[Tagging] Cemetery section tagging

2011-06-08 Thread Alan Mintz
uot;tag for the renderer", there are still many different ways to tag here - I'm just looking for a clue as to which one might result in the rendering I'm looking for. If there isn't one, how can I get the default Mapnik rendering to draw a thin, contrasting outline aroun

[Tagging] Missing only_u_turn?

2011-06-18 Thread Alan Mintz
On the turn restrictions page, there is no mention of only_u_turn, yet I've found these to exist in the real world. Any objection to adding this restriction? If not, how do I go about telling consumers about the change? -- Alan Mintz ___ Ta

Re: [Tagging] tagging of "ele" / elevation data e.g. in the context of towers

2012-02-20 Thread Alan Mintz
quot; - I don't know how that relates to the WGS84/GPS and/or survey elevation but I'd expect them to be close. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] tagging of "ele" / elevation data e.g. in the context of towers

2012-02-20 Thread Alan Mintz
and height tags. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] tagging of "ele" / elevation data e.g. in the context of towers

2012-02-20 Thread Alan Mintz
; to mean the height of an object - one would always use/expect to read "height" for that. The words are not synonymous. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] access=no (was Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking))

2012-02-22 Thread Alan Mintz
a road that has semi-permanent barriers to vehicles and humans at both ends (perhaps because it's washed out or otherwise unsafe). If those barriers are to vehicles only, I would add foot=yes. I think/hope this is what the access page on the wiki attempts to

Re: [Tagging] Gated communities - access=private or destination?

2012-04-15 Thread Alan Mintz
such gated communities as access=private. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Gated communities - access=private or destination?

2012-04-15 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-04-15 01:10, Nathan Edgars II wrote: How would you distinguish an entry for visitors from an entry for residents only? name= or ref= or whatever else Mapnik was designed to render on a gate. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging

Re: [Tagging] Gated communities - access=private or destination?

2012-04-15 Thread Alan Mintz
gging on a node at a higher priority than using the "house" icon associated with addr:housenumber. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Gated communities - access=private or destination?

2012-04-15 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-04-15 13:55, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 4/15/2012 6:30 AM, Alan Mintz wrote: At 2012-04-15 01:10, Nathan Edgars II wrote: How would you distinguish an entry for visitors from an entry for residents only? name= or ref= or whatever else Mapnik was designed to render on a gate. That&#

Re: [Tagging] Dispute prevention: meaning of lanes tag

2012-04-19 Thread Alan Mintz
cit values. If an odd number, assume a center turn lane (e.g. lanes=5 means 2 forward, 2 backward, 1 center). +1 to the rest. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] How to tag disputed names in the same language?

2012-04-20 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-04-20 08:29, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: One possible way is to introduce ISO country codes (in all caps) and with a format similar to int_name:: PH_name:en=Panatag Shoal I would go with name:en-PH=* or name:en:PH=* to mimic the standard IETF language tag format. -- Alan Mintz

Re: [Tagging] How to tag disputed names in the same language?

2012-04-22 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-04-21 23:36, Paul Johnson wrote: On Apr 21, 2012 2:29 PM, "Eugene Alvin Villar" <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote: > > On Apr 20, 2012 9:04 AM, "Alan Mintz" <alan_mintz+..

Re: [Tagging] Waterway directionality in drainage canals

2012-04-28 Thread Alan Mintz
ption for this type of object appears to be oneway=yes. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Fwd: Ojeq Stand

2012-04-30 Thread Alan Mintz
lds: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dtaxi . Add taxi=motorcycle;car;hov or maybe individual tags like motorcycle=yes, etc. in the style of http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access#Transport_mode_restrictions . -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing li

Re: [Tagging] addr

2012-05-08 Thread Alan Mintz
ional subdivision is regularly used in addresses. In the US, we have a first-level subdivision in addr:state, addr:city is second-level, and there is no third-level specified in an address. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetma

Re: [Tagging] beer details, draught beer

2012-05-09 Thread Alan Mintz
coastline somewhere, maybe the central coast (south of San Francisco). You might also check the San Diego area. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Shop=bag & shop=haberdashery in wiki map features page

2012-05-14 Thread Alan Mintz
ain Michael's has such things as well as art supplies and has been tagged shop={craft|crafts|art}. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] proposing a page on the wiki: "tag names do not always correspond to their definitions"

