Re: [Talk-us] State ref tags on ways

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Russ Nelson nel...@crynwr.com wrote: Richard Weait writes: - the concurrency of US1 and US 9, where ref=1-9 isn't numeric, but is right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_1/9 Interestingly Google Maps, when pronouncing directions, calls that US One

[Talk-us] fleet manager speed limit import proposal (Canada, USA)

Outline: A proposal for improvement of the maxspeed tag by including posted speed limit data from managers of vehicle fleets. Status: Initial consultation and discussion Introduction: I have a source for posted speed limit data. This thread begins the discussion of the data, the origin and

[Talk-us] Fwd: [OSM-talk] OSM Inspector has world-wide address view

Address inspector tool now spans the globe! See Frederik's announcement -- Forwarded message -- From: Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org Date: Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:38 PM Subject: [OSM-talk] OSM Inspector has world-wide address view To: Talk Openstreetmap t...@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] Thank you all!

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Martijn van Exel mart...@openstreetmap.us wrote: Hi all, I want to thank all of you who were able to make it to DC this past weekend for coming to SOTM US. I had a great time and that was in no small part because I was able to get together with some of the

Re: [Talk-us] Burning Man old data, publicity opportunity

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Brad Neuhauser brad.neuhau...@gmail.com wrote: You might want to check out this thread from last year: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2013-August/011641.html Cheers, Brad On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:16 PM, robmorgan78 robmorga...@gmail.com

Re: [Talk-us] weekly metro extracts

Thank you for picking these up, Randy. One of the common newcomer questions on the various channels is some variant of how do I work with some portion of the OpenStreetMap data set?  I'm sure that we'll be pointing folks to these as well as the extracts from Geofabrik. It's also nice to see

Re: [Talk-us] OSM Inspector and streets with E/N/S/W in their name

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, [ ... ] I wonder: Is OSMI correct in flagging this for correction, or is this something that nobody really cares about and that should not be highlighted? I.e. should we, in OSMI, drop the E/N/S/W prefix of street

Re: [Talk-us] Roads closed for maintenance/construction

On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Saikrishna Arcot saiarcot...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Is there a specific tag for roads that have already been constructed, but are closed either for maintenance or construction of something else? [ ... ] I'm currently using highway=contruction and

Re: [Talk-us] Local groups on the map!

On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote: Hi all, I mentioned this in another thread but it may have gotten buried. Have you ever wanted to see all local OSM groups on a map? If you're anything like me, you have! Yes. Yes I have wanted to see local OSM groups

Re: [Talk-us] State of the Map US videos now available

On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi Bonnie, On 04/15/2014 07:24 PM, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Videos of every session from this weekend's State of the Map US conference are online and available to watch from http://stateofthemap.us/schedule/. The recordings

Re: [Talk-us] Hi!

Welcome Hans, When I'm unsure how to map something, I follow a process something like this, to find out how other mappers have approached it. Wikipedia might be a good place to find a common name for a particular feature like chicane. If you don't know that it's called a chicane, of that it is

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Highly suspicious edit

On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Shawn K. Quinn skqu...@rushpost.com wrote: I see no good reason to have a username Delete Mine And I Delete Yours. I think it goes against the spirit of OSM as being overly confrontational on its face. Ah, but one might say the same about posting such a

Re: [Talk-us] Standard (mapnik) toolchain/processes: can we teach these better?

On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 2:24 PM, stevea stevea...@softworkers.com wrote: I appreciate Simon's response that it seems that the really coolish (people, processes...) happen in what often seems like a bubble: that is exactly what I was referring to. It's like the Cool Kids have their insider

Re: [Talk-us] ODBL for Spatial Analysis

On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:40 AM, William Morris wboyk...@geosprocket.com wrote: Please let me know if I should direct this at a different list, but I have a basic question about the implications of the ODBL: OSM is brimming with great POIs and network features; I'd like to use some of these

[Talk-us] Fwd: [OSM-talk] NOTICE: Upcoming Maintenance - Some services will be down

see attached notice of scheduled maintenance. Thank you, sysadmins, for your endless efforts on our behalf. -- Forwarded message -- From: Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com Date: Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 12:22 PM Subject: [OSM-talk] NOTICE: Upcoming Maintenance - Some services

Re: [Talk-us] Beach routing

On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Elliott Plack elliott.pl...@gmail.com wrote: OSM US: I've been using some routing engines to map fitness routes (e.g. Strava) that use OSM data. Along our US coasts, there are beaches. The beaches I'm familiar with are popular with walkers and joggers to go up

[Talk-us] OpenStreetMap Foundation Corporate Membership

Since February 2014 your company can support OpenStreetMap Foundation with a corporate membership. The first corporate members were announced today. https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2014/07/20/welcome-corporate-members/ ___ Talk-us mailing list

[Talk-us] Lafayette LA mappers? address import?

Hello Mappers, Do we have active mappers (with an interest) in / near Lafayette, LA?[1] How do you feel about address data for that area? Would you participate in improving that data? Would you like to lead that effort? More details, and all follow-ups please, to imports@ and imports-us@.

[Talk-us] Fwd: [OSM-talk] SOTM in Buenos Aires: Call for Papers

Oops. Don't know how this got missed. CfP Buenos Aires closes soon. Get your talk proposals in. -- Forwarded message -- From: Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 5:15 PM Subject: [OSM-talk] SOTM in Buenos Aires: Call for Papers To: Talk Openstreetmap

Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter board elections - time is running out!

