles_Campground_2422656 > > lists a camp ground that is not on OSM, and has never

[Talk-GB] Cancelled event with note: DLYW Cornish White @ Fri 31 Jul 2020 15:00 - 16:00 (BST) (talk-gb@openstreetmap.org)

2020-07-31 Per discussione ian . a . glen
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[Talk-GB] Invitation: DLYW Cornish White @ Fri 31 Jul 2020 15:00 - 16:00 (BST) (talk-gb@openstreetmap.org)

2020-07-31 Per discussione ian . a . glen
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Re: [talk-au] Aboriginal languages

2020-06-01 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
ppropriate to map this data. Of course, if there is a usable, measurable form of this data, then sure, lets do it. I'm simply saying that there are many items that don't naturally fall within OSM data for a number of reasons. Ian. On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 10:42, Andrew Harvey wrote: > >

Re: [talk-au] Aboriginal languages

2020-06-01 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
dary can be placed as a surveyable marker. So, while they deserve attention and focus, if they can't be verified and measured, then perhaps OSM isn't the right tool. Ian. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [Talk-us] Moderation?

2020-05-15 Per discussione Ian Dees
Yes, I enabled moderation to cool off the "home rule" thread a bit. I also stopped getting notification emails from the mailing list system that any messages had been moderated. I didn't notice until I checked the web interface. I've disabled the moderation for now. On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 10:04

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] March Meeting

2020-03-02 Per discussione Ian Caldwell via Talk-gb-westmidlands
I plan to be there. Ian On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 at 14:17, Brian Prangle wrote: > Hi everyone > > Thursday March 5th 730 The Bull. Come with ideas for travelling meetings > in the summer > > Regards > > Brian > > ___ >

Re: [talk-au] highway=motorway_junction

2020-02-24 Per discussione Ian Steer
e exit is not numbered in any way) Ian ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging showgrounds

2020-02-24 Per discussione Ian Caldwell via Talk-GB
As a local, I think it should be tagged as commercial. There is some event there most weeks. It's a very commercial organisation. On Mon, 24 Feb 2020, 09:58 Mark Goodge, wrote: > Morning all, > > Someone has commented on a change I made to the Three Counties > showground last year when I

Re: [talk-au] highway=motorway_junction

2020-02-23 Per discussione Ian Steer
(3286190), which has lots of information about the signage on this exit. Do they need to have the motorway_junction tag to record these details about the signage ?? - and why wouldn’t they be using destination= ? Ian From: Andrew Harvey Sent: Monday, 24 February 2020 11:14 AM To: Ian

[talk-au] highway=motorway_junction

2020-02-23 Per discussione Ian Steer
openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name> name=* of the <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway> highway=motorway_junction node. I tried messaging this user a week-or-so ago and have had no response. What do people think about this tag? I don't know what he is trying to ac

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa Mercia this Thursday

2020-02-04 Per discussione Ian Caldwell via Talk-gb-westmidlands
I hope to be there. Ian On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 at 18:14, Brian Prangle wrote: > Good for me - I'll be there > > On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 at 13:12, Rob Nickerson > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> By my calendar it is the next meetup this coming Thursday. I am assum

Re: [talk-au] Shoulder and cycle usage

2020-01-21 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
from behind to lead OSM in this aspect now in Sydney in most areas. That said, most motorways that have a wide shoulder, a cycle stencil, and permit cycling have a bicycle lane indicated. I think this is probably appropriate. Ian. On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 at 14:19, Sebastian S. wrote: > Hi, w

Re: [talk-au] parking and bike lane

2020-01-09 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
Generally yes. There are a few different treatments. The two main ones are where the straight through cycle traffic remains to the left of a separated barrier. Best example I can think of is at Ian Parade near concord. https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/PR6ShOVEl-hNO91xjsDwLQ And there is also

Re: [talk-au] Jervis Bay Territory admin boundary

2020-01-05 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
point." Ian. On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 10:59, cleary wrote: > The Jervis Bay Territory/NSW boundary is shown such that Jervis Bay > Territory overlaps into parts of Shoalhaven Council area and NSW suburbs. > Obviously not correct. There seems to be no source provided for the > lo

[talk-au] highway link is not linked to adequate highway/link ??