2012-05-17 Thread Alan Mintz
the tags, and the ability is there (as someone from Indonesia pointed out) to create your own presets (or have them created for you) and name them whatever you want. Other editors have limited and/or hierarchical tagging with icons that accomplish the same thing. -- Alan Mintz

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-dev] Multiple values "warning" in P2

2012-07-26 Thread Alan Mintz
[Moved from dev] At 2012-07-26 01:42, Richard Fairhurst wrote: >Alan Mintz wrote: >> Semi-colons are the agreed-upon way to provide multiple values for a >> field. It seems wrong to "warn" of their use, especially given the >> demonstrated potential to c

Re: [Tagging] tagging awards and ratings

2012-07-26 Thread Alan Mintz
meaning somewhere (like maybe handicap-accessible), you have a collision. I suggest "award:=" -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] tagging awards and ratings

2012-07-26 Thread Alan Mintz
least? I "know" that if it's data created by a US Federal agency, it's public domain, but what about US state and local governments (does the same law -- use of public funds = public domain -- apply)? -- Alan Mintz _

Re: [Tagging] tagging awards and ratings

2012-07-26 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-07-26 15:11, Frederik Ramm wrote: On 26.07.2012 23:57, Alan Mintz wrote: It is possible that the organisation publishing the ratings has some sort of copyright or database right to them. For example I don't think it will be legal to copy TripAdvisor ratings into OSM. This may

[Tagging] Remove odbl tags?

2012-07-27 Thread Alan Mintz
Now that the redaction is finished, is there a need to keep any odbl=clean tags, or does it make sense to remove them if making other edits to objects. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] tagging awards and ratings

2012-07-27 Thread Alan Mintz
ng it in OSM. I'm given to understand that, in France in particular, this information is commonly known and mentioned when describing a restaurant. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.or

Re: [Tagging] How to tag a trailer_park ?

2012-07-27 Thread Alan Mintz
at=33.6209&lon=-117.6951&zoom=17 Definitely the latter - a mobile home park. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] tagging awards and ratings

2012-07-27 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-07-27 15:23, Pieren wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Alan Mintz wrote: > Just to be clear, this is exactly the case I envision, and something our > crowd-source model should be good at - people seeing/knowing from local > knowledge that a restaurant has a certain star r

Re: [Tagging] tagging awards and ratings

2012-07-29 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2012-07-29 13:19, Pieren wrote: On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Alan Mintz wrote: > I said nothing about "copying all Michelin rating[s]". We've been talking > about surveys and local knowledge from people seeing the ratings in the > window or advertising or word-of

Re: [Tagging] Advice & clarification of the railway tracks=* tag required.

2012-08-07 Thread Alan Mintz
with tracks=2 into two separate parallel tracks, each would be tagged tracks=1 (or have no tracks=* tag at all, since this is documented to mean the same thing as tracks=1). -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] shared driveways

2009-11-20 Thread Alan Mintz
, single-family home lots. If I do, they are highway=service + service=driveway, with access=private if gated or posted no-trespassing. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] Admin division multi-polys

2009-11-23 Thread Alan Mintz
r the county? -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Adding housnumber the lazy way.

2009-12-21 Thread Alan Mintz
When you get info for adjoining intersections, they could be used to construct a true picture of the range of possible addresses. This area shows the results of a survey of both pseudo-addresses (from street signs) and actual ones (from mailboxes): http://osm.org/go/TaBihQXG4- (Yes, I need to discu

Re: [Tagging] Adding housnumber the lazy way.

2009-12-22 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2009-12-22 02:07, Erik Johansson wrote: >On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Alan Mintz > wrote: > > At 2009-12-21 11:01, Roy Wallace wrote: > >>... If you don't know where the other end of the > >>street is, you can't use an addr:interpolation way, so it s

Re: [Tagging] Adding housnumber the lazy way.

2009-12-22 Thread Alan Mintz
, the pseudo-nodes could be replaced by whatever scheme is used to represent the range of addresses between them. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Easy question: _link tags for U turn/cut throughs?

2010-01-07 Thread Alan Mintz
(e.g. highway=motorway_link if the roads are highway=motorway). This seems consistent with the description of highway=*_link. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] What's a power=station?

2010-01-17 Thread Alan Mintz
I use substation for the occasional, smaller, usually single-user complex with just a few transformers, fed by lower voltage lines (usually 12-60 kV in the US I think). Unless people have largely ignored the wiki in practice, I'd suggest leaving it as is, in lieu of having to gl

Re: [Tagging] What's a power=station?

