On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Al Haraka alhar...@gmail.com wrote:
I think these are all great ideas. For the benefit of the list, what
do you see as a complete project? I will try to add proposals if I
can think of some, and work on the obvious points like participating.
Haha. As the
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote:
Dear talk-us,
I'm now making daily OSM data extracts available for the US Census Regions
(as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Us_regdiv.svg) on
download.geofabrik.de. I will not do a full US or full North America
I wonder if both of the named parties would consider waiting 72 hours
for the community to review and consider the edits involved before
commenting further? It might be a sign of good faith if they would
also refrain from edits regarding this matter until the community has
had a chance to
Tom Hughes, OSM contributor and infrastructure guru has written an
interesting summary of why some part of OSM can look strange.
http://compton.nu/2010/10/city-labels-in-openstreetmap/
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote:
On the contrary: I say all these critiques indicate the need for a
- More granular city name placement based closer on population than on the
place tag
Place looks broken in some parts of US because some mappers choose to
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote:
This discussion seems to have ended. Is it time to play spot the
consensus yet?
I've spotted the consensus. Stop your bickering. Either come to an
agreement about this tagging, or ignore each other, but absolutely
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Alex Mauer ha...@hawkesnest.net wrote:
On 10/26/2010 10:50 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
It's a tradeoff where bigger shields reduce the space for other features.
Sure, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t adjust to give a little more space
to highway shields.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
At the Google Summer of Code mentors summit this past weekend Google asked
us (the organizations that participated in Summer of Code) to also
participate in the Google Code-In project. The Code-In project is
It feels like we have been going around in circles on this for almost
two years. I wrote this in March 2009.
http://weait.com/content/badges-badges
Can we reset just a bit? Rather than jumping to an answer The tags
shall be this! can we look at what our ideal goals would be? So from
a
Are you a new or experienced OSM user in Arlington, Virginia? Meet
others this Sunday to learn / share experience with editing software.
http://osmediting.eventbrite.com/
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Hi Mappers!
I don't usually send project of the Week announcements to talk lists.
Should I? See the poll here to let me know what you think.
http://weait.com/content/send-project-week-announcements-talk-us
This PotW relates especially to US landmarks and is a guest project
from Ant Pegg at
Hi all.
I just had a look at the new OpenStreetBugs implementation at
mapdust.com. It's pretty slick and integrates nicely with postlatch /
josm. There are a couple of bugs reported in Rochester, including
this one in Greece. Would anybody be able to zip over there and
collect a trace?
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:50 PM, James U jumba...@gmail.com wrote:
That's pretty neat. I looked in my area and there are a bunch of bugs
reported, but I can't for the life of me figure out what is wrong. They are
reported in Spanish, which I can read so-so, but I know the areas pretty well
The Project of the Month for December 2010 is to map wheelchair
accessibility as part of your mapping activities.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Project_of_the_week/2010/Nov_24
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On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Val Kartchner val...@gmail.com wrote:
I know that we've discussed this before, and there was no consensus to
change the current rendering.
Changing the rendering is something we can each do for ourselves.
What we can't do is tell anybody else to change their
Are you one in a million? Just how unique are you?
The US has 52 cities of over 1 million population[1] and 50 states,
but only fourteen have local OSM user meetings. Find the list of US
local OSM meetings here.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States
Know of another
The OSM German community has a ton of local meetings. They also have
a wiki template
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Lokale_Gruppe
that is scraped by a web site to place all of the local meetings on a
map. http://openstreetmap.de/
Wouldn't it be cool to have something like that for
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote:
It appears that User:NE2 has added a tag NHS_High_Priority_Corridor to
hundred of ways around the country. Has anyone seen such an automated edit
proposal anywhere on the mailing lists?
Not only is this tag named
Previous OSM conferences in Europe have been wonderful and well worth
attending.
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Hello,
As some of you
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote:
Question: what do people think about minimum standards for tagging
something highway=motorway? In other words, would it be reasonable to
tag a highway as trunk rather than motorway because it has no
shoulders or a low
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote:
Eh, OK-66 and Old US-66 and USBR-66 are all in my neighborhood. Also,
does this work cleanly with relations?
Seems to work fine with either relations or ways. Do you have some
test cases in mind? I'm not sure what you
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Phil! Gold phi...@pobox.com wrote:
If I recall correctly, Richard's rendering completely abandons the old
rendering style, which I don't want to do.
