Re: [Talk-us] Talk-us Digest, Vol 154, Issue 30

2020-09-25 Thread Michael Patrick
> Brian says that a common (THE common) definition of "suburb" in the US is (roughly) "a smaller city next to or near a much larger one as part of a conurbation." I agree that is a very frequent understanding of how the word "suburb" is both used and understood in the USA, even most or almost all

Re: [Talk-us] admin_level and COGs, MPOs, SPDs, Home Rule

2020-05-15 Thread Michael Patrick
levels. Michael Patrick Data Ferret <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=link> <#DAB

Re: [Talk-us] Douglas County, Colorado Building Outline Import

2020-04-03 Thread Michael Patrick
ntry: *U.S. *Contact Facsimile Telephone: *303 480-6790 *Contact Electronic Mail Address: *geospat...@drcog.org *Hours: *8am to 5pm US Mountain Time Michael Patrick Data Ferret ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.or

Re: [Talk-us] When is your doctor a clinic?

2020-01-24 Thread Michael Patrick
/codelists/healthcare/health-care-provider-taxonomy-code-set/ Yes, it's complicated. Most things in the real world are. Michael Patrick Data Ferret > > ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

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

2019-12-16 Thread Michael Patrick
rstate_Highways#Undivided_and_narrow_freeways Michael Patrick ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] National Forests and Private Ownership

2019-10-15 Thread Michael Patrick
There have been 12 Minuteman missile sites constructed on the ( Pawnee, Forest Service ) ) grassland. These fenced areas (approximately two acres each) are US Air Force and public access is not permitted." Michael Patrick Data Ferret ___ Talk-

[Talk-us] Opinions on micro parks

2019-10-06 Thread Michael Patrick
osla.html> The small size itself indicates that further investigation is needed, and not ignored. The fact that these piece have not been absorbed into private property over time indicates they are the focus of some sort of intense public interest. Michael Patrick Data Ferret <https://www.av

Re: [Talk-us] Maine leaf-off imagery?

2019-10-05 Thread Michael Patrick
w?usp=sharing JOSM seems to have a heart attack when importing more than average size imagery (understandably ). so you may want to clip your lidar data. Or trace in a GIS program like Qgis and upload the traces to JOSM. Michael Patrick, Data Ferret <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_med

[Talk-us] Meaning of terminal access

2019-08-08 Thread Michael Patrick
t.ca.gov/programs/traffic-operations/legal-truck-access Michael Patrick Data Ferret <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=

Re: [Talk-us] US Bureau of Land Management Boundaries

2019-01-07 Thread Michael Patrick
eem to recall a Nevada brothel was at one time operating on BLM land with a lease and permit - pretty much, as long as you don't leave the land damaged and it doesn't interfere with other planned uses, you can get a lease. Just saying, one class isn't going to do it. Mostly, 'exploited', not

Re: [Talk-us] US Bureau of Land Management Boundaries

2019-01-06 Thread Michael Patrick
overs an area about half the size of Europe. Michael Patrick Data Ferret ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Talk-us Digest, Vol 133, Issue 8

2018-12-05 Thread Michael Patrick
ionwide there are 45 million acres of inholdings, an area larger than the State of Washington. So the Designation boundary is not necessarily the ownership boundary or the management boundary. Michael Patrick Data Ferret ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Forest Routes

2018-11-28 Thread Michael Patrick
I'm not familiar with OSM routing, but these roads enter and cross some of the most inhospitable mountainous terrain in the United States. Some, like the 101 mile long Magruder Corridor ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5109483.pdf ) are only open a few months of the year,

Re: [Talk-us] Satus CDP

2018-02-27 Thread Michael Patrick
supports tribal resource specialists in creating innovative management solutions while protecting the rights guaranteed the Yakama Nation by the Treaty of June 9, 1855. (509) 865-5121 Ext. 4647* Michael Patrick Data Ferret <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_camp

Re: [Talk-us] New to lists and would like to suggest some imports

2018-01-08 Thread Michael Patrick
ll usually get a huge price break for a survey if they only use the data themselves and the vendor gets to sell it to anybody else. This sometimes includes derivatives also - like the building footprints. Sometimes individual counties reserve license on their contributions to a statewide dataset