2010-01-18 Thread Alan Mintz
trical plants. For example, there are a few steam power plants where >steam is distributed outside the plant and is used for motive force other >than to turn electrical generators. Aren't these simply "steam plants"? I thoug

Re: [Tagging] What's a power=station?

2010-01-19 Thread Alan Mintz
bad, changing is difficult. If we spontaneously redefine >"power=station", we will a) change the meaning of existing tags, and >b) cause confusion amongst people who know the current tags. But at >least we eventually end up at a situation which makes sense and won't >cause so much mistagging. > > >This will motivate the mappers much more to "do it > > right" than to conform to whatever rules set/changed in the wiki. > >So, you essentially say it's easier to keep drilling these bad >definitions into people's heads, now and forever, than to fix them. >Are you saying also that we should never change the definitions of any >tags? > >Steve > >___ >Tagging mailing list >Tagging@openstreetmap.org >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Dutch cafes

2010-01-20 Thread Alan Mintz
s|no - music=no|band;dj - music:type=rock;oldies;salsa;etc. - sport=billiards;darts;projectile_vomiting :) - smoking=no|yes|patio - smoking:type=cigarette;cigar;pipe - cannabis=yes (bringing it back around to the subject of the thread :) ) -- Alan Mintz

Re: [Tagging] What's a power=station?

2010-01-21 Thread Alan Mintz
(incorrect usage) - 4 are substations (correct usage) So, it seems that there is both correct and incorrect usage in similar amounts so far. I hope to report back with power=sub_station and power=generator, as well as a count of editing users, soon. -- Alan Mintz

Re: [Tagging] ref tags and "reference routes"

2010-02-03 Thread Alan Mintz
y ultimately have to carry both IDs. I might put parentheses around the value if it is not currently signed that way. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] source:geolocation?

2010-02-18 Thread Alan Mintz
he source generally implies what type of information was used from it, though there is some overlap (like using tract maps to provide exact measurements for new streets or those with unclear imagery). I have no opposition, though, to the more precise: source:location=survey;usgs_imagery + sour

Re: [Tagging] source:geolocation?

2010-02-23 Thread Alan Mintz
be from the http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/* page)? I'd sure like to be able to clean up my occasional mistakes. I use these comments to keep track of my progress on a particular survey or area. -- Alan Mintz ___ Taggin

[Tagging] US Speed Limits, truck routes, bike routes, access

2010-02-26 Thread Alan Mintz
e_ref=*]? I'll note that JOSM has an icon for access=no, but not access=private. I can then tag the way with source:access=* +source_ref:access=*. Notes: [1]That is, holding that the sign states what is taken to be the prima facie safe speed. Any traffic court judges here? [2]survey beca

[Tagging] Marking intersections complete

2010-03-12 Thread Alan Mintz
section as complete (that is, to state that all turn restrictions have been tagged)? -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Marking intersections complete

2010-03-12 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-03-12 20:07, John Smith wrote: >On 13 March 2010 14:05, Alan Mintz wrote: > > Any suggestion on how to tag an intersection as complete (that is, to state > > that all turn restrictions have been tagged)? > >Why not just tag those that are incomplete? > >incom

[Tagging] Utility overcrossings?

2010-04-03 Thread Alan Mintz
There are bridges over freeways called "utility overcrossings" that contain pipelines, electrical cables, etc., but do not support any kind of foot or vehicle traffic. Any suggestions on how to tag these? Obviously bridge=yes + layer=1, but I can't find an appropriate highway=

[Tagging] Banquet facilities

2010-04-03 Thread Alan Mintz
Distinct from town halls, there are privately-owned banquet/reception halls for hosting special events, like wedding receptions, meetings, etc. How should these be tagged? -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-newbies] motorway _link and _junction tagging

2010-04-20 Thread Alan Mintz
had used "northbound" instead of "North" after the recent issues with street name expansion, which may create ambiguities. [3] This can be particularly useful for those brain-dead (IMO) places where they don't bother to indicate the direction on the sign. I almost always kno

Re: [Tagging] Ways that change names while crossing divided roadways

2010-04-24 Thread Alan Mintz
ection at that point, which is technically more accurate anyway. Plus, there are usually turn restrictions that are easier to deal with on a single-node intersection: || || ---\/----- ---/\- || || -- Alan Mintz ___

Re: [Tagging] Ways that change names while crossing divided roadways

2010-04-26 Thread Alan Mintz
ast on Sunset Boulevard to Cross Street , then continue 2.5 miles east on Crystal Ave to destination." -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Ways that change names while crossing divided roadways

2010-04-26 Thread Alan Mintz
one where the ways change sides (and are therefore are going the wrong direction sometimes). This is different than what I proposed. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Ways that change names while crossing divided roadways

2010-04-26 Thread Alan Mintz
logically, governed by a single switching strategy - that a single node (or polygon) is more topologically accurate than 2 or 4 nodes. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-newbies] compass rose or wind rose?