2019-12-27 Per discussione Ian Steer
From: Mateusz Konieczny mailto:matkoni...@tutanota.com> > Subject: Re: [talk-au] highway link is not linked to adequate highway/link ?? >> Is it intentional that https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/696446485#map=18/-32.14717/115.92374

Re: [talk-au] Adding polygons of the aerodromes

2019-12-27 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
in. And for non-security controlled strips - what a polygon would mean is unclear. The ownership boundary of the airport owner? The fence (if there is one). Limits of access - if that is meaningful? Ian. On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 at 19:39, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27/12/19 16:5

[talk-au] highway link is not linked to adequate highway/link ??

2019-12-27 Per discussione Ian Steer
t work-out why ? https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/78916457 Ian ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] tagging of "demolished" roads

2019-11-26 Per discussione Ian Steer
Nanga Rd in WA's south west has been affected by bauxite mining and has been re-routed. I'm hesitant to simply delete the old alignment, and am wondering whether there is an appropriate tag like "demolished=yes" to use on it instead ? Ian __

Re: [talk-au] local traffic only

2019-11-10 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
t a access restriction would be inappropriate. I've said before I agree with Andrew's proposed tagging for discouraged access. Ian. On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 at 06:38, Sebastian S. wrote: > So the sign is put up by the council. Is it not an official sign? > > Could someone elaborate on the legal side

Re: [talk-au] local traffic only

2019-11-08 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
I agree the meaning of "discouraged" is what we need here. But motor vehicles are only discouraged if they aren't local traffic. Otherwise they are perfectly fine. So, I think the motor_vehicle:advisory=destination covers these two concepts, and is a better representation. Ian. On

Re: [talk-au] local traffic only

2019-11-07 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
also not sure these signs have any legal effect at all. They aren't privately owned. The signs are just street decorations. I'd be inclined to Ian. On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 at 22:36, Nemanja Bračko wrote: > I would agree with David on this. > In that way you will avoid routing thru these s

Re: [talk-ph] Suggesting removing names from expressway ramps (but keep on junction nodes)

2019-11-05 Per discussione Ian Lopez via talk-ph
I personally prefer to retain exit/interchange names from expressway ramps but I have no problem with moving such names to motorway junctions. Aside: Are we the only country that has exit/interchange names on expressway ramps? Regards, Ian Lopez - Blog: http://ianlopez1115.wordpress.com

Re: [talk-au] Mapping 'private roads' conclusion

2019-10-08 Per discussione Ian Steer
Sounds OK (I'll have to change my mapping practices) Ian ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Discussion C: mapping on the street

2019-09-26 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
I use Vespucci on Android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.blau.android=en_AU In addition to being a fully capable editor, you can add notes, and see others notes at your location. Ian. On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 at 09:06, Herbert.Remi via Talk-au < talk-au@openstreetmap.org>

Re: [talk-au] Discussion of state regulation and planing issues for OSM

2019-09-19 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
plan. And we run up against this all the time with cycling infrastructure being added from a council plan where none may ever get constructed or exist on the ground. And lots of plans can be made and change before a sod is turned. Ian. On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 09:43, Herbert.Remi via Talk-au <

Re: [Talk-GB] Showgrounds (tagging)

2019-09-04 Per discussione Ian Caldwell via Talk-GB
For the Three Counties Showground in Malvern https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/35432806 is tagged with landuse=commercial. Any given the number of events there most of which are commercial. Commercial would be correct. That how the NEC is mapped https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/243830271. Ian

Re: [talk-au] Residential Poolside Building

2019-08-12 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
a building next to a private swimming pool as anything other than "building=yes", almost always calls for pure speculation. Whether it's a pool shed, cabana or outside dunny. Ian. On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 at 08:25, David Wales wrote: > I think in this day and age, we can't really cons

Re: [Talk-us] Website showing the best time to survey with GPS.

