2011/7/28 Simone Saviolo :
> 2011/7/27 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
> Then I can't honestly grasp what this "interconnecting" network is.
> Or rather, I think I understand what you mean, but you're not defining it -
> you're describing it with a vague term.
to make this clear: the term we are discussing
If there was any practical difference between residential and
unclassified, the TIGER import ignored that in the US by using
residential for everything unimportant. So when I map I treat
residential as unclassified with mainly residential abutters, and will
sometimes change TIGER residentials t
On 27/07/2011 22:37, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
2011/7/27 Simone Saviolo:
2011/7/27 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
Maybe I'm being picky. What I mean is: we have a worldwide graph of roads,
or a "network" if we want to call it that. A grid network, to me, sounds
like an orthogonal grid, like the one you'd
There's been some recent discussion on the talk page, so please review at
least the four sections starting here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/kerb#Height
Open issues as I see it include:
1) Replacing "lowered" with "ramp" or "dropped"
2) Replacing "raised" with "normal
2011/7/28 Colin Smale :
> It sounds like there are three types of street name:
> 1) Official, as decided by the Powers That Be
> 2) Signed, as displayed on the signs
> 3) Colloquial, as people habitually use
>
> So which one do we put in "name=*", and what do we do with the others?
1) should gene
2011/7/28 Josh Doe :
> There's been some recent discussion on the talk page, so please review at
> least the four sections starting here:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/kerb#Height
>
> Open issues as I see it include:
> 1) Replacing "lowered" with "ramp" or "dropped"
>
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:15 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>
> 1) lowered is not the same as "ramp" or "dropped".
> See here:
> http://www.kohl-ratingen.de/images/kohl-markierung/z.299.jpg
>
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Does the photo represent your notion
of a lowered, ramp(ed), or
2011/7/28 Josh Doe :
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:15 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
> wrote:
>>
>> 1) lowered is not the same as "ramp" or "dropped".
>> See here:
>> http://www.kohl-ratingen.de/images/kohl-markierung/z.299.jpg
>
> I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Does the photo represent your notio
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:07 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
>>> http://www.kohl-ratingen.de/images/kohl-markierung/z.299.jpg
That's a dropped kerb, which is probably semantically equivalent to
"lowered". But "dropped" is the standard en-gb term.
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On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:58 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
> I wonder if this definition which was formerly part of the description
> for highway=unclassified is still valid:
I love it when people are brave enough to question the semantics of
very frequently used tags.
FWIW, here's how I use un
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