awesome, thanks for your reply!

Hi, is this newly opened path accessible from the public cycleway, or from the marina, or both?

Hi, it might be more idiomatic to use "sidewalk=separate" and "foot=use_sidepath" instead of "foot=no".

See osm.wiki/Compulsory_use_of_parallel_way

According to the wiki, foot=no is only meant to be used when there are 🚷 signs

hey, yes that was the source, I didn't realize at the time that you could directly use the LINZ Data Service as background imagery

hey, feel free to change it back if you want to stick with Waka Kotahi's classification. my rationale for trunk was because traffic volumes majorly increased when the expressway opened, since it's become the fastest route between Auckland-wellington

lol... that gantry sign was only installed a few weeks ago 👀 can you or someone else change it back to 1C please? I won't have wifi until next friday

the Horsham Downs Link is not open....

weird... I've changed it back for now since the actual signs say it's SH 3

Hi, it seems like the map you linked to is wrong.... The new signage says this section is SH 3, not 1C (see https://youtu.be/hG9YGKTTp1g?t=1532 for example, which is looking south from node/3026976866)

Hi, based on a quick search, this apartment building is called King's Square, while the plaza is called Station Square. Does this sound correct to you?

sources:
- https://www.bayleys.co.nz/1655497
- https://rwepsom.co.nz/properties/sold-residential/auckland-city/newmarket-1023/apartment/1878085
- https://www.clearwaterconstruction.co.nz/project/kings-square-newmarket/
- https://raywhite.co.nz/auckland/auckland-city/newmarket/SNH21312/
- http://www.cnz.co.nz/ip-video-surveillance-mainmenu-16/case-studies-mainmenu-32/57-kings-square-apartment-building-newmarket

hey, there are a few useful tricks. The OsmAnd app can take GPS traces which you can import into iD as a layer. A couple of stategic waypoints at each end of a corridor is useful. Next, StreetComplete is one of many apps that can measure the width of a sidewalk or indoor corridor. For DressSmart I found a emergency exit diagram hanging by a fire hose reel - mapwarper.com can stretch and skew a photo so it lines up with the building footprint. After that it's just a lot of walking up and down :) and a bit of guesswork... I know the whole of DressSmart isn't quite aligned properly.

regarding barrier=wall, I'm not sure if it's strictly correct, but the wiki page doesn't mention what to do for indoor spaces 🤷 I saw a bunch of malls in Germany and the USA mapped like this.

(it was super useful back when snapmaps rendered barrier=wall, since you could figure out which end of the mall you & others were in...)

Sorry for the delayed reply. I'm not sure whether motor_vehicle=private or motor_vehicle=no is better, but motor_vehicle=permit seems wrong according to the wiki (access=permit), since that tag suggests that anyone who asks for a permit will receive one, which is not the case here. The wiki says "If permit is hard to obtain, then it is typically access=private".

You said you struggled to find the wiki documentation - here's the list of values: access=*#List_of_possible_values

Hi, I've split this building into two, and added the wikidata tag.

P.S. it looks like there are two duplicate wikidata items for the Barclay Suites (Q111408302 and Q111679947)

I agree that motor_vehicle=permit makes sense for the small section northwest of node/272776225, sorry if that wasn't clear in my original message. But motor_vehicle=permit doesn't seem right for the other end of the trail, especially south-east of the Siberia Tunnel (see previous message).

More importantly, could you please explain why you're changing some access restrictions from "designated" to "yes", and deleting the bicycle= and foot= tags? I don't quite understand your explanation in changeset/110939910 and changeset/111562537

Hi, I haven't made any changes to these trails for several months... Please also note that no one has "ownership" over any features in OSM, we should all aim to map things as best as possible.

You're right, the difference between "designated" and "yes" does not affect route relations, but it is important to distinguish the difference between:
- a path that is designed for cycling (e.g. the Remutaka Rail Trail would have bicycle=designated),
- vs a path that is not designed for cycling, yet cycling is still allowed (e.g. the Kāpiti Expressway would have bicycle=yes).

More info here: access=designated

Regarding `motor_vehicle=permit`, this is tricky, but the wiki page says "This tag should be used in cases where a permit is required, but is routinely granted to everyone requesting it". You would know better than me whether this definition is appropriate, but I don't think it makes sense south of the Siberia Tunnel, where there are anti-car barriers, no useful destination for cars, nowhere to turn around for several kilometers, and no car access without going thru private property.

More info here: access=permit

Hi, you wouldn't be allowed to drive a car down the Remutaka Rail Trail, even if you politely asked GWRC or DOC, so it's not correct to add `motor_vehicle=permit` to this trail, see access=permit

(except for the small section northwest of node/272776225)

Also, please don't remove the tags `bicycle=designated` and `foot=designated`, or downgrade them to `*=yes`, since they are very important for routing software. (see changeset/110939910 and changeset/111562537 )

Hi, based on aerial imagery the village you mapped in Colombia does not exist. Could you please confirm whether it is a real place? If not, you can map imaginary places using https://OpenGeoFiction.net, but please don't do this in OpenStreetMap. Thanks.

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Hola, basado en imágenes aéreas, el pueblo que mapeó en Colombia no existe. ¿Podría por favor confirmar si es un lugar real? Si no, puede mapear lugares imaginarios usando https://OpenGeoFiction.net, pero por favor no hagas esto en OpenStreetMap. Gracias. (traducción automática)

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https://osmhv.openstreetmap.de/changeset.jsp?id=119928427
osm.org/#map=17/6.92904/-74.82637

thanks for fixing this, but it looks like node/8779008213 is now a vertex of Clifton Terrace (way/165915853).

Is this what you'd expect? i.e. is there actually a gate on Clifton Tce that's impassable for cars?

Hi, I see you renamed Porritt Stadium to Porritt Park. My understanding is that Porritt Stadium (way/102655278/history) is located within Porritt Park (way/168977549), so the names were already correct. Is there a reason you changed the name?

Hi, please don't remove area=yes from leisure=track. Removing the area=yes tags has broken the rendering of these long jump tracks