2019-06-27 Per discussione Ian Dees
Also take a look at http://satpredictor2.deere.com/lookup, found by searching Google for "when is the best time for gps", which lead me to this interesting set of StackOverflow answers: https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/181/is-gps-more-accurate-on-specific-hours-of-the-day, too. On Wed, Jun

Re: [talk-au] Proposed deletion of part of the Gwydir River

2019-06-24 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
=no note="blah" because otherwise an armchair mapper will put it back (and I would too, guilty as charged). It's ugly and non-standard, but I'd do it anyway. Ian. On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 at 22:52, Andrew Harvey wrote: > I think you've done a top job detailing the situation, so I'd

Re: [Talk-us] What's protecting the map?

2019-06-09 Per discussione Ian Dees
On Sun, Jun 9, 2019, 15:38 Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 1:23 PM Nuno Caldeira > wrote: > >> But what happens if the Foundation is taken over by people with >> commercial interests? >> >>- You still own the rights to any data you contribute, not the >>Foundation. In

Re: [talk-au] Caltex on name-suggestion-index

2019-05-27 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
any longer. I'd go by the name on the sign - as these are likely to change over the past few months as the Caltex owned stores all revert to form. Ian. On Tue, 28 May 2019 at 14:51, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 1:55 PM Charles Gregory > wrote: > >&

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Collaboration with shire tansport authorities

2019-04-23 Per discussione Ian Caldwell via Talk-gb-westmidlands
I am OK for Worcestershire Ian On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 11:46, Brian Prangle wrote: > Hi everyone > > Mainly for west mids mappers but cross-posted to talkgb for a wider > audience. > > For some time I've collaborated with TfWM who make extensive use of > OpenStre

Re: [talk-au] Aboriginal art sites

2019-04-04 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
others seem to be proposing. Secondly, we may end up with a wiki page with the areas and significant features all laid out. Which may be counter to what we're trying to achieve here. Ian. From: Sebastian S. Sent: Thursday, April 4, 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [talk-au] Aboriginal art sites To: talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Existing OSM precedent | Re: Aboriginal art sites

2019-04-03 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
in a public library, it may be sufficient to just have this as a guideline to mappers, and just add a thin layer of obscurity that seems sufficient to reduce the risk from the instagrammers, etc. If that's the aim. Ian. On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 19:39, Rory McCann wrote: > On 01/04/2019 12:27,

Re: [talk-au] Aboriginal art sites

2019-04-01 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
guideline, and not be enforced? It seems all a bit impractical to me. The information is out there. is this form of censorship practised anywhere else in OSM - maybe for other indigenous people - that we could copy their model? Ian. P.S. It's Strait - not "Straight". On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 at 15:14, Graem

Re: [talk-au] Bushwalking site using OSM

2019-03-28 Per discussione Ian Bennett
Fabulous. Expect a few next week :-) On 28/3/19 10:06 pm, Andrew Harvey wrote: Hi Ian, Absolutely, most importantly if anything is missing in OSM, then add it in. The walks database I use is open source at https://gitlab.com/beyondtracks/beyondtracks-walks you can open a new issue

Re: [talk-au] Bushwalking site using OSM

2019-03-28 Per discussione Ian Bennett
Andrew, Can anyone contribute?? If so, can you advise the hows and whats please. We are heading up to Weddin NP (near Grenfell, NSW) to do a few "stomps" and I always take my GPSMap60CSX when we go. Ian On 28/3/19 7:56 am, Dion Moult wrote: This site looks fantastic A

Re: [Talk-us] Online mappy hour

2019-03-18 Per discussione Ian Dees
Thank you so much for hosting this again, Martijn! The time sounds good to me. On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 12:07 PM Martijn van Exel wrote: > 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