Then let me make this point absolutely clear. Don't look at the
background layer. It doesn't matter at all.
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Alex Mauer ha...@hawkesnest.net wrote:
Not sure if you’re looking for commentary on the shield overlay in general,
but it seems like it has some problems. Take a look at I-39/US-51 here[1].
Only one shield for I-39 until you scroll all the way south to
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 11:58 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote:
Just noticed this: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/82696560/history
Done. I think. Be good to have a local check it.
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On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Kristian M Zoerhoff
kristian.zoerh...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, all.
I've been working on adding some abandoned railway lines in my area, and
I've been wondering how to group them together. The line I'm working on
right now (the former Elgin Belvidere Electric
Why aren't you getting more fun out of OpenStreetMap?
Because you don't know the right people.
That's right. You'll enjoy OSM even more than you do now, once you
meet some additional local mappers. But to do that you have to
actually meet them. Yes, email is nice, IRC is fine, but you have to
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 4:02 AM, Bill R. WASHBURN
dygitulju...@gmail.com wrote:
OK, I'll bite.
Anyone in the Atlanta area willing to meet up (or north of the fall line in
Georgia who can come in to the MARTA service area), please send me a message
and we'll see if we can work out the timing
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Scott Rollins organ...@gmail.com wrote:
Having read a few days worth of this thread, THIS THREAD exemplifies why I
am not an active contributor to this project. It is way too difficult to
figure out the right way to enter information. Then, having entered the
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:28 PM, PJ Houser
stephanie.jean.hou...@gmail.com wrote:
TriMet will begin OSM improvements in the Portland area beginning Monday
[ ... ]
Input?
I've replied to PJ with some suggestions off-list.
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Hi all,
Matthias Meißer has made it easier to find a local OSM group. The
German OSM community has had a map of local groups for quite a while.
Matthias has extended that tool to work on a global scale. Here is how
it works.
1) Local groups add a local group template to their wiki page. This
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Dale Puch dale.p...@gmail.com wrote:
The default render should be with connectors below the water bodies. AKA
render issue. Possibly there should be some way to force it to render on
top, and that would probably need a new tag. The main reason would be to
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/18/2011 7:45 PM, Richard Weait wrote:
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Dale Puchdale.p...@gmail.com wrote:
That said, for now using oneway is better than not tagging flow
direction.
I disagree. Water flow
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Peter Budny pet...@gatech.edu wrote:
Josh, this sounds great! Unfortunately, you're headed in to really new
territory. As far as I can tell, OSM doesn't have any methods in place
for merging data in any meaningful sense, which sounds like what you
need to
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel Begin jfd...@hotmail.com wrote:
Thank Paul, a really good idea to include others as they are concerned :-)
About tagging, I would agree with minor adjustments ...
man_made=survey_point - agreed
ref= - agreed to reference a monument id
However, I
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Steven Johnson sejohns...@gmail.com wrote:
I, too, have been thinking that a core+layers approach would be useful in a
number of contexts, primarily conflation between different
This might be something interesting to do with those servers that the
US local
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Alan Mintz
alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net wrote:
At 2011-03-23 04:22, Dale Puch wrote:
A quick note, do not confuse public records as always meaning public
domain.
Some states may not have laws specifically preventing agencies from claiming
copyright, not
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote:
On 3/28/11 10:18 AM, Richard Welty wrote:
i will look into where this can be hosted, and look into setting up a
mailing list
for those interested in the project to communicate.
does anyone object to a google groups
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 7:57 AM, James U jumba...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sunday, April 03, 2011 07:45:50 am Mike N wrote:
On 4/2/2011 11:37 PM, Val Kartchner wrote:
Within the past few days I discovered an area built up for public use of
pedal dirt bikes. I have searched but have not found a
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote:
route relations. The ref=* tag on ways right now is mostly tagging
for the renderer because current renderers don't use route relations.
Richard Weait has done some work on this:
http://weait.com/content/badges-badges
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 9:25 PM, James Mast rickmastfa...@hotmail.com wrote:
Anyways, we really need to get MapQuest to render by relations
??? Wait for MapQuest? Why? Why aren't you rendering your own and
sending them patches? You can render a couple of small states on any
old laptop. Fix
Hi all,
If you are having trouble editing, you should read this. The solution
is simple. Log in to your account at http://openstreetmap.org/ Then
return to editing normally.