[Talk-us] Integrating our open source data into OSM

2017-11-08 Thread Michael Patrick
g spatial data are problematical - I seem to recall a discussion of compatibility between OdbL and the Creative Commons flavors and Wikipedia. Probably easier to ask what portion of the Cybo data is contributed by individuals, and under what terms. Michael Patrick

Re: [Talk-us] Low-quality NHD imports

2017-10-17 Thread Michael Patrick
datasets available for different scales. See https://nhd.usgs.gov/NHDPlus_HR.html > (Winters can be miserable.) I miss Chinooks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind Michael Patrick Data Ferret ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetm

[Talk-us] Best practice in Lane Editing 2

2017-06-20 Thread Michael Patrick
> > Me and my Telenav colleagues are editing lane numbers in Detroit area. > We found some cases that looks like this (42.43651692568901, > -83.51102781049859): Our question is: what is the central lane used for and > how do we map it? Should we count it as a separate lane and have 3 lanes in >

[Talk-us] talk-US@openstreetmap.org

2017-05-05 Thread Michael Patrick
> > 1. A lot of motorway_links don't have a speed limit sign. Do you have > any idea where could we get the speed limit values from? > For some routes, the state usually has speeds assigned to road segments for regional transportation planning. If it's a more local route, that's problematic -

Re: [Talk-us] Where to find airport information?

2016-03-09 Thread Michael Patrick
nds, farm pastures are pressed into service during the fair as visitor parking, just because there are cars, pay booths, markers once a year doesn't make it a parking lot - it's just a field. Michael Patrick Data Ferret ___ Talk-us mailing list T

[Talk-us] Tagging National Forests

2015-08-22 Thread Michael Patrick
There is copious documentation on the USFS's definitions regarding LULC, including crosswalks to the various international definitions intended to support global statistics. The USFS's own definition of forest is fairly low bar (10%) and they manage not just for traditional forest production, but

Re: [Talk-us] Best practices for high-density residential areas

2015-03-31 Thread Michael Patrick
/lis.asp and http://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/2013/08/orange-county-parcel-file-now-freely-downloadable.html Michael Patrick Seattle OSM ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] access road routing

2015-01-07 Thread Michael Patrick
be better articulated by someone more experienced with OSM routing. Michael Patrick Geospatial Analyst ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Rail westerly (Dave Mansfield)

2015-01-01 Thread Michael Patrick
guess) EPSG code. Then assign that CRS to the layer in QGIS ( or other GIS software of choice). Michael Patrick ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Rail westerly

2014-12-31 Thread Michael Patrick
and comparisons. Supporting data on interlines and corporate ancestry allow the construction of routable networks for a specific target date. The network is an extension of the Federal Railroad Administration's strategic network. Michael Patrick Geospatial Analyst

[Talk-us] Retail Example using OSM

2014-12-21 Thread Michael Patrick
Michaels craft stores http://www.michaels.com/store-locator ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] old USGS imagery

2014-12-15 Thread Michael Patrick
2011 National Ag. Imagery Program Mosaic, 1 map 1837.755 MB 2013 National Ag. Imagery Program Mosaic, 1 map 1838.053 MB Easier to answer if one knows your specific intent or analysis task. Michael Patrick http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/GDGOrder.aspx

Re: [Talk-us] Dirt Roads (formerly: Abandoned railway)

2014-09-01 Thread Michael Patrick
I think the other half of the equation, however, is actually getting this fixed across the country. At present it appears to be just a small number of mappers doing it in their areas; the US is a big place, and at the current rate it's not going to be fixed any time soon. Drive-by tools like

Re: [Talk-us] NAIP Imagery Servers -- Need Assistance Setting Up in JOSM

2014-07-03 Thread Michael Patrick
/2014 12:26 AM, Michael Patrick wrote: Is it correct to assume all products and derivatives mentioned on http://geoint.nrlssc.navy.mil/geospatialData.php are Public Domain? (similar to the Copyrights at http://www.usgs.gov/laws/info_policies.html ). There doesn't seem to be any explicit term

Re: [Talk-us] Burning Man old data, publicity opportunity (robmorgan78)

2014-04-23 Thread Michael Patrick
two weeks, BM itself is a week and prep probably starts earlier than that ( like laying out the streets), the weather is generally clear, so you probably have a good chance of finding something. Michael Patrick , ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us