I presume that candidates would add themselves on the wiki, here? http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Elections/2014 I further presume that self-nomination is acceptable, as both candidates have done so. :-) DO consider adding yourself to the ballot. If you enjoy

Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter board elections - time is running out!

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Martijn van Exel mart...@openstreetmap.us wrote: Hi all, With just a few days to go, we only have two names on the ballot for the upcoming US Chapter board elections. We have all five positions up for election, so this is clearly not enough! It seems unusual

Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

Darrell, Paul did say that it was a rudimentary analysis. It is. It is just one lens through which one might view the candidates. Their candidacy statements are another lens. Your interaction with each candidate on lists, at conferences, and through social media is another (or another three)

Re: [Talk-us] Mappy Hour tonight

Super. Thanks for doing these Martijn! ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] Fwd: SotM Buenos Aires Program published!

-- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Weait rich...@weait.com Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 5:56 PM Subject: SotM Buenos Aires Program published! To: osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org t...@openstreetmap.org Hello all, Have a look at the State of the Map Program for Buenos Aires

[Talk-us] SotM-us 2015

I see that the call for venues for SotM-us 2015 closed two weeks ago, but I don't see any bids. Are the bids private? Was the call extended? Best regards and happy mapping, Richard ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] SotM-us 2015

On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: Richard - The bids were submitted private. As soon as the board will reconstitute after the elections we'll take a decision on the next location for State of the Map US. FWIW, I personally don't see a reason to not share the

Re: [Talk-us] Tagging a seasonally closed roads with uncertain spring opening

seems access=seasonal isn't in wide use but would be correct. At first glance, I'd prefer a tag that works to get the message out correctly all the time. So, access=seasonal or similar. That would work for a consumer who received the data when the road was open, but tried to navigate when the

[Talk-us] OSMF AGM election results

Hi all, Thank you to all of the candidates. Offering to spend your time and energy acting on behalf of the group is an act of generosity. The OpenStreetMap Foundation held the 2014 AGM yesterday including votes on several matters including the election to the board. The results are summarized

[Talk-us] OpenStreetMap Geo Week

From US Local Chapter Blog. Nov 13 2014 by Eleanor Tutt http://openstreetmap.us/2014/11/osm-geo-week/ Beginning this weekend, teachers, students, community groups and map lovers, in the US and around the world, will join together to celebrate geography and make maps with OpenStreetMap, the free

Re: [Talk-us] admin level for US states

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder why US States are tagged as admin_level=4, wouldn't it be more consistent with the rest of the map to have them tagged as level 3? Based on which uses of admin_level=3? A quick scan of the wiki shows

Re: [Talk-us] Tagging addresses on area's

That would depend on the navigation app in question, wouldn't it? If we mappers include more data, well structured, complete and up to date, app developers will be more inclined / motivated to make their apps work with it, I would think. I think, based on your email, that you and I are mapping

[Talk-us] Hartford CT mappers?

Yo! Who's there? Doing anything next weekend? ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] On advocacy. (Rant-ish) Was: Retagging hamlets in the US

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 4:01 AM, Greg Morgan dr.kludge...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: 3) New mapper fixes the BadHamlet and starts mapping their favourite restaurants, bowling alleys and coffee shops. This is a great idea but I

Re: [Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

My initial reaction to any automated edit is to break out in a rash. Can we use that image to promote mapping best practices? :-) Goal: A new local mapper in each BadHamlet Method: 1) Create an overlay that displays the hamlets as ugly, rash-like spots. It could even be a rash that allows

Re: [Talk-us] Mappy hour tomorrow!

On Mar 8, 2015 10:43 PM, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote: Hey all, It's time for Mappy Hour tomorrow! I changed the time slot to 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern, Thanks for organizing these, Martijn. They're fun. :-) ___ Talk-us mailing list

[Talk-us] Call for Venues Open; State of the Map 2016

The Call for Venues for State of the Map 2016 is now open. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2016/Call_for_venues Build a team for your city and bid to host the OpenStreetMap conference. ___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-us] Your opinion about SOTM US

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote: Hey all, [ ... ] The main thing I would like to know more about is the types of talks you would be interested in, or even specifically which people or organizations you would want to see a talk from. Easy! Same as I

Re: [Talk-us] OSM on Science Friday

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Mike Thompson miketh...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a place in the Wiki where media pieces like this have been cataloged? Here? http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap_in_the_media ___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-us] Help with OSM Presentation

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote: I'm doing a presentation at Linuxfest Northwest in Bellingham, WA in hopes to gain new mappers. To help me with the presentation, I'd like to hear from you. Below are some questions - answer all or just a few. What

Re: [Talk-us] North Carolina Outer Banks

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Jeff Klein jeff.klein...@gmail.com wrote: If I am correct, probably confused, the map sets only go as far east as -76 West, which excludes the Outer Banks of North Carolina. How do I get maps that go further east? Dear Jeff, Are you asking about the garmin

[Talk-us] Last few days. State of the Map: Call for Venues 2016

Dear All, The Call for Venues to host State of the Map 2016 is open for a few more days. Do you wish that your town / region could host State of the Map? It isn't too late. Get a team of locals together and assemble a bid. Have a look at the example bids, and the bids submitted so far.

Re: [Talk-us] license changes

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 7:24 PM, Steve Coast wrote: > Any license change process, or anything remotely close to it, should be open > and transparent. It should involve the community from the start and any > company that wants to participate too. I'm aligned with that.

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