Re: [Talk-us] IKEA vs Ikea?

2016-06-01 Thread Bill Ricker
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Peter Dobratz wrote: > this is an acronym Right. IKEA would be correct ​usage everywhere else. In general i agree with you on mixed case for legibility, but 'Ikea' would just be wrong, in this edge case. Some acronyms e.g. radar laser

[Talk-us] IKEA vs Ikea?

2016-06-01 Thread Peter Dobratz
When putting locations of the Swedish furniture store in OSM, do you use name=IKEA or name=Ikea ? Although we expand abbreviations on things like street names in OSM, company names are typically left as abbreviations (for example, "St. Mary's Bank" or "Einstein Bros. Bagels"). Often, store

Re: [Talk-us] Old Aerodromes

2016-06-01 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi all, Just to follow up on this, I used the ‘old aerodromes’ topic as a test for the new version of MapRoulette, find the beta at http://maproulette.org:8080 If you want to change or add anything to the challenges there, I can give you admin access to do so yourself. I appreciate any

[Talk-us] Problem with USGS Topographic Maps Layer

2016-06-01 Thread GeoKitten
Hello everyone, I am OSM user GeoKitten. I frequently use the USGS Topo map layer when editing the Pittsburgh, PA area. This layer is provided by OSM's US chapter. I am thankful for this resource, but it has a flaw: A large portion of the Pittsburgh area is missing at zoom levels 14 and up,