Best regards,
Richard.
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Ben Supnik bsup...@xsquawkbox.net wrote:
Hi Y'all,
The USGS was kind enough to send me the latest shapefile extract for the
NHD yesterday. So my question is: is there some way I can process
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Dave Hansen d...@sr71.net wrote:
http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/13-04-2011
I had to go update my script a bit since Lambertus's site got moved
around. Please let me know if anyone has trouble with these.
Empty directory here.
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Dave Hansen d...@sr71.net wrote:
On Sun, 2011-05-01 at 12:09 -0400, Richard Weait wrote:
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Dave Hansen d...@sr71.net wrote:
http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/13-04-2011
I had to go update my script
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Alan Millar grunthos...@yahoo.com wrote:
On May 1, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Toby Murray wrote:
Every time I go editing in some new place, I always find another
reason to hate imports.
Yeah... Every time I go editing in some new place, I always find another
reason
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote:
I'm putting together a Mappy hour for Capital District mappers
on Tuesday June 11th, probably around 7pm, venue TBD (I'm
aiming for a place that's kind of central.) if you're in the area,
please mark your calendars
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Kai Krueger kakrue...@gmail.com wrote:
Thea Aldrich wrote:
Our question to the
community is: If you like this idea, what types of branded materials would
you like?
I think it is a great idea and is the sort of thing a local chapter can be
useful for to
I see that a mapping party is planned for Boston this month. This is
awesome, and if you are nearby, you should attend.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Boston/June_2011_mapping_party
There is also a mapping party on that date in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
But why aren't there ten times as many
1) Book a time and place.
2) Promote the event.
3) Attend.
4) Have fun.
That's really it. Everything else is just a matter of balancing your
compromises.
Pick a location and time that suits you and suits the audience you
wish to attract. If you want the high-school crowd, don't pick a
venue
I'm doing a little work on shield rendering for Interstate and US
Route shields, etc.
Who has a favourite highway overlap? I'd like a few examples of each
of the following.
- two Interstates overlapping on a way
- three Interstates overlapping on a way
- combination of Interstates and US Routes
Oh why not. How about an overlap of one I, one US and one
state-something as well?
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On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 9:46 PM, James Mast rickmastfa...@hotmail.com wrote:
Here's some examples you could test:
Great list with links. Thank you, James. Thanks to everybody for
their suggestions with links.
I'm leaning away from distinguishing Future shields; I've already
stripped the
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Steve Coast st...@asklater.com wrote:
Okay that works for me, Hennepin will be next.
So you have an incentive to get all you're friends to finish off the current
one, as we all do.
It's kind of neat in that anyone can now help OSM without needing to map. So
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On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote:
If I remember correctly the converter is keeping as little in-memory as
possible (so it can convert huge shapefiles). Also, it will split ways at
2000 nodes and turn things into multipolygons.
If that 2000 could be cranked
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Kristian Zoerhoff
kristian.zoerh...@gmail.com wrote:
OK, I've heard from both users.
Juliana was a newbie, and messed up an edit badly. Martin tried to fix it,
but just couldn't fix it all by hand. I hate to revert his changeset, as
he's a good mapper, but I
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Kristian Zoerhoff
kristian.zoerh...@gmail.com wrote:
I would think Sears = department store; they called themselves that for many
years. I think something like Super Wal-Mart or (here in the Midwest) Meijer
is tougher; is it department store, clothing, grocery,
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote:
Hi All,
I know there was some talk about the GeoBus for State of the Map.
Well, on a much smaller scale myself and Iván Sánchez are going to
drive from Washington D.C. to Denver. This is a one way trip and I
plan to
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Michal Migurski m...@stamen.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
I fixed Walking Papers today. It was not processing new prints and scans for
almost two weeks.
It's been hit with a double-whammy of garbage input and not enough of my time
to fix it.
Thank you, Mike.
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Nick Hocking nick.hock...@gmail.com wrote:
Mike N wrote I converted a copy of
Mesa County for your use:
Thanks MIke, that's great!!
I just opened it in Josm and looked at one new estate. All the roads are
there and named. Even Riverside Parkway is
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote:
I've started using forward/backward roles rather than north/south/east/west
on relations for state highways, due to JOSM's relation editor supporting
sorting by them and Nakor's tool
Nakor's tool for ... ? Link?
