Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] Mapquest launches site based on OSM!

2010-07-19 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Phil! Gold phi...@pobox.com wrote: * Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com [2010-07-09 16:19 -0500]: Also, I see they are rendering highway shields. Didn't I see a big discussion about that here recently? :) Wonder if they are using the route relations to render

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] Mapquest launches site based on OSM!

2010-07-19 Thread Alex Mauer
On 07/19/2010 02:52 PM, Phil! Gold wrote: The wiki also explicitly says that you should use the two-character postal abbreviation for the state the road is in, but that seems to have been disregarded in states where a different prefix (like SR) is normally used. (To be fair, there's a lot of

Re: [Talk-us] Community Involvement

2010-07-19 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Replying to list with author permission: On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Sunburned Surveyor sunburned.surve...@gmail.com wrote: - Could a suggested standard for OSM tags in the US be developed? I know the wiki has some information on this, but it can be hard to find and doesn't seem to be

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] Mapquest launches site based on OSM!

2010-07-19 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Nakor nakor@gmail.com wrote:  FYI just in case it did not come to this list. Are they going to the US SOTM? Yes, as of right now they're on the schedule to speak. - Serge ___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] Mapquest launches site based on OSM!

2010-07-19 Thread Richard Welty
On 7/19/10 4:48 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: There's been no standard way of tagging state highways since before I joined at the beginning of this year. the US routes page has always called for US:ST or ST since i joined last summer. it's all a matter of which wiki pages you find. same problem

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] Mapquest launches site based on OSM!

2010-07-19 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: On 7/19/10 4:48 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: There's been no standard way of tagging state highways since before I joined at the beginning of this year. the US routes page has always called for US:ST or ST since i

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] Mapquest launches site based on OSM!

2010-07-19 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: The trunk issue is just a matter of selecting one level in the road-priority hierarchy. Being off by one is not the end of the world. Get the verifiable parameters right, name, surface, one way, single or dual

Re: [Talk-us] Community Involvement

2010-07-19 Thread Dale Puch
No not all states, or counties have the same data policies. Generally they are, but Rarely clearly state so. All have to be asked individually if you want to be on the safe side. Specifically I think Michigan state data is NOT public domain. Others charge for the getting the data, but are open

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] Mapquest launches site based on OSM!

2010-07-19 Thread Val Kartchner
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 18:51 -0400, Richard Welty wrote: On 7/19/10 4:48 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: There's been no standard way of tagging state highways since before I joined at the beginning of this year. the US routes page has always called for US:ST or ST since i joined last summer.