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133160530

I'm guessing that way/1149599738 et al are at best service roads here?

140541054

Hello,
I don't think that way/222295786 is "foot=no". I walked down here on 6th August (unfortunately I haven't updated OSM with it yet). There's actually a pavement (sidewalk) on the southern bit of Farnham Lane that continues down the A road past the new housing estate, and the bit of Boroughbridge Road east of Farnham lane has a verge on the north. I didn't walk that bit though so I'm not sure how far that goes.
However, unless there's explicit signage it's still legal to walk on a road in the UK even if there's no pavement or verge.
Cheers,
Andy

140490768

Hello,
I'm guessing that way/1202778842 is the courtyard? If so, it shouldn't have a "building=yes" tag on it, and the tags on the relation relation/16250401 will be used.
Cheers,
Andy

140166861

I thin that iD wants to change "access=public" to "access=yes". Actually, the bigger issue here (which predates your edits) is whether way/212292004 allows bicycle and horse access or just foot. If it is just foot (and I'm guessing that it might be because https://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/map/map.html#17/54.14227/-1.51437/O/P suggests that there's an unmapped "public footpath" down here) then "highway=footway" is probably the better tag for way/212292004. If it does allow bicycle or horse access, then it's probably best to add explicit "bicycle" and "horse" tags too.
Cheers,
Andy
PS: Any other questions just ask.

140075652

Excellent - has way/835271466 reopened?
Actually it's probably been open a while now since they'd started work on it a couple of years ago.

140514302

and Dringhouses

140454975

from survey 15/08/2023, ts0124b

139979061

I've asked about this at https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/stadhuis-of-stadhuis-enschede/103056 .

140296500

Just to be clear - as per osm.wiki/Verifiability , all data in OSM needs to be verifiable. There are a couple of examples around the world where one language has multiple ways of writing it (see osm.wiki/Names#Transliteration for examples).
However, generally speaking, transliteration and translation should be avoided. If there really is a sign in a certain language, or some other licence-compatible way of verifying that name, then it makes sense for a place to have multiple languages. If there isn't, it doesn't.
As an example, it wouldn't surprise me if there was a verifiable Unkrainian name for relation/1644131 , but I'd be very surprised if all of the examples that were recently changed were verifiable.
That said, that doesn't mean that the actual name:uk in this changeset are correct. The one used for https://osm.mapki.com/history/relation/1644131 was the same as was added in changeset/135670474 by someone whose work was (in the Ukrainian forum) notorious for its poor quality.
-- Andy, from OSM's Data Working Group

139177539

As ever with these, it'd be really helpful if someone could provide evidence that a particular name does or does not appear on e.g. the front of a building, or is or is not visible.
I'd also suggest a slightly less confrontational initial approach than on changeset/140296500 (currently the only comment at https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-discussion-comments?uid=19874231 ).

140158134

Some of the names here (e.g. "Manchester Airport") are I'm sure verifiable as name:ru without resorting to translations, but some may be more difficult to verify.
However, a mass wave of name removal (and other vandalism) is not ideal to spend time thinking about which names may be valid and which may not be - that's probably best done when things have calmed down.

140168260

Thanks!

140168260

Hello,
Thanks for the revert here, but if you look at https://osm.mapki.com/history/way/241114899 you'll see that it was only as far back as the previous vandalism, not the "benjamintchik" version.
Cheers,
Andy

140034393

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/utilizzo-del-tag-highway-trunk-in-italia/101471/49

139962794

Hello,
Is http://ra.osmsurround.org/analyzeMap?relationId=10739762 OK in Youghal now? There seems to be a couple of gaps
Best Regards,
Andy

140095343

"Birmingham Road" isn't a secondary, and isn't signed as such at the north end, and nothing on OSSV or OS OM Local backs up that name. I've left the name on the Charlecote end because someone presumably added that for a reason.
It is also I believe 60mph not 50mph (the A road is 50 here),
You could maybe argue for a tertiary for the northern part of it, but it's a bit of a stretch. No road is _named_ after the cycleway here.

62479573

Data here (new) is correct based on OSM-compatible imagery (Bing)

62479000

Data here (new) is correct based on OSM-compatible imagery (Bing)

62478925

Data here is verifiable based on OSM-compatible imagery (Bing). Previous data was incorrect

53312879

Hello,

I hope you don't mind me asking about an edit from 6 years ago. On this changeset you added a "source=Google" tag on way/201738316 here. We can't actually use that as a source in OSM because the Google's licence doesn't allow it to be used here - it would cause real problems for the project if we were found to be using Google Maps as a source.
If this is somewhere that you are familiar with, then "source=local_knowledge" would be perfectly OK.

Best Regards
Andy Townsend, on behalf of OSM's Data Working Group