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Randal Hale
rjh...@northrivergeographic.com wrote:
So I tried to come up with a more interesting
name...Chattamappers...ChooChoo Cartographers.Pork Chop and the Def
MapMakingIdiots..and my favorite: The Barry Manilow Experience.
I ended up just going
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Steve Coast st...@asklater.com wrote:
So here's my solution.
We take aim at a date like GIS day in November (I think) or a nice Saturday
near to it. We run a national day of mapping parties trying to get one per
state on the same day. Each party organizer is
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Randal Hale
rjh...@northrivergeographic.com wrote:
Update on the meeting.
We had 6 people attend. I was really only expecting about 3. Out of the 6,
two of us were very familiar with OSM. The other four had no experience.
Fantastic! Four potential new mappers
Dear All,
I hear a rumour that there may be a Mapping Party-like event in
Ottawa, Ontario, on Sunday 28 August 2011. This will be the day after
the FOSSLC Summer Camp[1] at University of Ottawa, and so there may
well be some Free Software notables in attendance. It you are
planning to attend
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/21/2011 9:21 AM, Alan Mintz wrote:
My understanding was that there are two options for California SR-60:
1) network=US:CA + ref=60
2) ref=CA 60
SR 60 is a good example, since it overlaps I-215 in Riverside.
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Alan Mintz
alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net wrote:
Shared routes use semi-colons, like any other multi-use object.
ref=CA 60;I 215
or
network=US:CA;US:I
ref=60;215
Difficult to maintain for mappers and harder to consume for use. Use
simply tagged relations
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/22/2011 4:46 PM, Nathan Mills wrote:
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:08:22 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
In both those (literally) edge cases, the relation will tell all.
So are you volunteering to make relations for
A few of us were just asking on irc what a US-style tile theme would
look like?
Naturally, I think highway shields should be included.
Lars Ahlzen suggested elevation in feet rather than metres.
Ian Dees liked the idea of fewer different colors for roads, blue /
motorway, green / trunk, red /
Let's keep this more brainstormy and less discuss-y and debate-y
for now, okay?
Trim and add your ideas to the list for your reply. We'll come back
around for discussion later. ;-)
A few of us were just asking on irc what a US-style tile theme would look like?
- distinguish divided highways
-
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Josh Doe j...@joshdoe.com wrote:
I'm having trouble finding any information about the elections for the
OSM US chapter,
The 2010 election was held in August, by email. So it's probably a
bit late this year.
Minutes from meetings since March, if any, are
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:00 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote:
if for no other reason than showing those upstairs in Canada what
we can do ;-)
Will you kids stop making all that racket?!?!?!
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On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Serge Wroclawski emac...@gmail.com wrote:
Last year it was State of the Map US. I assumed this year that it
would happen at the same time as OSMF has its elections...
The US chapter was scheduled to meet Saturday at SotM at 12:30. Did
anything happen there?
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Val Kartchner val...@gmail.com wrote:
I think that this is also the time to add a development level to the
place key. There are so many place names that aren't hamlets but are
developments (like subdivisions) that have names. This could include
the name of
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
Let's keep this more brainstormy and less discuss-y and debate-y
for now, okay?
Trim and add your ideas to the list for your reply. We'll come back
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 12:51 AM, Jeffrey Ollie j...@ocjtech.us wrote:
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote:
On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 18:41 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
Render shields at lower resolutions, since the US is not as dense as the UK.
I'm curious
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote:
i'm dithering if i wish to run again, but i do agree, manifestos are a good
idea.
Some of the questions that came up during the Foundation election
would be interesting in the context of the US local chapter as well.
Manhattan. That's what we really need. An OSM group that meets
regularly in Manhattan. I think it probably has a better chance of
happening in Manhattan, Kansas before the other one but I'll be
happy to be wrong on that.
And what about Springfield? Surely we have motivated OSMers /
Simpsons
I'd like to see more discussion and guidance for the US local chapter.
So, questions for the community:
1) What would you like to see the US local chapter do?
2) Why should this be done by the local chapter, and not by individual mappers?
3) Why should this be done by the local chapter and not
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote:
[ ... ]
This is an interesting thread, but I don't think we need to have a
discussion about tagging consistency on this thread.
