Hi Dudley, Can you give a link to the map of the area you are looking at?
Gregory. On 28 August 2012 19:54, Dudley Ibbett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gregory > > Thanks for the feedback. I think JOSM thinks that "ruins" should be an > area. It is a line on the map and you can see it trying to shade the area > between the two ends. Looking further down the wall it appears that I may > just have hit an odd section where "ruins" was used. It is a separate line > from the path so I will change this to wall. > > I'm not familiar with relations but presume just changing the tag and > adjusting the position wont change this. > > Regards > > Dudley > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:00:09 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Hadrian's Wall > > > > There are relations for Hadrian's Wall. > > http://ra.osmsurround.org/searchRelation?name=Hadrian&relationType=&route=&ref=&network=&operator= > > > The wall sections should be tagged as they physically are. > barrier=wall where it is still a structure > historic=wall I think is suitable where the route goes but it's gone (may > be obvious through bumps in the ground or a line of large stones) > I know there are some sections where the path walks along the top of the > brick wall that is only a meter wide. > > The relations then group the sections together so a map of the whole route > can easily be made. > > Hadrians Wall - http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/933533 - > The route the wall takes/took & forts, may be gone in some places. > Hadrians Wall Path - http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/38791 > - a signed route, that may detour from the wall at times. > Hadrians Wall Cycle Path - > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/152157 - like the walking > route, but more likely to detour and include more roads. > > I guess in some places the 'wall' could be mapped as an area because it is > quite wide, but I'm unsure about doing this. > > Gregory > (live in Durham, work in Newcastle, only visited a small part of the wall) > > On 27 August 2012 16:50, Dudley Ibbett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > I'm trying to do a bit of mapping near Once Brewed following a walk this > weekend. Hadrian's Wall seems to be tagged as "historic=ruins, name=..." > at one point and "historic=wall, name=..." at another. The former seems > to be trying to create an area in JOSM. > > Given that I am trying to add barriers. i.e. walls, fences, gates, stiles > etc it would seem that where Hadrian's Wall is actually a physical barrier > it should have the tag. i.e. "barrier=wall" and "historic=wall". I note > that the documentation for "historic" suggests that "historic=yes" should > be avoided. > > I assume that Hadrian's Wall has been mapped as a historic "wall" whether > it still exists as a barrier or not. Does anyone know the source of the > wall data (there is no tag in the section where I am mapping) as having > walked the path that is directly to the side of the wall some of what is > currently mapped seems to need adjustment? Bing appears to be reasonably > accurate when compared to the my own and others GPS data in this area. > > Many Thanks > > Dudley > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > > > -- > Gregory > [email protected] > http://www.livingwithdragons.com > > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > -- Gregory [email protected] http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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