2010-04-28 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-04-28 12:40, Xan wrote: >How can i tag compass rose, like that >http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:RosaDeLosVientosTorreDeHercules.jpg > >or wind rose? I like man_made=compass_rose . Based on the wikipedia article, it seems the more current term. -

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-newbies] compass rose or wind rose?

2010-04-28 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-04-28 13:13, Xan wrote: >En/na Alan Mintz ha escrit: > > At 2010-04-28 12:40, Xan wrote: > > > >> How can i tag compass rose, like that > >> http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:RosaDeLosVientosTorreDeHercules.jpg > >> > >> or wind rose?

Re: [Tagging] A shop selling fish and seafood

2010-04-30 Thread Alan Mintz
s the German one. All three contain "fish", though. >Also, we have shop=butcher, not shop=meat. Because butcher is the commonly-used English word, perhaps because there are many more of them than places that sell only seafood. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] A shop selling fish and seafood

2010-05-03 Thread Alan Mintz
shmonger. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Fast food vs. restaurant vs. cafe

2010-05-04 Thread Alan Mintz
t_food and mixed tags would be okay in general, I still would >like some guidance or suggestions on what to do for tagging Chipotle, as a >specific case. I call it fast_food, based on my criteria above. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] A shop selling fish and seafood

2010-05-04 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-05-04 08:24, Stephen Gower wrote: >Those calling for shop=fish rather than shop=fishmonger - what would you >use for >the pet fish shop? I've been using shop=pet. I suppose you could get more specific by adding a species or type key.

Re: [Tagging] Fast food vs. restaurant vs. cafe

2010-05-04 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-05-04 12:04, Phil! Gold wrote: >* Alan Mintz [2010-05-04 09:47 -0700]: > > I generally regard fast_food as a place where you have to walk up to a > > counter and order your food. Even if they do bring it out to your table > > when ready, they will not generally com

Re: [Tagging] Fast food vs. restaurant vs. cafe

2010-05-04 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-05-04 18:15, Greg Troxel wrote: >Alan Mintz writes: > > > At the risk of bringing up the ambiguous meaning of "cafe" discussion > again > > :) I'm using cafe for coffee-houses like Starbucks, with very limited, > > usually pre-made, offering

Re: [Tagging] Fast food vs. restaurant vs. cafe

2010-05-04 Thread Alan Mintz
far up in position (and the same priority) so it was being rendered instead of the other more definitive tags (like amenity I think). -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Cleaning up

2010-05-05 Thread Alan Mintz
daries, tags that are to be assumed (inherited) by contained objects (e.g. sidewalk=yes, surface=paved, lanes=2, maxspeed=25 mph, etc.). I currently don't tag these, but it would be useful to visitors to know them. -- Alan Mintz

[Tagging] Scales / weigh stations

2010-05-06 Thread Alan Mintz
Periodically along US highways, there are giant scales for trucks to get a weight certificate to comply with various laws. How should these be tagged? How about: highway=motorway_link for the ramps linking to the motorway highway=scale for the scale node/area -- Alan Mintz

Re: [Tagging] More tagging questions

2010-05-09 Thread Alan Mintz
place to put the name of the school. I draw the boundary and tag it with amenity=school, name=*, etc.: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=34.13064&lon=-117.54788&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Taggin

Re: [Tagging] highway=services

2010-05-27 Thread Alan Mintz
rooms. This describes the typical highway rest area in the US. I like highway=rest_area for these. I may never have seen what is described in the wiki for highway=services - with commercial vendors of fuel and food. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tag

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

2010-06-02 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-06-02 02:58, =?UTF-8?Q?M=E2=88=A1rtin_Koppenhoefer?= wrote: >Then >there are antennas, which IMHO do not fall in the tower category Except for AM broadcast towers, which are the antennas themselves. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailin

Re: [Tagging] Proposing bazaars

2010-06-06 Thread Alan Mintz
0720 > >Well I am talking about roads . that was one reason why I used highway >tag . Road tagging is quite confusing for us in developing nations >because of the wide difference in european roads. I think highway=living_street is

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Tsunami warning siren?

