Re: [Talk-us] United States Bicycle Route System ballot(s) pending AASHTO approval

2020-09-21 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, September 18, 2020 1:53 PM, stevea wrote: > There are at least four new national bicycle routes "pending" in the USBRS! > (Ballots by state Departments of Transportation before AASHTO's Autumn 2020 >

[Talk-us] Mapping the Future I-87?

2020-08-23 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 For the last few months, I've been seeing "Future I-87" signs along portions of US-64 and US-17 in North Carolina. I-87[0] exists on a section of highway near Raleigh, NC, and will eventually extend to Norfolk, VA. Should I start a relation for

[Talk-us] Marking structure as damaged or condemned

2020-08-05 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
Tropical Storm Isaias left several homes in my neighborhood severely damaged and condemned. Is there a proper way to map these structures? Thanks, Eric ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] access=private on driveways

2020-07-14 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, July 14, 2020 10:15 AM, Matthew Woehlke wrote: > The (possible) problem with having access implied by service=driveway is > that a lot of access roads to stores/businesses/offices are also >

Re: [Talk-us] Updating opening_hours for COVID-19.

2020-03-19 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
Sure, I get that. The flip side is that it is likely to get confusing what is open and when with all the changes occurring. It would be good to have a resource to help people determine where they can go if they need something. Eric Original Message On Mar 19, 2020, 10:06,

Re: [Talk-us] Wilderness areas separate from forest?

2019-12-31 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Sorry for the late entry to the discussion but I did have a little information to add here. Wilderness, at least at the federal level, enjoys a different protection from that of a national forest. There is to be no development or tree harvesting

Re: [Talk-us] Trunk VS primary,

2019-12-19 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, December 19, 2019 2:19 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > I actually like your suggestion that highway=trunk does not add much value to > the U.S. map, Eric. > We love to add detail / granularity to OSM so

Re: [Talk-us] Alaska Highway AK-2 tagging

2019-12-16 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, December 16, 2019 8:21 PM, Anthony Costanzo wrote: > Given how these and other major > single-carriageway roads in northern and western Canada are tagged as > Trunk, tagging AK 2 as such would seem to

Re: [Talk-us] Alaska Highway AK-2 tagging

2019-12-16 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, December 16, 2019 7:35 PM, Tod Fitch wrote: > My reading of the wiki indicates that for the United States a trunk is “a > high speed Arterial Divided highway that is partially grade separated.” [1] > >

[Talk-us] Alaska Highway AK-2 tagging

2019-12-16 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I've noticed that there is some mixed tagging of the Alaska Highway AK-2 from the Canadian border through Delta Junction to where it becomes a divided highway just south and east of Fairbanks at Eielson Air Force Base. Some of the non-divided

Re: [Talk-us] Proper way to "close" a ferry route

2019-09-09 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, September 9, 2019 11:20 AM, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > I would also remove route=ferry tag. > > I assume here that "temporary" means > "closed for at least week or two",  > with closer closure I have

Re: [Talk-us] Website showing the best time to survey with GPS.

2019-06-27 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, June 27, 2019 7:58 AM, Simon Poole wrote: > The answer the OP was looking for is likely https://www.gnssplanning.com/ Thank you!!! My Google-fu has been failing me lately. Eric -BEGIN PGP

Re: [Talk-us] Website showing the best time to survey with GPS.

2019-06-27 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
I use GPSr devices other than what's in my smartphone. The point is that if all the satellites are clustered directly overhead the diversity isn't great enough to give a truly accurate position on the ground. For best surveying with a GPSr, you want satellites to not only be overhead but

[Talk-us] Website showing the best time to survey with GPS.

2019-06-26 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
I was told there was a website that forecasted the best times to do survey work with GNSS based upon diversity of satellites in the sky, solar activity, etc. Does anyone know what site this is? Thanks, Eric___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-us] Gated communities

2019-03-20 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, March 20, 2019 6:38 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Should all roads inside the gated community be access=private? I wouldn't necessarily mark all the roads as private as I think that would hinder the

Re: [Talk-us] Anyone interested in fixing Pine Mountain Trail, FDR state park, GA?

