Hi all, I didn't have time for this the past days, so here it is again with a little delay. I had to plow through about 300 messages today, so I went through them somewhat faster and there may be a chance I left out important bits... But some discussion are really just too boring to read :-)
Greetings Ben * Navigation debug style (talk@) New map style on CloudMade featuring lane numbers, speed limits, turn restrictions etc. (updated daily) http://cartography.sandbox.cloudmade.com/navdebug/?lat=51.51379&lng=-0.106988&zoom=15 legend: http://vagafonkin.sandbox.cloudmade.com/navdebug/legend.pdf * US will upgrade GPS satellites They'll spend about $8 billion to replace GPS satellites, improving error margin to approximately 1 meter. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gps-20100523,0,3054578.story?page=1 * On the ground rule Discussion on how this rule applies exactly and how literally it should be taken, and how it resolves disputes. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Disputes#On_the_Ground_Rule * Suing Google Maps for being run over due to not optimal suggested route This looks to me more like the American habit to sue someone at whatever opportunity, but anyway: http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/05/31/1742203/Pedestrian-Follows-Google-Map- Gets-Run-Over-Sues?from=rss * Tagging proposals (tagging@ and talk@) * Orphanage (rejected) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Orphanage rejected for: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Residential_home * Place standardization discussion (draft) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/world_wide_place_default_standardisation * Traffic jam warning (proposed) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/traffic_jam_warning * Base transceiver station (voting) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Base_transceiver_station * Proposal for detailed railways tagging scheme Someone in India came up with his own tagging scheme and asks for comments http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India/Railways * Default values in "definition" relation (draft) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Definition * Playground equipment (voting) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Playground_Equipment _______________________________________________ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