Consider Advocate for tagging (especially highway) consistency added to
the list of things a US
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Hillsman, Edward hills...@cutr.usf.edu wrote:
As I recall, you’ve offered advice and encouragement for mapping parties, so
I’m seeking advice on running one. This is being organized by several
people, none of whom has run one before. I probably will be the only
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
[ob on topic: It is awesome that geofabrik is making this debug layer
available outside of Europe! Thank you!]
Try selecting both nodes and using m
all of the
candidates for offering to serve for the next year.
Richard Welty, was re-elected. Martijn, Randy, Jim and Mike were each
elected.
You can find the detailed results on the wiki,
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Elections
Best regards,
Richard
We had a great meeting last night in Waterloo. Five attended
including one newcomer. We enjoyed delicious refreshments at our host
venue and adequate wifi connectivity.
I really enjoy these meetings with a combination of regular mapping
pals and enthusiastic newcomers. It feels good to be able
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Michal Migurski m...@stamen.com wrote:
Hey, cool!
Thanks everyone. I'm excited to get started with Martijn, Randy, Jim, and
Richard.
According to the wiki page there is a monthly chapter meeting tomorrow, but
the most recent one was six months ago. I'll
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Metcalf, Calvin (DOT)
calvin.metc...@state.ma.us wrote:
If nobody objects I'll start uploading the towns from the admin8 file and
stow file
Dear Calvin,
I have an objection and a suggestion. See below.
I noticed that a couple of the counties are only
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Ian ian.d...@gmail.com wrote:
The existing
books don't serve the beginner's guide purpose.
I disagree. The RTC book goes well beyond my first mapping survey,
but also includes that. The Bennett book is almost entirely my first
mapping survey plus many
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Ian ian.d...@gmail.com wrote:
Jochen,
In regard to the other books already available:
- Had we known we were going to write a book, I might have thought twice
about creating a third one.
How did you get surprised by the goal of the event? Who changed the
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Steven Johnson sejohns...@gmail.com wrote:
Up to now, we've been talking largely about addresses as point features.
However, one thing I think would be good to have is block ranges on streets.
That would require breaking a way at each junction, wouldn't it? Some
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote:
All:
I am trying to engage with the local government here in SLC and I'd
love to provide them with some practical examples of how the use of
OpenStreetMap has benefited local government. Who knows of a US /
N-American
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Skye Book skye.b...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm doing a ton of work with the data made available from the city as of late
and a gripe from some people employed by the local government about OSM is
that it isn't making full use of the data that the city is putting
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Randal Hale
rjh...@northrivergeographic.com wrote:
Sorry - this might be a bit more of a convoluted problem than I think.
[ ... ]
Is there a way in JOSM or
in something to figure out where ways are broken. We're using
http://keepright.ipax.at/ to check around
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote:
There's something OSM could do well, that Google Maps can't, due to
licensing restrictions: create good printable maps. Google and Mapquest
both are pretty bad.
The high volume use cases:
* Printing a map for take
Dear All,
Have a look at Albuquerque. It is awash with red, primarily from an
undocumented import.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Samat K Jain li...@samat.org wrote:
Dealing w/ Albuquerque has long been on my list of things to fix… I can
volunteer, especially since I'll probably do a _proper_ import of the same
addresses (I had already cleared them and several other NM cities as public
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote:
So, guys...yes? No?
My mapping style is No. I don't use a separate way for turning
lanes indicated only by paint either.
Clearly these evil paint-separated commuter lanes are a gateway way to
one-area-per-lane
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Mike N nice...@att.net wrote:
On 1/8/2012 7:49 AM, Josh Doe wrote:
Seems all recent edits have been just adding Safeway stores:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Brian@Brea
The edits seem good (adding building outlines), though I'm not sure
about putting the
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Peter Dobratz pe...@dobratz.us wrote:
[ ... ] it makes more sense to clean up the map after the deletes from
the license change have taken affect.
I disagree. It's always better to go mapping than to not go mapping.
That's the core value of OSM; improve the
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote:
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote:
I will even pre-emptively delete stuff that I know would otherwise get
deleted automatically, because that way I am in control, I see what happens,
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote:
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:44:30PM -0700, Martijn van Exel wrote:
I do that too. There is of course a small chance of the decliner
changing his or her mind, so I only delete data that is tainted by a
decliner that I have
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