2019-02-06 Thread Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us
I can do it. Sounds right up my alley... Eric "Sparks" Original Message On Feb 6, 2019, 02:56, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > DWG has received a message from someone at the "Pine Mountain Trail > Association Board", pointing out several mis-named trails and offering > to

Re: [Talk-us] Forest Routes

2018-12-06 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, November 29, 2018 3:13 PM, Kevin Broderick wrote: > Doesn't the Forest Service use FR for "Forest Road" at the reference? I'd > think that, or NFR to distinguish from state forest roads, would be the

Re: [Talk-us] Forest Routes

2018-11-28 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, November 28, 2018 9:49 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > I think you are right. It would be good if we can arrive at a common > prefix and document it on the wiki. 'FS' makes sense. Perhaps even a new >

[Talk-us] Maryland Six-Inch Imagery change

2018-10-25 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 For the past few weeks I've not been able to get the Maryland Six-Inch imagery to work in JOSM. Last night I opened a ticket with MD iMAP and have found a fix. Not sure how to get this propagated into JOSM but here's the fix for anyone that is

[Talk-us] Reverted vandalism - Changeset 62766811

2018-09-23 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I just noticed that three days ago "Derek Shorter"[0] decided to make it a lot easier to get around my little town (Chesapeake Beach, MD)[1] by adding several roadways as well as adding a bridge across the Chesapeake Bay. I checked and it

Re: [Talk-us] Evacuation Routes

2018-09-08 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I've added all Virginia hurricane evacuation routes[0]. Still working on North Carolina and I'm looking for a source for Maryland. Perhaps I should be looking for South Carolina sooner... [0] https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/BKj Sparks -BEGIN

Re: [Talk-us] Evacuation Routes

2018-09-06 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 -‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On September 6, 2018 9:51 AM, James Umbanhowar wrote: > Would this fit the route relation model better if we used the following > tagging scheme > > route:road > network:MD:hurricane > > or something similar? When

Re: [Talk-us] Evacuation Routes

2018-09-06 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On September 6, 2018 6:38 AM, Rihards wrote: > That page says "Cycle routes or bicycle route are named or numbered or > otherwise signed routes. May go along roads, trails or dedicated cycle > paths." > > Is that

Re: [Talk-us] Evacuation Routes

2018-09-05 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On September 5, 2018 7:24 PM, Kevin Kenny wrote: > Are you tagging the routes consistently with role=forward or > role=reverse? An evacuation route is essentially a one-way item > (presumably, return after the

[Talk-us] Evacuation Routes

2018-09-05 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I recently finished an update to the evacuation routes feature[0], turning it into a relation (route). I'll be working on adding hurricane evacuation routes to areas I'm familiar with (Maryland, Hampton Roads area of Virginia, and Northeast

[Talk-us] Mapping Southern Maryland: A new local group

2015-06-26 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greetings, A couple of weeks ago I reached out to many of the OSM account holders that are in my area hoping they would be interested in creating a local community for mapping southern Maryland. I found a few victims and so we're pressing on! I'm

Re: [Talk-us] USA Rail: Calling all OSM railfans! (especially in California)

2015-03-18 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:56:29PM -0700, stevea wrote: Especially if you are a railfan in California, please have a look. Or, if you are a rail enthusiast in another state, and want a template with which to jump-start better OSM rail completion

Re: [Talk-us] The to way does not start or end at a via node.

2015-01-31 Thread Eric H. Christensen
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 06:30:37PM +, Harald Kliems wrote: I think I figured it out. It's the no-U-turn relations (4286903 and 4286904). Instead of having the same way as from and to, they reference a segment further down the road as their to. Probably that was caused by someone splitting

Re: [Talk-us] The to way does not start or end at a via node.

2015-01-30 Thread Eric H. Christensen
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:52:23AM -0500, Richard Welty wrote: On 1/30/15 10:45 AM, Eric Christensen wrote: I'm having a problem that I can't seem to figure out. At Node 2899149410 (http://osm.org/go/ZZeAdq4EI--?m=) I get an error in JOSM that says The to way does not start or end at a via

Re: [Talk-us] fun with tagging: it's a raceway and an airstrip

2015-01-15 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 08:41:31AM -0500, Richard Welty wrote: not sure how to tag this one. Inde Motorsports Ranch is near Willcox, AZ, a multi configuration road course complex, plus the straight away on the south edge of the complex doubles as

Re: [Talk-us] Rail westerly

2014-12-29 Thread Eric H. Christensen
Steve, Thanks for sparking my interest here. I had started working on some rail segments around my home town of Plymouth, NC, but after reading your original message I went back and completed those and verified other segments along the branch including those around the state port in Morehead

Re: [Talk-us] changeset 25081346 spanning contiguous United States

2014-10-06 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 09:33:08AM -0700, Peter Dobratz wrote: After checking a few of the objects, it looks like this change removed shop=copyshop and added amenity=post_office. I don't necessarily disagree with this change. In my mind I had

