And I would be that "James Mast" that Alex mentioned. ;) -James (rickmastfan67)
> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:27:06 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Talk-us] CrossCountryRoads.com > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 06:40:38 -0600 > > From: Paul Johnson <[email protected]> > > To: Martijn van Exel <[email protected]> > > Cc: OSM US Talk <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Talk-us] CrossCountryRoads.com > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Martijn van Exel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I was in touch with Tom Valazak who created and maintains > > crosscountryroads.com, a site somewhat similar to aaroads.com containing > > images and video footage for interstates and highways in more than 40 US > > states. He generously grants OSM permission to use the images on his site > > for mapping more freeway related information such as signposts, lane > > counts, speed limits. I created a wiki page for this: > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CrossCountryRoads.com > > > > I hope you find it useful. If you do, please drop Tom a line through his > > web site, I am sure he would appreciate it. > > > > > Wow, that's gonna be handy for my current interstates project. > > > Check out this e-mail I got from Alex Nitzman ([email protected]) > of aaroads.com. The last paragraph is the important part. > > Mark Bradley > > * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Hi Mark, > > Thank you for writing and the compliments to our site. A lot of the > Indiana information comes from our contributor Thomas Decker, who > lives in Indianapolis. I appreciate the work you do as well, as I used > to work with GIS for Universal Map Group and still do GIS work on the > side. > > The glossary section on state routes/highways/roads nomenclature comes > from a map created by a road enthusiast that outlined all of the terms > used by state on our highway forum. I followed that up with research > on what contributors added to Wikipedia. Being that I live in Florida, > I also am used to the term state road, as that it what FDOT uses as > well. Shall I update the glossary to reflect that state road is not > solely the term used in Indiana? > > The shield gallery was originally created by Jake Bear. He used a > different set of terms and no longer runs the gallery. As it works > out, the term state highway tends to be trumped by state route by most > states. > At some point we will overhaul the Gallery and perhaps better specify > the difference. But my knowledge of PHP scripting is not fluid enough > to do it myself at this time. > > Most of the glossary was compiled by Andy Field back in 2001 or 2002. > I was not aware of the surface street definition, and I think the > definition he gave is too vague. Perhaps the term should not be > referenced? > > Excellent point on the added benefit to mileage based interchange > numbering. I shall amend the description to include that. > > There are a number of forum members that also participate in updating > OpenStreetMap. My forum administration James Mast is one of them, and > I have supplied him with updates for Florida in the past. There is an > Open Street Map thread on the board as well. You have my permission to > use information/photos to help improve it. > > Regards, > > - Alex > > -- > > Alex Nitzman > Webmaster - AARoads.com | Interstate-Guide.com > Blog: http://blog.aaroads.com > Forum: http://www.aaroads.com/forum > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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