Re: [Talk-us] SOTM room discounts for OSMF US Members

2011-08-25 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Everyone, This is a reminder about rooms at SotM for OSM-US members. Please see the details below. Thanks, Kate On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Thea Aldrich theaglit...@gmail.com wrote: Hi US Mappers, The OSMF US team has been busy doing some fundraising to help support the mapping

[Talk-us] California landuse import

2011-08-25 Thread Toby Murray
Frederik's message on the imports mailing list reminded me... I was going to ask if anyone knows about the import performed in these two changesets in California: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/9090477 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/9091078 The result is clearly

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Double Mapping - Point and Polygon

2011-08-25 Thread Ian Dees
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote: ** Mike Thompson miketho16 at gmail.com

Re: [Talk-us] Double Mapping - Point and Polygon

2011-08-25 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Mike Thompsonmiketho16 at gmail.com mailto:talk-us%40openstreetmap.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BTalk-us%5D%20Double%20Mapping%20-%20Point%20and%20PolygonIn-Reply-To=%3CCALJoUkteF1hb%3DDsUc%3Dm2ypXuhxeS%2BZxuHYwPTgCMwMbxJBhRBg%40mail.gmail.com%3Ewrote: It seems that some things in OSM have been

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Double Mapping - Point and Polygon

2011-08-25 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On 08/25/2011 06:04 PM, Ian Dees wrote: OI change one to the other all the time, usually taking a GNIS point and making it a building outline. But it is a pain to preserve the keys. In JOSM: Select the way/node. Control+C to copy Select the new way/node Control+Shift+V to paste the tags on

[Talk-us] Proposed re-import of USA NEXRAD radar stations

2011-08-25 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
I would like to run a fresh import of NEXRAD radar stations. A prior import is documented at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potential_Datasources#Next_Generation_Radar_.28NEXRAD.29_Locations These are primarily in the USA. I'm using a merge-edit tool which produces a diff compared to the

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Double Mapping - Point and Polygon

2011-08-25 Thread Mike Thompson
I have been able to convert a point to a way in Potlatch 2. I can then select the way (polygon) representing the feature and use the R command to copy over the tags. I then delete the way that was originally a point. On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote: On

Re: [Talk-us] NHD data conversion

2011-08-25 Thread Ben Supnik
Hi Ben, On 8/21/11 10:40 AM, Ben Miller wrote: Great! Thanks Ben. I downloaded the data for the two areas that I'm interested in (04060104 and 04060105) and stuck them in JOSM. I'm not sure I feel comfortable just dumping the whole thing in (especially if it might cause problems) so I was

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Double Mapping - Point and Polygon

2011-08-25 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On 08/25/2011 08:06 PM, Mike Thompson wrote: I have been able to convert a point to a way in Potlatch 2. I can then select the way (polygon) representing the feature and use the R command to copy over the tags. I then delete the way that was originally a point. Oooh, tricky and cool. So you

Re: [Talk-us] Use of ref-tag on state highways

2011-08-25 Thread Dale Puch
Ahh right that is why there is US:US It gives a logical and consistent construction as well as delineated fields for building the name with the ability to make state specific shield rules based on it. -- Dale Puch On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Jason Straub strau...@yahoo.com wrote: As