Re: [Talk-us] Mapping Space Ports

2014-07-15 Thread Eric H. Christensen
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 04:53:57PM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2014-07-14 19:38 GMT+02:00 Eric H. Christensen e...@christensenplace.us: I've not figured out the proper way to map a launch pad. the whole complex could get some spaceport tag, e.g. man_made=spaceport or aeroway=spaceport

Re: [Talk-us] Mapping Space Ports

2014-07-15 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 06:25:58PM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2014-07-15 18:01 GMT+02:00 Eric H. Christensen e...@christensenplace.us: The launch_pad could be tagged aeroway=launch_pad There seem to be 7 aeroway=launchpad

[Talk-us] Mapping Space Ports

2014-07-14 Thread Eric H. Christensen
I've been cleaning up the NASA Wallops Island facility roadways and buildings. There has been a lot of construction there over the past few years. With that said, I've not figured out the proper way to map a launch pad. We've got plenty of aeronautical tags (runways, aprons, etc) but none

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Importing parks and schools for Anne Arundel County MD

2014-06-12 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 08:54:09PM -0400, Eric H. Christensen wrote: If there are no other objections or input (I haven't heard any new input since last Friday) then I'll start uploading these polygons (manually using JOSM) later this weekend

Re: [Talk-us] Importing parks and schools for Anne Arundel County MD

2014-06-03 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:12:02PM -0400, Eric H. Christensen wrote: On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 05:17:59PM -0800, Paul Norman wrote: You'll need to develop a translation for the shapefiles that converts shapefile attributes to OSM tags, for use

Re: [Talk-us] Importing parks and schools for Anne Arundel County MD

2014-05-30 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 12:52:30AM -0700, Gregory Arenius wrote: I wouldn't import the data per say, as in uploading the .osm file you have. I would download the current OSM data for the area covered. Then, in the import file I would check

Re: [Talk-us] Importing parks and schools for Anne Arundel County MD

2014-05-29 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 05:17:59PM -0800, Paul Norman wrote: You'll need to develop a translation for the shapefiles that converts shapefile attributes to OSM tags, for use with ogr2osm or shp2osm.jar. This is moderately technical. I used JOSM

Re: [Talk-us] Sidewalks as footpaths

2014-04-30 Thread Eric H. Christensen
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 06:43:31PM -0400, Dale Puch wrote: Personally, I like to treat most sidewalks that are close to and basically parallel the same as attached ones. IE. both of Martijn's examples tagged as part of the roadway way. I would save the separate footpath highways for when it

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Importing building data for Anne Arundel County MD

2014-04-30 Thread Eric H. Christensen
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 05:17:59PM -0800, Paul Norman wrote: I'm also investigating house/building numbers to properly address the county as well. I would suggest handling the building outlines separately, and at the least waiting until you know if you'll be getting addresses before

Re: [Talk-us] Turns on bidirectional highways

2013-12-16 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 09:42:36PM -0500, Richard Welty wrote: On 12/15/13 9:23 PM, Eric H. Christensen wrote: On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 07:36:40PM -0500, Richard Welty wrote: 3) you can use a way as a via, not just a node. Not sure

[Talk-us] Turns on bidirectional highways

2013-12-15 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I've been searching for some documentation to explain an intersection that has several turn restrictions that need to be mapped for routing to work properly. The intersection in question is where Riva Road intersects with West Street[0]. Traffic

Re: [Talk-us] Turns on bidirectional highways

2013-12-15 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 07:36:40PM -0500, Richard Welty wrote: On 12/15/13 3:27 PM, Eric H. Christensen wrote: I've been searching for some documentation to explain an intersection that has several turn restrictions that need to be mapped

Re: [Talk-us] Fixing shorelines

2012-12-13 Thread Eric H. Christensen
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 02:23:52PM -0500, Phil! Gold wrote: * Eric H. Christensen e...@christensenplace.us [2012-12-11 21:24 -0500]: Is there a good way to make the PGS-sourced data match the Tiger data in certain areas to improve the accuracy? If you use JOSM, the ContourMerge plugin

[Talk-us] Fixing shorelines

2012-12-11 Thread Eric H. Christensen
? If you'd like to see what I'm talking about take a look at the area around N38.7773972 W76.543262. Thanks. -- Eric -- Eric H Christensene...@christensenplace.us Sparks spa...@fedoraproject.org