[OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Nic Roets
Hello, I see a lot of frustration with routing not working when there are gates involved. In particular when the gate is in the middle of a public road (residential). This is because a gate with no access tags implies that nothing can go through. By contrast, most highway types let some type of tr

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread SomeoneElse
On 19/09/2010 14:37, Nic Roets wrote: This is because a gate with no access tags implies that nothing can go through. It wouldn't to me - no access tags on the gate would imply to me that nothing had been recorded about whether it was normally open or closed, or locked so that it couldn't be

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Craig Wallace
On 19/09/2010 14:37, Nic Roets wrote: For example, much of this service road is cut off. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.2214151&lon=18.7401969&zoom=18 Part of the problem in this example, is that barrier=gate is tagged on the intersection. So its not clear whether the gate is across the

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/19 SomeoneElse : >  On 19/09/2010 14:37, Nic Roets wrote: >> >> This is because a gate with no access tags >> implies that nothing can go through. > > It wouldn't to me - no access tags on the gate would imply to me that > nothing had been recorded I agree with Andy here: no tags = no info

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Nic Roets wrote: > This is because a gate with no access tags > implies that nothing can go through. Where on earth do you get that idea from? barrier=gate states that there's a gate. The thing about gates, as opposed to (say) walls, is that you can open them to get through. Here are some pictu

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/19 Richard Fairhurst : > barrier=gate states that there's a gate. The thing about gates, as opposed > to (say) walls, is that you can open them to get through. > Here are some pictures if I haven't explained it clearly enough: > http://www.artlondon.com/photogallery/images/wellmann/Open-gate

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > barrier=gate states that there's a gate. Doesn't it also state that there's a barrier? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Anthony wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Richard Fairhurst > wrote: >> barrier=gate states that there's a gate. > > Doesn't it also state that there's a barrier? Nevermind. I see it is listed under "access nodes" and not "barrier nodes".

[OSM-talk] Mainpage / data

2010-09-19 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
the main page lists "portals" for many different aspects of OSM. There is also a section "data" which list the following: Binary format · Potential Datasources · Recording GPS tracks · Making GPX Files I would like to have [[Downloading_data]] added to this list for usability reasons (there is als

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/19 Anthony : > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Richard Fairhurst > wrote: >> barrier=gate states that there's a gate. > > Doesn't it also state that there's a barrier? well, the simple key "barrier" doesn't actually state that there is a barrier but that there is something "barrier-rela

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Mike N.
I see a lot of frustration with routing not working when there are gates involved. In particular when the gate is in the middle of a public road (residential). This is because a gate with no access tags implies that nothing can go through. This question has been in the back of my mind, for exam

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Peter Wendorff
On 19.09.2010 17:41, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2010/9/19 Anthony: On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: barrier=gate states that there's a gate. Doesn't it also state that there's a barrier? well, the simple key "barrier" doesn't actually state that there is a barrier

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Nic Roets
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > > Nic Roets wrote: >> This is because a gate with no access tags >> implies that nothing can go through. > > Where on earth do you get that idea from? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:barrier in the sidebar under 'implies' And AF

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Nic Roets wrote: >> Nic Roets wrote: >>> This is because a gate with no access tags >>> implies that nothing can go through. >> Where on earth do you get that idea from? >http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:barrier >in the sidebar under 'implies' >And AFAIK that rule goes back to 2008. Wow. Th

[OSM-talk] [syj]: website to share routes

2010-09-19 Thread arno
Hi, Here is a website to share routes. It uses OpenStreetMap tiles map as a background. http://osm-syj.crans.org/ It can be used to show clever bicycle rides, your last hiking, or any route you want to show. I had already presented it to this mailing list in july: http://www.mail-archive.com/

Re: [OSM-talk] [syj]: website to share routes

2010-09-19 Thread Niccolo Rigacci
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 06:25:52PM +0200, arno wrote: > Hi, > Here is a website to share routes. It uses OpenStreetMap tiles map as a > background. > > http://osm-syj.crans.org/ Very nice result! Just some wording for the welcome popup: To create a journey you need to click "start a route", no

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Cartinus
On Sunday 19 September 2010 16:33:07 Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Nic Roets wrote: > > This is because a gate with no access tags > > implies that nothing can go through. > > Where on earth do you get that idea from? > > barrier=gate states that there's a gate. The thing about gates, as opposed > to

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Cartinus wrote: I always tag gates with the assumption that I don't have to tag who they keep out, but only who they let through. Fair enough, but still I think it is far-fetched to assume that an un-tagged gate will be closed to all. When I map and I see a gate that is open but of whic

Re: [OSM-talk] [syj]: website to share routes

2010-09-19 Thread arno
Le dimanche 19 septembre 2010, à 20:12:07 +0200, Niccolo a écrit : > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 06:25:52PM +0200, arno wrote: > > Hi, > > Here is a website to share routes. It uses OpenStreetMap tiles map as a > > background. > > > > http://osm-syj.crans.org/ > > Very nice result! thanks :) > Ju

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Nic Roets
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > It's probably just as well the wiki documents, not defines. And given the > vast preponderance of highway=gate nodes within (say) highway=footway ways, > the wiki docs look pretty unambiguously wrong. So to obtain a definition of barrier

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Nic Roets wrote: So to obtain a definition of barrier=gate, you want me to do the following No, I want you to follow Ben Laenen's excellent posting which was much more succinct and clear than I could ever be. Follow-ups to tagg...@. Richard ___ t

Re: [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

2010-09-19 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:54 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > You cannot make the mapper responsible for deciding whether or not a car, or > bicycle, routing can go through a barrier; he might not know. Treating all > un-tagged gates as access=no will lead to mappers entering bogus access tags > (or no

Re: [OSM-talk] Can i use different aerial imagery

2010-09-19 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Charalampos Alexopoulos wrote: > Hi > Yes. The aerial images are published under (CC BY v.3.0). > You can read the license here. What's the URL for the aerial images, so people can check that it is indeed under that licence? Steve ___