2010-06-27 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-06-27 00:24, Alan Mintz wrote: Is the device near the upper right of this pic: http://sites.google.com/site/am909geo/osm-1/TsunamiAlert.jpg a tsunami warning siren? I've seen a number of similar devices in coastal areas. This particular one is at 33.4993, -117.67656. Consens

Re: [Tagging] Jewellery shop

2010-07-04 Thread Alan Mintz
dia.org/wiktionary/en/wiki/jewelry Not any more. It wasn't even self-consistent - the entry for jewellery (correctly) says that jewelry is the US spelling. Wiktionary does not seem to have attained the level of quality present in Wikipedia. Not enough ed

Re: [Tagging] Counting lanes: include merging or turn lanes?

2010-07-04 Thread Alan Mintz
used for turning/merging in and out of driveways. I consider this like the freeway merging lanes; I've just been counting the driving lanes and not the turning lane also. See Canyon Road at: http://www.openstreetmap.org/? lat=45.489479&lon=-122.799664&zoom=18&laye

Re: [Tagging] paved=yes/no

2010-07-17 Thread Alan Mintz
If someone has the last US tagwatch, we could do a better comparison, but there does seem to be a growing problem here. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Tagging U-Turns (Was: [OSM-talk] Divided/Non-Divided Intersection)

2010-07-25 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-07-23 18:53, John Smith wrote: On 23 July 2010 23:48, Alan Mintz wrote: > I spend a totally unreasonable amount of time mapping turn restrictions > (mostly no-u-turn) as it is, and even that is hard to justify. I was trying to say that it takes far too long to create this re

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Fire_Hydrant

2010-07-27 Thread Alan Mintz
y the potential to have extremely accurate maps of things (like hydrants, exits, extinguishers) that may not exist anywhere else. I'd certainly find that welcome in a bullding that's on fire. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Ta

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Fire_Hydrant

2010-07-27 Thread Alan Mintz
extremely accurate maps of things (like hydrants, exits, extinguishers) that may not exist anywhere else. I'd certainly find that welcome in a building that's on fire. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Fire_Hydrant

2010-07-28 Thread Alan Mintz
hose by itself. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Fire_Hydrant

2010-07-28 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-07-28 01:49, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:50 AM, Alan Mintz wrote: > > There are also fire hoses which are attached to building water supplies and > fan-folded inside largish glass-front metal cases inset into walls. > emergency=fire_hose maybe, tho

Re: [Tagging] when to use source:location?

2010-08-10 Thread Alan Mintz
her source: / source_ref: pairs for various keys : maxspeed maxspeed:children_present maxspeed:hgv maxweight maxheight bicycle cycleway lanes Any objection to me adding these? -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http:

Re: [Tagging] Half-side turning circle?

2010-08-10 Thread Alan Mintz
is just considered part of the same street. I ignore them. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] National Forest trail numbering

2010-08-16 Thread Alan Mintz
, for roads in the USFS system I'm using: For Forest Highways (generally major paved roads): ref=FH nn (e.g. name=Angeles Crest Highway + ref=FH 61). For Forest Roads/Routes/Truck Trails: ref=FR yDxx (e.g. name=Upper Monroe Road + ref=FR

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] National Forest trail numbering

2010-08-16 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-08-16 00:24, Samat K Jain wrote: On Monday, August 16, 2010 01:03:17 am, Alan Mintz wrote: > For Forest Highways (generally major paved roads): ref=FH nn (e.g. > name=Angeles Crest Highway + ref=FH 61). > For Forest Roads/Routes/Truck Trails: ref=FR yDxx (e.g. name=Upper Monr

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] National Forest trail numbering

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-08-17 02:19, Paul Johnson wrote: On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:03:17 -0700, Alan Mintz wrote: > For Forest Highways (generally major paved roads): ref=FH nn (e.g. > name=Angeles Crest Highway + ref=FH 61). For Forest Roads/Routes/Truck > Trails: ref=FR yDxx (e.g. name=Upper Monroe R

Re: [Tagging] Is cycleway:right=lane necessary on a one-way street?