Re: [Talk-GB] Common Land has stopped rendering

2019-03-17 Per discussione Ian Caldwell via Talk-GB
For now, for the commons around Malvern I will add landuse, In most cases landuse=meadow. Ian On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 at 12:54, Edward Catmur wrote: > They're going to be retagged anyway to get them to render in the main map, > so I doubt that's a solution. > > Any conclusion on how

[Talk-GB] Common Land has stopped rendering

2019-03-16 Per discussione Ian Caldwell via Talk-GB
In the last day or two the standard renderer as stop rendering common land (leisure=common) see https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/311973831 Ian ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-us] motel vs. hotel

2019-03-08 Per discussione Ian Dees
I think your description of motels as parking directly outside rooms is good, but I've seen plenty of motels that had multiple stories. Wikipedia's page on motels is good and has this definition: "a type of hotel consisting of a single building of connected rooms whose doors faced a parking lot

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] March Meeting

2019-03-03 Per discussione Ian Caldwell via Talk-gb-westmidlands
I should be there Ian On Sun, 3 Mar 2019 at 19:42, Br Ian Prangle wrote: > Hi everyone > > This Thursday 7 March is our scheduled date for our monthly meeting. I've > checked that the Bull has re-opened so see you there at about 730 > >

Re: [Talk-us] Mapathon Results - Spartanburg SC

2019-02-12 Per discussione Ian Dees
This is great, Mike! Thanks for sharing. Did you happen to take any photos? It'd be fun to have you write up something about how you found this data, set up the Tasking Manager project, and did the work at the Mapathon for the OSM US blog. On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 9:54 AM Mike N wrote: > Hi, >

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

2019-01-30 Per discussione Ian Sergeant
I agree there should be a better way, but I would solve this problem by bring the road split to the east of the the intersection in this case. The road divides on the eastern side of the intersection anyway. Then there will be no option but to continue straight. Ian. On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 09

Re: [talk-au] more SEO spam?

2019-01-30 Per discussione Ian Bennett
Concur. Be ruthless. These people are akin to nuisance callers and should be publicly flogged. Ian On 30/1/19 7:22 pm, nwastra wrote: We seem to be getting a lot of business edits in this form lately with only a name and description tag, often with address details or just spam

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

2019-01-05 Per discussione Ian Dees
On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 10:42 PM Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > This data is no less verifiable than national forest boundaries and > federal wilderness boundaries; these generally need to be checked against > official sources, just as BLM boundaries will. > > Municipal boundaries are perhaps even

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

2019-01-05 Per discussione Ian Dees
other data that is a better fit to import into OSM: address points and building footprints come to mind, for example. -Ian On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 9:03 PM brad wrote: > I'd like to import BLM (US Bureau of Land Management) boundaries into > OSM.This is not an automated import as you can see

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] January meeting

2019-01-03 Per discussione Ian Caldwell
The bull is closed Ian On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, 11:29 Rob Nickerson See you all there :-) I will bring the new hi Vis vest for you to see. > > Rob > > On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, 11:09 Brian Prangle >> Me too! >> >> On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 10:03 PM Rob Nickerson >> wrote

[talk-ph] Review of GlobalLogic edits in the Philippines

2019-01-03 Per discussione Ian Lopez
Hello and happy New Year to all. In the wake of issues between OpenStreetMap contributors in Thailand and editors from GlobalLogic [1] I've decided to review a selection of edits in the Philippines done by the GlobalLogic team over the past 12 months. As soon as I started my review, I

Re: [Talk-us] Trunk versus motorway

2018-12-02 Per discussione Ian Dees
is in "emergency moderation" mode for the night. -Ian On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 6:30 PM Nathan Mills wrote: > The reason you don't get it is because you are not listening. Nobody has > said the motorway tagging should continue through the intersection. The > debate is e

Re: [Talk-us] Strange city boundary: Lee, Illinois

2018-11-14 Per discussione Ian Dees
> CDPs and retags relevant ones from boundary=administrative admin_level=8(or > 7) to boundary=census, no admin_level=*.” > > Finally, there seem to be too many wiki pages covering this :) But that’s > not unique for this topic. > > I guess we have some work to do! > > Martijn

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