[Talk-us] OSM Discussion on Slashdot

2014-01-16 Thread Michael Patrick
There is a discussion on Slash dot about OSM. The commentary is interesting, from a community building perspective, considering the technical nature of the /. community. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/01/14/2335240/why-the-world-needs-openstreetmap Michael Patrick

Re: [Talk-us] converting .osm to a particular shapefile schema

2013-07-25 Thread Michael Patrick
Manual or fully automated or something in between? Also, what do you mean by re-arrange? Qgis has an OSM plugin, which can then be exported as shape files, etc. and Qgis has Python scripting. To what extent these expose the data qualities you desire, I do not know. Also ArcGIS Personal / Community

Re: [Talk-us] Examples Gov using OSM

2013-03-27 Thread Michael Patrick
Leaflet widgets, etc. Michael Patrick ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Updating unchanged TIGER imports to TIGER 2013

2013-03-16 Thread Michael Patrick
The other thing that has come up is that there are a lot of TIGER edges that do not correspond to OSM ways in either their old or new version In Indiana most of these seem to be linear water. Were these intentionally excluded from OSM? Or would it be useful to try to pick them up as part of the

Re: [Talk-us] Possible coping from Google Maps

2013-02-22 Thread Michael Patrick
Other than Google Mapmaker is there any other ways that Google's data gets updated? ... Does Google import any data from OSM? I know they import data from Wikipedia. See page 2 of https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Eq73uboh5gOiIRf0xmOCCNS9GqQT9o38jA2e1Isog88/edit?usp=sharing After seeing

Re: [Talk-us] Possible coping from Google Maps

2013-02-22 Thread Michael Patrick
Nothing in that presentation says that Google sourced the data from Wikipedia, just that Wikipedia and Google had the same coordinates, which in this case would be from some “official” source. That's why I backtracked exhaustively from every official source - Washington State Pilot's Manual,

Re: [Talk-us] Turn restriction dispute FHP

2013-02-11 Thread Michael Patrick
Crossing To: Michael Patrick geodes...@gmail.com Dear Michael, ** ** Thanks for your inquiry. Your question is: ** ** The maneuver in question is whether one can proceed from the off ramp stop line, proceed perpendicular across Buena Vista Dr. , and enter onto the southbound onramp back onto

Re: [Talk-us] Anyone ever talked about adding more Land Ownership data to OSM

2013-01-07 Thread Michael Patrick
be potentially applied to any other type of OSM data, Id the backend of OSM DBs on computer servers or somefolks poking sharp sticks into wet clay and the baking ithttp://formaurbis.stanford.edu/? :-) Michael Patrick Data Ferret ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk

Re: [Talk-us] Anyone ever talked about adding more Land Ownership data to OSM?

2013-01-07 Thread Michael Patrick
consider to be in that crowd of source contributors? There are already armchair mappers using Bing (not surveying on the ground), Similarly, I would venture to say there are other potential members of a crowd that don't use handheld GPSs, but synthesize useful OSM data. Michael Patrick PS: Land ownership

Re: [Talk-us] Adopt-a-highway representation in OSM

2013-01-03 Thread Michael Patrick
To play Psychostik's advocate, translating girl directions. OK, now stay right while you're turning left, because you're going to hang a right after seriously the biggest tree you've ever seen, go five lampposts down, turn left on McCallaugh...or was it McDowell? McSomething. Then you'll

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data in OSM

2012-12-29 Thread Michael Patrick
to meet this philosophy, but I have been detecting a refrain that if it doesn't fit some current 'x-y-z' tradition / theme, go do it 'elsewhere'. Michael Patrick ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data in OSM

2012-12-28 Thread Michael Patrick
So it sounds like what you folks would want is for data where it's available, some sort of tracing background layer, or else a per object import where you could load the data in your editor of choice and manually select how they go in? Yes ... especially for 'large' imports. Looking at it from a

[Talk-us] Importing highway surface tags

2012-12-22 Thread Michael Patrick
. The draft Transportation standard includes five sub-standards; air, rail, roads, transit, and inland waterways. Sorry for the long post, and my apologies if you already know some of this stuff, but it might be usefule for someone else. Michael Patrick GeoData Ferret OSM Seattle