* Richard Fairhurst [2010-10-14 10:47 -0700]:
> I think you could largely sum up his criticisms in two broad headings:
>
>1. US OSM contributors need to get their shit together
>2. European maps don't look like American ones
I'm trying to see what sort of consensus exists on some of the
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Phil! Gold wrote:
> * Richard Fairhurst [2010-10-14 10:47 -0700]:
>> I think you could largely sum up his criticisms in two broad headings:
>>
>> 1. US OSM contributors need to get their shit together
>> 2. European maps don't look like American ones
>
> I'm
Richard Weait writes:
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Phil! Gold wrote:
>> * Richard Fairhurst [2010-10-14 10:47 -0700]:
>>> I think you could largely sum up his criticisms in two broad headings:
>>>
>>> 1. US OSM contributors need to get their shit together
>>> 2. European maps don't
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Peter Budny wrote:
> For better or worse, that made me think of images like
> http://failblog.org/2008/07/03/sign-design-fail/
>
> Whether it's a good thing or not, we still have to figure out how to tag
> it. Bear with us.
It's not as bad as it looks. It's a ju
Forwarding this to the tagging list: should the name tag on a
highway=motorway_junction node be used for the destinations on the
exit sign or only for a special name if the junction has one (like in
Germany I believe all junctions have a one-city name, and many US toll
roads name their interchanges
On 10/16/2010 08:46 AM, Richard Weait wrote:
> So, highways and road culture play a large role in the life of many
> North Americans, there are even songs that we know like Route 66, and
> Highway 61 that show affection for specific roads.
I wonder if it's worth the trouble and effort to maintain
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I wonder if it's worth the trouble and effort to maintain US-HISTORIC
> routes, since their use is primarily recreational and are frequently
> inconsistent in their continued existence, and frequently their historic
> posted alignments. For e
2010/10/17 Nathan Edgars II :
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> I wonder if it's worth the trouble and effort to maintain US-HISTORIC
>> routes, since their use is primarily recreational and are frequently
>> inconsistent in their continued existence, and frequently their h
