[Talk-us] Remap-a-tron observation

2012-09-11 Thread Mike N
Just a note to those participating with the awesome Remap-a-tron tool - please take time to look up or verify the road name from TIGER. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TIGER_2011 Use the URLs in the section Tiles in Potlatch or JOSM.You can also substitute the 2012 for 2011 in the

Re: [Talk-us] Large area of deleted streets in Riverside, Calif.

2012-09-11 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Toby, Yes, it looks really different. Thanks! If you have time, a few blocks further north, around Mission Boulevard, missing streets reappear. Actually the 2012 stuff looks better than earlier unedited TIGER. Maybe they are getting better? --C At 10:44 PM

Re: [Talk-us] Remap-a-tron observation

2012-09-11 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Mike, Thanks for this information. I have been worrying about the unamed streets that I have been editing. Again, I have to ask, why wasn't a tool like this included in the original redaction? If someone had planned ahead and given the membership this tool and tools like

Re: [Talk-us] Large area of deleted streets in Riverside, Calif.

2012-09-11 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/11/12 11:27 AM, Charlotte Wolter wrote: Toby, Yes, it looks really different. Thanks! If you have time, a few blocks further north, around Mission Boulevard, missing streets reappear. Actually the 2012 stuff looks better than earlier unedited TIGER. Maybe they are

Re: [Talk-us] Large area of deleted streets in Riverside, Calif.

2012-09-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sep 11, 2012 10:43 AM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: a lot of the tiger looks the same, but for some of the really awful areas, tiger 2011/12 looks a great deal better. i'm planning on some selective replacement of unedited bad tiger data with newer, better tiger in upstate NY

Re: [Talk-us] Remap-a-tron observation

2012-09-11 Thread Martijn van Exel
Because this is the kind of project where people invest their time and creativity mostly if and when they can spare it, not according to an all-encompassing master plan. This Remap-a-tron is a result of a lucky coincidence of a spark of creativity and a modest amount of time being available to

[Talk-us] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Change to ODbL imminent

2012-09-11 Thread Martijn van Exel
FYI, this was just posted to talk@ as well as the OSM Foundation blog. -- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Weait rich...@weait.com Date: Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:16 AM Subject: [OSM-talk] Change to ODbL imminent To: t...@openstreetmap.org As just posted to

Re: [Talk-us] Remap-a-tron observation

2012-09-11 Thread Dale Puch
I think people react stronger to here is something specific that is missing, go create it then they do to these things might get messed up or deleted if you don't remake them The more straight forward a task, the better the response. Also the less subjective judgments needed the better. Also