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Mintz
:left=lane for a one-way road with a bike lane on the left in a place where traffic keeps right. Prefix the value with opposite_ if bicycle traffic flows opposite to motor vehicle traffic. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstr

Re: [Tagging] turn restrictions, multiple time intervals

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Mintz
applies (having a meaning opposite to that documented for except=*). I have documented examples where I need this for restrictions that apply only to trucks, to avoid having to list every other possible vehicle type. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tag

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] National Forest trail numbering

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-08-17 14:33, Paul Johnson wrote: On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:44:58 -0700, Alan Mintz wrote: > At 2010-08-17 02:19, Paul Johnson wrote: >>On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:03:17 -0700, Alan Mintz wrote: >> >> > For Forest Highways (generally major paved roads): ref=FH nn (e.g.

Re: [Tagging] ele-key for lakes / water bodies and glaciers

2010-08-23 Thread Alan Mintz
the water surface. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] craft= Proposal

2010-08-24 Thread Alan Mintz
suggest glass instead of glaziery - the latter sounds like someplace that glazes things (regardless of the definition) - gardening should be gardener in keeping with the other values that are named for the craftsman, not the craft -- Alan Mintz

Re: [Tagging] craft= Proposal

2010-08-24 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-08-24 01:43, Peter Körner wrote: Am 24.08.2010 10:28, schrieb Alan Mintz: At 2010-08-24 01:08, =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Peter_K=F6rner?= wrote: some months ago I started a craft= proposal in my wiki user space: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:MaZderMind/Key:craft My observations

Re: [Tagging] Semicolons? (was Re: RFC: generator:* (for power=generator features))

2010-08-27 Thread Alan Mintz
o decide priorities (thought this problem exists also when there are both amenity and leisure keys present, for example). Personally, I would rather see an arbitrary priority than nothing at all (the current state). -- Alan Mintz ___ Ta

Re: [Tagging] RFC: generator:* (for power=generator features)

2010-08-27 Thread Alan Mintz
I would not propose both generator:output=* and generator:output:*=yes. I think it should be one or the other (probably the latter until we rationally deal with, or drop, semi-colons). Is there a plan to convert the existing data? -- Alan Mintz

Re: [Tagging] RFC: generator:* (for power=generator features)

2010-08-28 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-08-28 01:49, Tom Chance wrote: On 28 August 2010 04:30, Alan Mintz <alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net> wrote: Is there a plan to convert the existing data? I thought about that, but I'm not sure how to proceed. Any advice is welcome! I could, of course, just download all data

Re: [Tagging] Street names

2010-08-30 Thread Alan Mintz
d the signed name in "alt_name". I also report the signage error to the responsible public works department (usually the city in incorporated areas, otherwise the county). I also add a FIXME tag with a note to re-check it in the future. I've been responsible for a number o

Re: [Tagging] Advice on names for disused/abandoned railways?

2010-09-02 Thread Alan Mintz
e done here? old_name is documented for other objects. old_operator makes sense instead of operator, too. -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
r of circuits the tower can handle (not necessarily how many are currently strung on it, which is specified in power=line + cables=*). The number of cables per circuit is implied by the type of transmission, with the default of 3-phase high-

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-07 10:27, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Alan Mintz wrote: > tower_type=a_frame : > http://sites.google.com/site/am909geo/osm-1/power_a_frame.jpg Usually seen > as the input and output interfaces of a substation. The example shows two of > t

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
ot be mapped. "Special"/historical trees could be mapped tagged historic=yes This approx 50 sq mi area of Bakersfield, CA, USA contains over 41,000 trees that were imported: node[bbox=-119.15,35.29,-119.0,35.38][natural=tree]. No other descriptive

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
;lon=-117.560582&zoom=18&layers=M&relation=194049 -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-07 17:51, =?UTF-8?Q?M=E2=88=A1rtin_Koppenhoefer?= wrote: 2010/9/8 Alan Mintz : > At 2010-09-04 09:12, Erik Johansson wrote: > I've taken a slightly different approach. I use landuse=residential to > outline the entire related area. I then add that way to a relati

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
ts). My limited experience is that they are built more like houses/townhomes. I wouldn't be averse to adding housing_type=duplex for these. Are there tri-, quad-, etc. plexes? -- Alan Mintz ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lis

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-08 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-08 01:37, Erik Johansson wrote: On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Alan Mintz wrote: > At 2010-09-04 09:12, Erik Johansson wrote: >> >> I would like to tag areas with apartment buildings, and small houses >> for a single family differently, at the moment I

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