Re: [Talk-us] Check your turn:lanes

2016-08-26 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
Since the throughness is implied by the lane markings and the LACK of directional markings in the greater context of state law and the existence of the MUTCD, it would not be inappropriate to mark these as through lanes. If marking the lanes as "none" implies to the computer "no direction control"

Re: [Talk-us] Slack

2016-03-29 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
I would actually like for us to shy away from using closed systems to do an open project. I'm in favor of remaining with IRC because it's a well-established open standard with multiple different networks and service providers. Don't get me wrong, Slack is really nice. I use Slack for other communi

Re: [Talk-us] Updating tagging of public transport

2014-11-27 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
I was one of the people that did a lot of work on those. Go for it. Let me know if you need help. Bill On Nov 27, 2014 3:09 PM, "Saikrishna Arcot" wrote: > Hi all, > > Not sure if this is the right list or the tagging list is better, but I > see some bus and subway routes in the Atlanta area tha

Re: [Talk-us] exit_to vs destination

2014-07-16 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
highway and how many lanes are available for those exiting. The method of tagging the exit way with number of lanes and the destination information lets the navigation renderer figure that out. Bill R. WASHBURN On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:38 PM, James Mast wrote: > Anybody else think we should

Re: [Talk-us] Usage of exit_to

2014-07-03 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
is but I'm willing to put in the effort on this since it will be such a positive change. Bill R. WASHBURN On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > I explained it in a diary entry - feel free to comment there or here. > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexe

Re: [Talk-us] Sidewalks as footpaths

2014-05-08 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
want to start a trend of marking all potholes on the main roadway, either. My point is, mark the structures that are there, usable or not. Let's consider damage (for routing purposes) as a separate question. Bill R. WASHBURN On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Serge Wroclawski wrote: > On

Re: [Talk-us] Sidewalks as footpaths

2014-05-08 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
, tying them to their roadways with relations, and including as much data as possible about ramps, obstacles, crosswalks, and driveway intersections. Sidewalks should only connect to a roadway where there is a crosswalk and should otherwise be connected by driveways and such. Bill R. WASHBURN On M

Re: [Talk-us] Turn restriction dispute

2013-02-11 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
devices in question being the left turn only arrow and the gore markings. Any Florida traffic law experts on here? By reverting this (twice now?), NE2 has committed vandalism, in my opinion. Could we now get DWG involved and get a ban hammer swinging? Bill R

Re: [Talk-us] Turn restriction dispute

2013-02-10 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
At the risk of sounding like I'm defending NE2, one of Ian's points is that NE2 is banned from the list and that discussing this, here, does not allow ALL of the parties in the case to be involved in the discussion. One of the things that we need is a formal and transparent grievance process to co

Re: [Talk-us] Feature proposal: proposed expanded address tagging scheme for US

2012-11-22 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
How would this proposal treat The By Way NE (way 9186730)? Would it be completely broken down with "By" being by itself? Would it treat it like TIGER does, with "The By" separate from "Way"? Neither case makes sense for the local colloquial or for GPS device name searches. I can see strict adheren

Re: [Talk-us] Feature proposal: proposed expanded address tagging scheme for US

2012-11-18 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
Since my email client sent my messages direct to the OP and not to the list, I'm going to resend them: First response: - We have to be careful that the availability of this granularity doesn't insecure the road names, specifically in cases where part of the road name could be conf

Re: [Talk-us] OSM Meetup in Metro Atlanta (Late Notice)

2012-07-24 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
onsistent with OSM-wide conventions. After meals and brewskies, we visited a local piece of transit history which has never been utilized and which is not yet mapped. Bill R. WASHBURN ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] OSM Meetup in Metro Atlanta (Late Notice)

2012-07-21 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
Join some Georgia mappers tomorrow at 1 pm at Mac McGee's on the square in Decatur for a get-together. See https://www.facebook.com/events/448096875225289 for more details. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] Why are you missing out on this fun?

2011-02-04 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
The OSM Georgia meetup group is today, Feb 5, from noon to 3 PM at Raging Burrito in Decatur, Georgia, USA. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143384779054605 Bill R. WASHBURN On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 04:02, Bill R. WASHBURN wrote: > OK, I'll bite. > > Anyone in the Atlanta a

Re: [Talk-us] Why are you missing out on this fun?

2011-01-28 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
#x27;ll propose that we meet up near Decatur, Emory, or some place downtown. Bill R. WASHBURN aka, dygituljunky On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 02:09, Richard Weait wrote: > Why aren't you getting more fun out of OpenStreetMap? > > Because you don't know the right people. > > T