Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread Simone Saviolo
If it's only a problem of routing, wouldn't it be better to let the router do the job? The way would have to be tagged with something like "numbering=distance", with the correct orientation (from start to end), and then it would be easy for a program to find out where #23 is. 2009/10/11 John Smith

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread John Smith
2009/10/12 Simone Saviolo : > If it's only a problem of routing, wouldn't it be better to let the router > do the job? The way would have to be tagged with something like > "numbering=distance", with the correct orientation (from start to end), and > then it would be easy for a program to find out

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Google has dual carriage way where it's not built yet

2009-10-12 Thread Ben Laenen
Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2009/10/10 OJ W : > > multiple plans would overlap each other and look weird? > > look weird where? I guess these would not be rendered in standard maps > (or just in advanced planning phases and for main plans like > motorways, airports, etc.). > > I made a proposal:

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread Anthony
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:15 AM, John Smith wrote: > The only problem then is how to tag the start/end of a numbering > section, based on that document major roads are broken up into > sections of 100km. Relation: node for start, node for end, list of ways to connect from start to end __

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread Cartinus
On Monday 12 October 2009 14:34:42 Anthony wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:15 AM, John Smith wrote: > > The only problem then is how to tag the start/end of a numbering > > section, based on that document major roads are broken up into > > sections of 100km. > > Relation: node for start, node

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread John Smith
2009/10/12 Cartinus : > On Monday 12 October 2009 14:34:42 Anthony wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:15 AM, John Smith > wrote: >> > The only problem then is how to tag the start/end of a numbering >> > section, based on that document major roads are broken up into >> > sections of 100km. >> >>

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread John Smith
2009/10/12 Anthony : > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:15 AM, John Smith wrote: >> The only problem then is how to tag the start/end of a numbering >> section, based on that document major roads are broken up into >> sections of 100km. > > Relation: node for start, node for end, list of ways to connect

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread Cartinus
On Monday 12 October 2009 15:02:11 John Smith wrote: > 2009/10/12 Cartinus : > > On Monday 12 October 2009 14:34:42 Anthony wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:15 AM, John Smith > > > > wrote: > >> > The only problem then is how to tag the start/end of a numbering > >> > section, based on that d

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread John Smith
2009/10/12 Cartinus : > And how are you going to find the start and end of those sections without > surveying? You won't, not unless you have some external data to import (and > you didn't mention anything about that). Long sections of highways are an exception rather than the rule, and more likel

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread Anthony
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:02 AM, John Smith wrote: > 2009/10/12 Anthony : >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:15 AM, John Smith >> wrote: >>> The only problem then is how to tag the start/end of a numbering >>> section, based on that document major roads are broken up into >>> sections of 100km. >> >>

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread Peter Childs
2009/10/12 Anthony : > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:02 AM, John Smith wrote: >> 2009/10/12 Anthony : >>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:15 AM, John Smith >>> wrote: The only problem then is how to tag the start/end of a numbering section, based on that document major roads are broken up into >

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread John Smith
2009/10/12 Anthony : > Surveying a few points every 100km is easier than surveying every > house.  And it's likely that most of the starting/end points will > already be in the database (e.g. the intersection of X Street and Y > Street). > Most roads won't be 100km long, and the start points will

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread Anthony
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Peter Childs wrote: > 2009/10/12 Anthony : >> Surveying a few points every 100km is easier than surveying every >> house.  And it's likely that most of the starting/end points will >> already be in the database (e.g. the intersection of X Street and Y >> Street).

[Tagging] Housenumber interpolation with regularlyskipped numbers

2009-10-12 Thread Mike N.
I'll have to admit that I haven't been surveying for *missing* numbers - I have been only collecting the beginning and end of each group. A search by address number would yield quite an accurate location. But the reverse case, using my data in the OSM database as a postal mailing address va

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread Liz
On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Cartinus wrote: > > > The only problem then is how to tag the start/end of a numbering > > > section, based on that document major roads are broken up into > > > sections of 100km. > > > > Relation: node for start, node for end, list of ways to connect from > > start to end > >

Re: [Tagging] How to tag house numbers based on decametres?

2009-10-12 Thread Liz
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Peter Childs wrote: > 100km is the distance from hmm Washington > to Baltimore or London to Oxford (give or take) if your going to only > survey a few points in that distance, Each main road in my area will be easily 70 to 140km in length eg Hay to Balranald is 129km. The popu

Re: [Tagging] Housenumber interpolation with regularlyskipped numbers

2009-10-12 Thread Anthony
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Mike N. wrote: >   There are plans in the US to import Tiger address interpolation > information - which is intentionally obfuscated for privacy reasons by law. > Tobias mentioned a possible tag  interpolation:complete=yes to represent > fully accurate address inte

Re: [Tagging] Housenumber interpolation with regularlyskipped numbers

2009-10-12 Thread Tobias Knerr
Mike N.: > Tobias mentioned a possible tag interpolation:complete=yes to represent > fully accurate address interpolation, which sounds like a simple solution. > If it is necessary to tag estimated address interpolation differently, it > would be good to know before the Tiger address interpolat

Re: [Tagging] Housenumber interpolation with regularlyskippednumbers

2009-10-12 Thread Mike N.
> 2) define a way to enter estimated/incomplete interpolation. > The way to enter incomplete interpolation info could resemble the > Karlsruhe schema (incomplete_interpolation=* or whatever) or it could be > combined with a dedicated TIGER addressing scheme as Anthony suggests. I > don't know anyt